Kyle Kuzma wore his Superman cape in the closing stages of Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers to save the Washington Wizards from the brink of defeat. Sure enough, Bradley Beal was impressed.
Down by nine points with six minutes left on the clock, Kuzma didn't need any wizardry to power Washington past the Cavs for the 97-94 win. He just reached deep to his bag of tricks to fuel what was undoubtedly his best performance so far in the young 2021-22 season.
Kuzma went 4-of-4 from three during that span, outscoring the whole Cavs 12-7 (per Stat Muse). More importantly, he banked two triples in the final 26 seconds of the game to get them closer and take the lead just at the right moment.
KYLE KUZMA FOR THE WIN! 🔥
Kuz drills 2 threes in the final 26 seconds, Wizards come back to beat the Cavs!pic.twitter.com/4tNKPKtyUT
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 11, 2021
Bradley Beal, who had a front-row seat to the Kyle Kuzma show in Cleveland, couldn't help but get hyped with his Wizards' teammate's performance. He took to Twitter to show how impressed he is by simply writing Kuzma's nickname.
KUUUUUUUUUUZ pic.twitter.com/YizQxlhwVr
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) November 11, 2021
Beal struggled against the Cavs, scoring only 13 points on 4-of-19 shooting, which is why it's not surprising to see him so stoked about Kyle Kuzma's performance and getting the win. The former Los Angeles Lakers forward finished with 22 points on 6-of-19 shooting from beyond the arc.
Montrezl Harrell top-scored the Wizards with 24 points, but Kuz proved to be the hero of the day.
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