Chicago Bulls fifth-year center Cristiano Felicio was blocked by Washington Wizards journeyman point guard Ish Smith on Tuesday night in the two teams' matchup—making a 10-inch difference between the players' heights all that more impressive on Smith's part.
6-10 Cristiano Felicio gets stuffed by 6-0 Ish Smith. pic.twitter.com/b1VVy3qrjc
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) February 12, 2020
Smith ascended just at the right moment with two hands coming down on the ball when the 27-year-old Brazilian big man Felicio rose up for a dunk.
Smith, in his first season with the Wizards after spending three years with the Pistons, has to carry the load in the backcourt for D.C. after the Southeast Division club traded two-time All-Star floor general Isaiah Thomas to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team deal at the NBA's trade deadline last Thursday (Thomas was later waived). And with another All-Star point guard in John Wall still sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Wizards are left scratching their heads for backcourt assistance.
The Wizards didn't think they'd get the shot-blocking kind of assistance at point guard, however.
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