It took 57 games for the Washington Wizards to hold a team under 100 points this season. Marcus Smart and the Wizards held Brooklyn to 12 points in the fourth quarter of their 107-99 victory over the Nets on Monday night.

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It was certainly a busy day for the Washington Wizards at the NBA trade deadline. Given that they were a rebuilding squad who had plenty of veterans, Washington was expected to be big time sellers. Although their performance has been awful this year,

Playing in just his third game with the team out of the nation's capital, Smart took a fourth-quarter charge while guarding Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford—and drew a foul. He then proceeded to get himself off the floor with a kip-up and fired up the Washington crowd.

The turning point of Poole's tenure in Washington was Keefe's decision to make Poole the team's sixth man last season.

Bilal Coulibaly turned in another solid effort for the Wizards against the Nets on Monday, and Jordan Poole waved the pom-poms.

Orlando is eager to get back in the win column after dropping a back-and-forth 105-104 battle with the Western Conference powerhouse Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. In that outing, miscommunication down the stretch proved costly, as the Magic were unable to take advantage of their last possession and come away with a win.

For this rebuild to work as fast as possible, the Wizards need to get a top-three pick in this year's draft. Then do it again next year.