{"id":944654,"date":"2026-10-29T02:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944654\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T02:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:44:12","slug":"aj-dybantsa-scores-19-points-in-nba-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944654\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Dybantsa scores 19 points in NBA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2408524\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2408524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2301942402_1_cropped-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2408524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AJ Dybantsa made his NBA debut Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Wizards rookie and No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa made his NBA debut against the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight after missing the first four games of the season due to a sprained ankle.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No more waiting \u231b\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AJ_Dybantsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AJ_Dybantsa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCZ65MiPho\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XCZ65MiPho<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WashWizards\/status\/2115477982383055339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dybantsa started the game alongside Trae Young, Anthony Davis, Alex Sarr and Kyshawn George for the new-look Wizards, who have started the season 2-2.<\/p>\n<p>He had nine points in the first quarter on 3-for-3 shooting, including knocking down his first 3-pointer, and added an assist.<\/p>\n<p>On the whole, Dybantsa dropped 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting, along with two rebounds and two assists, but the Cavaliers took control late to defeat the Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the most points for a Wizards\u2019 rookie in their debut since Tom Gugliotta, who scored 20 on Nov. 2, 1992 against the Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AJ Dybantsa made his NBA debut Wednesday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Washington Wizards rookie and No. 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[511713,511712,64,63,726,362052,511714,85],"class_list":["post-944654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-aj-dybantsa-debut","tag-aj-dybantsa-return","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-dybantsa","tag-dybantsa-injury","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}