Wizards 92, Jazz 88: AJ Dybantsa Scores 27 Without a Three, Utah's Comeback Dies at the Line

The marquee names showed up in this one. Washington's AJ Dybantsa poured in 27 points and grabbed 7 rebounds — without making a single three (0-of-5). He got to the rim, got to the line 8 times, and made 7. Teammate Tre Johnson was the shotmaker beside him: 26 points on a clean 11-of-20, and Will Riley chipped in 18 with 5-of-6 free throws of his own.

Washington built the game's structure early: 54-37 at halftime and a lead that touched 20, powered by a 16-of-21 night at the stripe against a Utah team that committed 33 fouls.

Utah's furious, flawed second half

The Jazz won the second half 51-38 and had this down to one possession late. Darryn Peterson carried the comeback with 24 points and went 6-of-8 at the line himself — but his 8 turnovers were the recurring leak Utah could never plug. Cody Williams added 16 efficient points (6-of-12), and Utah out-shot Washington from three 10-of-28 to a bizarre 3-of-17.

That's the tension of this box score: Utah made SEVEN more threes and still lost, because they gave up 20 turnovers and put Washington on the line 21 times. Math wins that trade every night — free throws plus extra possessions beat a three-point margin.

Scouting notes

Dybantsa's foul-drawing at his size is the single most translatable thing on this stat sheet, and Johnson's mid-range diet (2-of-8 from deep, 9-of-12 inside the arc) already looks like an NBA bag. For Utah, Peterson's shot-making is real; the ball security is the swing skill. Sample recap disclaimer: it's July — every one of these sentences is an observation, not a career projection.

Full box score

Source: free public stat feeds, cached into the ExpertsLeague stat library on 7/10/2026.