Jonas Valanciunas hit Taj Gibson with an elbow in the Pelicans-Wizards game and was called for a flagrant-2 foul.

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New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas was called for a flagrant-2 foul and ejected after his elbow caught the head of Washington Wizards big man Taj Gibson with 8:03 left in the second quarter.

Player of the Game
Daniel  Gafford
EFF
31
Daniel Gafford
Points 21
Accuracy 8-11
Rebounds 12
Assists 2

Valanciunas was in disbelief after the assessment of the episode.

The Lithuanian center finished the game scoreless (0-3 FG, 0-2 FT) with three rebounds, one assist, and two turnovers in nine minutes of action.

Willy Hernangomez and Larry Nance figure shared Valanciunas' vacated minutes.

The Wizards defeated the sliding Pelicans 113-103 on Saturday for their fifth win in a row.

Meanwhile, New Orleans lost its seventh consecutive game. They have lost 12 of their last 15 games, a stretch that has caused them to drop into fifth place in the Western Conference.

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New Orleans Pelicans
Washington Wizards
42%
39/92
Field goals
45%
40/88
47
Rebounds
63
21
Assists
18
9
Steals
5
49%
31/63
2-pointers
56%
29/52
8
Blocks
8

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C.J.  McCollum
24 PTS
9/19 FG
4/5 FT
Daniel  Gafford
21 PTS
8/11 FG
5/8 FT
Larry  Nance Jr.
8 REB
3 DREB
5 OREB
Daniel  Gafford
12 REB
7 DREB
5 OREB
C.J.  McCollum
5 As
0 TO
36 MIN
Washington Wizards
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5 As
C.J.  McCollum
23 EFF
54% 2P%
33% 3P%
Daniel  Gafford
31 EFF
73% 2P%
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