WASHINGTON WIZARDS

The heavily hyped No. 1 draft pick showed off his all-around game as he played against the Wizards’ Bilal Coulibaly, a friend since childhood, in a 131-127 win.

The Wizards play their 41st game of the season Saturday night. Let’s take stock of their progress halfway through this rebuilding year.

The Wizards’ newest big man scores 20 points to go with 11 rebounds but the visitors ran out of answers for the Knicks and Jalen Brunson, who dropped 41 pints.

The Wizards will wear shooting shirts honoring Behan at Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.

Starting center Daniel Gafford won’t play Thursday in New York, meaning the Wizards will be leaning on Marvin Bagley III and Isaiah Livers.

With both teams a little short, the visitors have just enough to beat Washington at Capital One Arena.

Washington sent Mike Muscala and Danilo Gallinari, who are on expiring contracts, to Detroit and also received third-year wing Isaiah Livers.

The Kyle Kuzma Family Foundation aids single mothers and underprivileged children in communities that are important to the Wizards star and his mother, Karri.

And it was a blowout, too: The Wizards cruised past the cold-shooting Hawks, 127-99.

The Wizards waived Rollins this week. He has reportedly been accused of repeatedly shoplifting from a Target store in Alexandria.

The Wizards took a one-point lead into halftime but couldn’t take advantage of Indiana, which was playing without its injured young star.

Oklahoma City, an emerging Western Conference power, once looked a lot like the Wizards do now. Right down to the front office personnel.

Washington erased a big deficit in the third quarter but couldn’t keep it up in a 121-105 defeat for their fourth straight loss.

The Wizards are struggling through the first few months of a rebuild, but Tyus Jones has been one of the few positives.

Cleveland makes 20 three-pointers and wins the rebounding battle by a staggering 62-36 in the first of two consecutive games against Washington in Ohio.

Washington sets a franchise mark with 53 three-point attempts but makes just 17 and can’t overcome a second-quarter collapse.

For one night, at least, the Wizards put their struggles behind then, shoot better than 50 percent and give their home fans something to applaud.

Washington allowed at least 130 points for the 14th time in 30 games during a 132-102 home defeat.