{"id":445082,"date":"2025-11-30T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/445082\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T22:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:42:13","slug":"wizards-rookie-will-riley-erupts-for-36-point-performance-in-g-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/445082\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards rookie Will Riley erupts for 36-point performance in G League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/washington-wizards\/27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Wizards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Wizards<\/a> rookie Will Riley dropped his first 30-point game in the G League on Sunday, leading the Capital City Go-Go in a loss to the Greensboro Swarm.<\/p>\n<p>Riley finished with 36 points, six assists, five rebounds and one steal in the 124-106 defeat at the CareFirst Arena. He went 14-of-24 from the field, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, in 39 minutes as the Go-Go dropped to 4-4 to begin the season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 21st pick is one of 19 players to score at least 35 points in a G League game this season. Riley scored 22 points in the second half alone as the Go-Go trailed by double digits down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Riley was assigned to the Go-Go on Sunday after playing sparingly to begin the season with the Wizards, totaling just 89 minutes across 13 games. He has mostly played mop-up duty and has logged more than 10 minutes only four times.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old logged his third appearance with the Go-Go, averaging 26 points, 4.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds on 43.8% shooting from 3-point range. He has scored at least 17 points in each appearance, including a 25-point debut on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Riley drew praise from the team throughout training camp thanks to his energy and intensity on the court. He has displayed those traits in the G League and will look to carry them into each game this season.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2025\/11\/30\/wizards-will-riley-g-league-36-points-highlights\/87541581007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wizards news: Will Riley erupts for 36-point performance in G League;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wizards news: Will Riley erupts for 36-point performance in G League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington Wizards rookie Will Riley dropped his first 30-point game in the G League on Sunday, leading the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,5597,6,682,468,3892,982,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-445082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-g-league","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-washington","12":"tag-washington-wizards","13":"tag-washingtonwizards","14":"tag-will-riley","15":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115641066725828274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}