Washington trailed by seven with under five minutes to play but worked itself into the lead with a Jordan Poole floater with 44 seconds to play. From there, the teams traded baskets before Jamal Murray, who knocked down the game-winner against the Lakers on Friday, tied the score with five seconds left with another clutch jumper for his scrapbook.

The Washington Wizards are as much of a rebuilding team as you can get, but they might have something finally working for them. Especially when Jordan Poole is making heat checks. [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K] The Wizards guard stunned the Denver Nuggets on Saturday with a deep,

In a game with five lead changes in the last two minutes, the Nuggets just couldn’t muster a stop when it mattered most.

Jordan Poole swished a 35-foot, 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to give the Washington Wizards a stunning 126-123 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Jordan Poole hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to give the Washington Wizards a 126-123 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. Poole finished with 19 points.

Jordan Poole nails the 3-point shot vs. Denver Nuggets

Saturday night the Nuggets lost at home to the tanking Wizards. Then again, how were they going to stop this ridiculous Jordan Poole game-winner from deep with 1.8 seconds left? Washington, which has played relatively better of late,

Jordan Poole swished a 35-foot, 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to give the Washington Wizards a stunning 126-123 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. Poole had time to move closer but stopped well behind the 3-point line and hoisted the successful shot that gave the Eastern Conference-worst Wizards (15-51) a two-game season sweep of the Nuggets.