Jordan Poole is left red-faced as the Wizards star has his shot swatted after stopping to stare down a defender in Washington win over Detroit Pistons

Wizards shooting guard Jordan Poole hilariously had his shot blocked after stopping to stare down a defender in their 126-107 win over the Detroit Pistons.

With just over 40 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Poole got open on a drive to the basket after making Pistons superstar Cade Cunningham go stumbling out of bounds following a step back.

Yet rather than shoot the ball while he had nothing but open space near him, the 24-year-old instead decided to stop and stare at the stumbling Cunningham in an effort to add insult to injury.

By the time he attempted to leap and shoot an underhanded layup, Pistons rookie forward Asuar Thompson took one large step to close down the space before leaping up and sending Poole's layup attempt flying into the first row of the crowd.

Poole went on to finish the game 3-9 from the field, 0-2 from 3-point range, with 10 points, and three assists. 

Kyle Kuzma returned to his home state to record 32 points, 12 rebounds, and eight rebounds as the Wizards ended a nine-game losing streak against Detroit.

Deni Avdija and Danilo Gallinari scored 16 for the Wizards.

Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 26 points and seven assists. Jalen Duren had 12 points and 14 rebounds.

Tyus Jones scored eight points in the first five minutes of the third to put Washington up 71-63, and Kuzma took over at that point. He finished the quarter with 18 points and seven rebounds as the Wizards led by as many as 14.

Washington led 94-83 at the end of the quarter, then scored the first five points of the fourth. Detroit never got the deficit back to single digits.

The teams combined to hit just 24.2 percent (8-33) 3-pointers in the first half with the Pistons going 3-16 (18.8 percent).