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 he stopped to stare down a defender in their 126-107 win over the Detroit Pistons.

With just over 40 seconds left in the third quarter, Poole was open for a drive to the basket after tripping Pistons superstar Cade Cunningham after stepping back out of bounds.

But instead of shooting the ball when all he had was open space with him, the 24-year-old instead decided to stop and stare at the stumbling Cunningham in an attempt to aggravate the injury.

By the time he tried to jump and shoot an underhanded layup, Pistons rookie forward Asuar Thompson took a big step to close off the space before jumping up and sending Poole’s layup attempt into the front row of the crowd .

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

Poole had stopped to stare at Cade Cunningham after tripping him on defense

The look gave Ausar Thompson time to block Poole’s shot in the front row of the crowd

Kyle Kuzma returned to his home state and recorded 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight rebounds as the Wizards ended a nine-game losing streak to 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 give Washington a 71-63 lead, 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 and then scored the first five points of the fourth. Detroit never got the deficit back to single digits.

The teams combined to make just 24.2 percent (8-33) three-pointers in the first half, while the Pistons shot 3-16 (18.8 percent).