On a night where Steve Kerr picked up his 600th career win as a head coach and the Golden State Warriors broke their five-game losing streak, something good had to have happened on the court.

Of course, it helps that their opponent was the lowly Washington Wizards, but the Warriors made sure not to play down to the Wizards' level too much, as they have done a couple of times this season against other bottom-feeder teams.

With a solid offensive night in our nation's capital, led by a season-high 30 points from Kristaps Porzingis and 27 points from De'Anthony Melton, the Warriors picked up a win over the Wizards, 125-117.

After the win, Steve Kerr expressed just how good Porzingis looked out on the court in his 26 minutes off the bench.

"He's just gotten his legs underneath him. He just scored so easily and really closed the game tonight with his free throws. He's quite a talent."

As Kerr said, the Warriors haven't really had a player as unique as Porzingis in the history of their franchise. There's a reason Porzingis was referred to as "The Unicorn" when he was first a rising All-Star with the Knicks, and he showed off the versatility and fluidity of his offensive repertoire at 7-foot-2 on Monday.

It's been a long time coming for Porzingis to have his "breakout" game in a Warriors jersey. Ever since he was acquired at the trade deadline, Porzingis has only played four games before this Wizards matchup due to a mixture of Achilles tendinitis and a mysterious illness.

He had been trending up, reportedly getting fully over the illness last week and dropping a pair of solid performances — 17 and 20 points against the Bulls and Timberwolves, respectively. 

This was a different animal, though, even if it was against a lesser defense.

Porzingis' final stat line ended up clocking in as 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks while shooting 8-13 from the field and a staggering 13-14 from the free-throw line. It was an all-around masterclass as Porzingis wielded his height and skill to navigate around the Wizards' defense and force them to foul him to stop him inside.

His 14 free-throw attempts shot Porzingis way up the Warriors' season leaderboard for most free throws shot in one game, placing him 4th, just behind a Steph Curry game with 16 and a pair of Jimmy Butler games with 16 and 15 from October and November. 

In fact, when excluding Curry and Butler, only two other players have shot more than 10 free throws in a game this season: De'Anthony Melton with 11 in February and Brandin Podziemski with 10 just a day earlier against the Knicks.

If Porzingis is able to consistently draw fouls and get to the line, it would do wonders for the Warriors' offense in maintain control and filling the void in that department that Butler left behind.

It doesn't hurt that Porzingis is a 83% free throw shooter in his career, an impressive mark for a big man.

Ultimately, Porzingis proved he's still capable of this level of play even with all of his injuries, and gave Warriors fans a reason to hold out hope for the rest of the team to get healthy.