Wood appeared in 62 games for the Pistons during the 2019-20 season. He averaged per-game career highs in points (13.1), rebounds (6.3), assists (1.0), threes (0.9), blocks (0.9) and steals (0.5). He also shot career highs in field-goal percentage (56.7), three-point percentage (38.6) and free-throw percentage (74.4). Wood set new single-game career highs of 32 points, 14 rebounds, five threes and five assists. His other single-game season highs were four blocks and three steals. He also had 12 double-doubles. Arguably his best performance of the season occurred Mar. 11 against the 76ers. In 39 minutes, Wood posted 32 points (14-18 FG, 3-4 3Pt, 1-4 FT), seven rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists. It was one of his two 30-point games. Wood's longest double-digit scoring streak was the final 16 games of the year. In 33.0 minutes per game, he averaged 21.6 points on 14.3 shots, 9.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.9 combined steals-plus-blocks.

After spending the 2017-18 season in the G League, Christian Wood he spent the 2018-19 season with the Bucks, G League Wisconsin Herd and the Pelicans. With both NBA teams, Wood displayed an ability to pile up the offensive statistics in a short amount of playing time. Although he played just 12 minutes per contest, Wood averaged an impressive 8.2 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. The UNLV alum shot over 52 percent from the field while nailing nearly 35 percent (34.6) of his shots from three-point land. Wood started with the Bucks, playing 13 games for Milwaukee and 28 games for the Herd. On Mar. 18, he was waived by the Bucks. Two days later, Wood was claimed by the Pelicans. For New Orleans' final eight games, Wood took his game to a new level. Over that span, Wood posted 16.9 points, 7.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.3 blocks per game for the Pelicans. He delivered double figures in scoring in all but two of those contests, including a 25-point game against Sacramento on Mar. 28 and a career-high 26-point (and 12-rebound) effort against Golden State in the season finale on Apr. 9. He also blocked a whopping six shots against the Hawks on Mar. 26. If those contributions weren't enough, Wood proved to be a solid free-throw shooter. The 6-foot-10 forward has averaged 73.3 percent from the line over the past two seasons.