The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

(false) Upset alert in DC

The 3ND regning champs Philadelphia 76ers of coach Philly the 24th traveled to the capital tonight. Wizards on a 3 games loosing streak looking to rebound.

And, surprisingly, we had a game. Washington found a way to stay in the game all game. Wizards played without complex, no offensive shutdown for a quarter or so as we often see, the team kept scoring while defensively there were some interesting plays here and there. The highlight being the matchup betwen Kuminga and Ben Simmons.

The wizkids manage a 4 points lead with 1:30 left in the clock...
But 76ers manage when Wizards show shis lack of maturity in the money time. Philly up by 1 and the possession with 33s left...
Richardson surounded by two Wizkids under the basket look to serve Embiid at the perimeter... Interception from Eboua... Fastbreak for Washington 3vs2... but Anthony turn the ball over while he was looking for Kuminga... game over.


What went well

• 3P shooting. Finally ! 10/27 Washington managed both to have a resonable amount of 3s and a decent success. Worth to note that Wall was 0-6 on 3P while he was hitting .39 for 3 so far this season.
• Offense consistency. A more consistent rotation and a team mroe comfortable with the playbook. It was one of its best game on offense in term of consistently scoring against the regning champ.
• Jonathan Kuminga. He may not lead the vote for rookie of the year award but Jonathan Kuminga has been a true difference maker for Washington so far this season. He brings value while attacking the rim, he cna shoot, he is precious for fastbreaks... and, he is able to guard playnakers like Ben Simmons or Jalen Jonshon. Kuminga is definitely what the doctor ordered to help Wizards competing in 3ND.

What did not go well

• Money time management It may look crazy but even at 1-7 you can face 8-2 regning champs and be in a position to win in the final 2 mn. The staff must hnow be better prepared for these situations and figure out better clock and timeout management as well as play selection.

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Philadelphia 76ers at Washington Wizards
May 21, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Philadelphia (7-2)	27	28	23	33	111
Washington (1-7)	24	26	31	27	108

Philadelphia 76ers
TEAM TOTALS		46-81	10-25	9-10	44	31	7	4	14	111

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	31	9-20	0-6	1-2	6	5	0	0	0	19
B.Beal	39	9-24	5-12	0-0	5	5	2	0	1	23
J.Kuminga	32	6-11	1-1	2-4	4	2	1	0	0	13
R.Hachimura	32	4-7	1-1	4-4	6	5	0	0	0	13
T.Bryant	30	6-10	1-2	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.Anthony	21	4-5	0-0	3-4	1	6	0	0	3	11
T.Brown Jr	19	1-3	1-3	0-0	6	2	0	0	2	3
M.Wagner	18	1-3	1-2	2-2	5	4	3	1	1	5
P.Eboua	16	3-3	0-0	0-0	3	4	0	0	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		43-86	10-27	12-16	39	33	10	3	8	108

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Wizards dominated by Bucks

The Wizards travelled to Milwaukee to play coach Fredo's Bucks tonight. Wizards looking to rebound after a 3rd loss in a row against Philies.

Wizards were ready to face a team ranked first in point in the paint. No Surprise in the first quarter with a strong physical opposition from Bucks. Wiwards switch to a zone defense for most of the second quarter with some success early on. But after a few little while Milwaukee adjust and found 3P shots from corners.

Washington obviously lacked capacity to adjust and even to move back to a more classic man coverage. Assignement looks messed up at times. Bucks dominating under the paint, 3 Bucks finishing with double digits rebounds.

On Offense DC struggle to find angle to attack the rim and do not find enough space at the perimeter depsite an improved 3P shooting. Overall Wizards fall unable to effectively adjust to Milwaukee style and rebounds domination.


What went well

• 3P shooting. Confirming the pretty good game ag Philadelphia, Wizards had a a good game regarding perimeter shooting.

What did not go well

• Passing game must get to the next level I have to say i really struggle wirth the pass interface. I do nto always send the ball where i want and too often it makes me fail passes or even sometimes turning the ball over. Need to try to figure this out.

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Washington Wizards at Milwaukee Bucks
May 23, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (1-8)	23	37	21	25	106
Milwaukee (3-6)	29	37	34	25	125

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	32	4-13	2-2	0-0	3	7	0	0	4	10
B.Beal	35	11-25	6-15	3-5	3	2	3	0	1	31
J.Kuminga	32	6-14	1-4	2-4	4	1	0	1	0	15
R.Hachimura	32	6-14	1-1	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	15
T.Bryant	32	1-4	0-3	4-5	9	3	1	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	27	3-5	2-3	0-0	1	3	1	1	0	8
C.Anthony	17	3-5	0-0	2-3	1	6	2	0	2	8
P.Eboua	17	2-5	0-1	3-4	6	4	0	0	0	7
M.Wagner	16	2-3	2-2	0-0	3	2	1	4	0	6
TEAM TOTALS		38-88	14-31	16-23	37	30	8	6	8	106

Milwaukee Bucks
TEAM TOTALS		48-90	7-22	22-27	66	32	4	7	11	125

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

John Wall, ankle sprain, expected to miss a couple of weeks

The league confirmed today that according to player health protection policy, Wizards PG John Wall would have to be out for a minimum of 3 games in order to rehab from an ankle sprain suffered in Milwaukee game.

Earlier this week Wizards moved 2nd round selection PG Andrew Nembhard to their G League affiliate the Capital City Go-Go. At the same time Washington acquired the right to send former Auburn PG and undrafted free agent Jared Harper to the same Capital City Go-Go team. Both are expected to have a chance to get a roster spot next season after a season in the minor.

So Wizards were left short at PG position and made a few moves on their roster.

First, Washington created a roster spot by waiving C Jahil Okafor. Okafor was signed earlier this month and did not see game action even if the staff was interested by his potential.

Then Washington signed former Chicago Bulls and PG Ryan Arcidiacono who spent the pre-season in DC before being waived in the early season.

Another PG was added to the roster in former NBA Champion Matthew Dellavedova who has been a free agents since he left Orlando Magics at the end of the 2021 season.

Washingthon Wizards Active Roster
#	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
2	John Wall	PG/SG	31	6'4	210	44.31M
4	Cole Anthony	PG/SG	21	6'3	190	2.83M
51	Ryan Arcidiacono	PG	28	6'3	195	1.73M
18	Matthew Dellavedova	PG/SG	31	6'3	200	1.73M
3	Bradley Beal	SG/SF	28	6'3	207	34.5M
52	Jordan McRae	SG/SF	31	6'5	179	8.34M
6	Troy Brown Jr	SF/SG	22	6'6	215	5.17M
15	Keyontae Johnson (r)	SF/SG	22	6'5	234	0.96M
8	Rui Hachimura	PF/SF	24	6'8	230	4.92M
20	Doug McDermott	PF/SF	30	6'7	225	7.85M
14	Paul Eboua (r)	PF/SF	22	6'8	210	0.97M
13	Thomas Bryant	C/PF	24	6'10	248	8.67M
21	Moritz Wagner	C/PF	24	6.11	245	3.89M
33	Marc Gasol	C	37	6'11	255	7.17M

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

"I never loose, either I win or I learn"

Ok ok, I can hear you laughing to my tittle thinking, if the guy learn from loosing, with so many losses guy must be an encyclopedia by now. However after the game tonight against ElConquitador Jazz it is really how i feel.

Lets be clear, game felt absolutely awful for Washington. Not really by the score, because we have seen much worse, and Jazz are a very solid PO team in the 3ND. But it felt very bad because Wizards in this game accumulated a lot of errors and individual mistakes.

First it started poorly with shooting especially with RealDealBeal, after he had back to back good games it felt so bad to struggle again in timing missing wide open shots.

It felt like Jazz were making all their 3s when in fact their completion is pretty good (37%) but in fact we had games ag Atlanta when opponent was hitting 50% of its threes.

On defense Wizards struggled to keep Jazz covered on their PnR. It looked like it was impossible to keep the rythm to follow the ball handler.

But it felt even worse for whatever reason. In fact it was more the accumulation of errors for DC whic made it look so bad. And we may have found a good way to (hopefully) reduce errors and add some fluidity in the offense.

After six months of playing 2K, thanks to this game, I discovered a couple of settings which looks like worth digging. First defensive assist with intense D. And second and much more important pass target profile/direction settings.

I have had so many passing issues so far that this bring some hope.

Lets be clear I cannot stand the R1 interface switch. Simply cannot switch back and forth my brain think I am still in default mode when i am in R1 mode, i get totally confused. It is horrible. Furthermore, when I look at good players stream they do not use the R1 much.

So hopefully i can find some answers with these settings. And if so the painful experience of that awful game will not have been wasted.

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Washington Wizards at Utah Jazz
May 23, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (1-9)	14	21	23	25	83
Utah (6-5)	29	22	30	28	109

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.Anthony	35	8-15	2-4	2-4	2	4	1	0	5	20
B.Beal	35	4-16	2-8	0-0	4	3	2	0	2	10
J.kuminga	34	4-9	0-3	7-10	6	4	1	0	0	15
R.Hachimura	33	7-14	1-2	1-2	6	1	2	1	2	16
T.Bryant	25	3-7	0-2	0-0	6	2	1	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	27	3-7	2-5	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	8
M.Wagner	23	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	2
P.Eboua	15	2-2	0-0	0-1	4	1	0	0	0	4
R.Arcidiacono	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	3	2
TEAM TOTALS		33-74	7-24	10-17	41	21	8	3	14	83

Utah Jazz
TEAM TOTALS		44-89	14-38	7-8	53	30	9	1	12	109

[RMJH4]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Just need to find a way to get rid of Wall and let Anthony develop!

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Terrible start kills Wizards chances once again

The Wizkids hosted Vinmoss Spurs on a back to back game. John Wall still sidelined with a left ankle sprain.

Terrible start for DC, players did not look like they showed up to play early on. Wrong shoot timing disrupted the team early, but Washington managed a better 2nd half. Cutting down the deficit to 9 points with 4:41 left in the game.

However, once more Wizards need better preparation in the money time and could not keep scoring up to Spurs ending up with one more L.

"We definitely need to take a step back at this stage of the season and review a bit our book and get more of what we do well and a bit less of what we are not comfortable with" commented Coach Brooks at the end of the game.

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San Antonio Spurs at Washington Wizards
May 24, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
San Antonio (6-5)	33	25	28	25	111
Washington (1-10)	17	18	32	30	97

San Antonio Spurs
TEAM TOTALS		46-90	6-28	13-14	50	25	5	4	8	111

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.Anthony	36	9-17	0-4	2-4	4	6	1	0	2	20
B.Beal	32	6-21	4-12	0-0	3	6	0	0	2	16
J.Kuminga	38	4-11	0-1	5-6	7	3	2	0	1	13
R.Hachimura	33	7-12	0-3	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	14
T.Bryant	27	1-5	0-2	2-2	8	3	0	0	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	26	1-6	0-4	2-2	5	1	3	0	1	4
M.Wagner	21	5-6	0-0	1-2	3	2	0	1	0	11
P.Eboua	15	6-8	0-0	1-1	4	4	0	0	2	13
R.Arcidiacono	12	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		40-89	4-27	13-17	48	29	7	1	9	97

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Wizards keep their loosing streak alive at Chicago

The Wizkids travelled to Chicago to play coach Fredo Chicago Bulls. The Bulls led by top overall pick selection in last 3ND draft Cade Cunningham

Same as the game versus San Antonio, Washingthon did not play in first quarter. Outscored 33-11 in Q1 the Wizards could not come back from such a start and post an additional loss on the road.

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Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls
Jun 1, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (1-11)	11	36	28	24	99
Chicago (10-9)	33	29	26	30	118

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C.Anthony	31	6-12	1-4	2-4	2	8	0	0	3	15
B.Beal	31	7-18	2-8	0-0	0	8	1	0	1	16
J.Kuminga	33	4-11	0-6	2-3	7	2	1	1	3	10
R.Hachimura	29	7-10	0-0	2-3	4	4	1	0	0	16
T.Bryant	24	3-5	0-0	0-0	8	2	0	0	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brown Jr	30	6-13	4-9	2-2	3	2	0	0	0	18
M.Wagner	24	3-4	0-0	4-4	7	1	1	0	0	10
P.Eboua	19	3-6	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	1	1	6
KAllen	10	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2
R.Arcidiacono	9	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		40-84	7-31	12-16	43	31	4	2	10	99

Chicago Bulls
TEAM TOTALS		49-97	14-29	6-6	53	39	6	1	6	118

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Towns and Russel domninate Wizkids

Washington on the road again to play Loso's Wolves.

And for once Chicago was able to keep it close. Once more a cold start for the Wizards, then the game much more balanced. In the end Wizards could not find a defense against the Towns (38/16/2) - D'Angelo Russell (33/4/7) duo. Despite a decent game one more L in the Wizards journey.

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Washington Wizards at Minnesota Timberwolves
Jun 6, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (1-12)	24	30	33	27	114
Minnesota (2-8)	34	27	31	29	121

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	35	5-10	1-1	4-5	3	11	3	0	0	15
B.Beal	32	4-20	2-9	0-0	2	6	0	0	3	10
J.Kuminga	33	7-15	0-3	3-4	9	4	1	1	0	17
R.Hachimura	35	9-19	1-1	0-0	7	4	0	0	0	19
T.Bryant	29	4-4	0-0	0-0	11	1	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	25	5-10	1-1	0-0	7	2	1	0	1	11
M.Wagner	19	1-3	1-3	0-0	8	2	0	0	1	3
C.Anthony	17	7-14	1-5	1-2	1	3	0	0	3	16
P.Eboua	15	6-8	1-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	15
TEAM TOTALS		48-103	8-24	10-13	52	34	6	1	8	114

Minnesota Timberwolves
TEAM TOTALS		51-100	9-27	10-15	60	24	6	2	9	121

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Won but lost...

Lets be clear it has been a little frustrating recently.

First early in the week. Playing against 9-2 Suns. Washington had a surprising start. Up by 7 (30 to 23) at the end of Q1, Wizards managed to keep the 7 points gap by the half time (48-55).
And even if Suns managed to get back we were 90-89 with 8mn left in the game when... CE-34878-0... blue screen game crashed on both side of the line.

We remmember that few seconds before Bryant was sent to the sideline after comitting a 6th fault and got replaced by veteran Marc Gasol... on the next basket the game crashed. Game lost will have to be replayed from scratch

Few days later we play OKC Thunder of coach Watson.
Surprising game. Everything which could go right for Washington went right. Good in shoots, consistently scoring the wizards managed a solid game.

Up 109 to 92 with 35s left in the game... CPU ignores the rotation and massively sub the Wizards... guess what happened on next basket ? CE-34878-0... blue screen blablabla.

Luckily that time it was obvious enough to keep a win by sim. But the game stats were pretty good and got lost.

Conclusion, the issue is a glitch with the rotation when some subs get in. Obvious suspicion on Gasol. Rotation has been rebuilt sicne but the game stats, for once good, are lost and we got a sim instead...

Of course, for once the game recorder was not on. So the only recor of the game is lowest quality stream... So i tried to rebuild some stats of the game. for the report. Yes because it is not like we get a lot of good news so could not afford to loose one

A big thanks to Watson for his sportmanship. Not easy to loose against a low record team and he handled it with class.

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Oklahoma City Thunder at Washington Wizards
Jun 6, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Oklahoma City (3-14)	21	24	25	22	92
Washington (1-13)	28	30	21	30	109

Oklahoma City Thunder

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	nc				2	8				14
B.Beal	nc				7	11				9
J.Kuminga	nc				2	5				25
R.Hachimura	nc				10	6				20
T.Bryant	nc				12	2				2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	nc				4	5				16
C.Anthony	nc				2	8				11
M.Wagner	nc				8	2				2
Eboua	nc				5	0				10

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Mid Season Schedule and Standings update

NBA Standings - Updated: Jan 1,
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB
Miami Heat	15	3
Philadelphia 76ers - Done	13	4
Charlotte Hornets - Done	10	3
Atlanta Hawks - Done	8	2
Detroit Pistons - Done	9	6
Chicago Bulls - Done	11	9
Cleveland Cavaliers	9	8
Indiana Pacers	5	4
Toronto Raptors	4	4
Orlando Magic	6	7
Boston Celtics	10	13
Milwaukee Bucks - Done	4	8
Brooklyn Nets	1	11
Washington Wizards	2	13
New York knicks	1	18
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	GB
Sacramento Kings	13	2
Portland Trail Blazers	13	5
Phoenix Suns	9	2
New Orleans Pelicans	12	7
Denver Nuggets - Done	10	6
Utah Jazz - Done	10	7
San Antonio Spurs - Done	8	5
Golden Stats Warriors - Done	5	4
Dallas Mavericks - Done	2	1
Houston Rockets - Done	8	9
Los Angeles Lakers	4	8
Memphis Grizzlies	8	13
Minnesota Timberwolves - Done	3	8
Los Angeles Clippers - Done	3	13
oklahoma City Thunders - Done	3	16

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Wizards rally a 16 points deficit to win at the Madison Square garden.

Tonight Wizards visited Mew York to play Smace's Knicks. Two struggling teams facing each others and two high draft pick with 2021 6th overall Terrence Clarke facing 2021 5th overall Jonathan Kuminga.

As usual slow start from Washington, bordlerline embarassing. The Knicks last in the league from 3s surprised the Wizkids especially in the first half.

Down by 16 (59-75) with 10:26 left in the Q3, Washington finaly start to get better stops on defense and better efficiency with the ball.

Jamal Murray had quite a day with 41 points scored in 35mn but he went colder in the money time and failed to convert a 3P shot in the final second which would have won the game for New York.

Team effort for Washington with 7 players with double digits scoring.

"We did not respect New York enough at the perimeter in the first half. We did a better job later in the game with a better perimeter presence. Brown Jr did a good job on this aspect and that allowed us to slow down enough New York to get get a chance to win the game" commented coach Brooks.

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Washington Wizards at New York Knicks
Jun 9, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (2-13)	28	28	39	30	125
New York (1-19)	33	37	22	31	123

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	29	5-18	1-4	2-4	7	7	0	0	0	13
B.Beal	34	7-20	3-6	2-2	6	1	0	0	2	19
J.Kuminga	31	12-17	2-2	2-4	4	4	0	0	0	28
R.Hachimura	33	6-16	0-0	1-2	9	4	0	0	0	13
T.Bryant	27	3-5	0-0	0-0	16	2	0	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	28	6-10	0-1	1-3	6	3	3	0	1	13
C.Anthony	22	7-8	0-0	1-1	5	8	1	0	1	15
M.Wagner	21	3-5	0-1	4-4	5	4	1	1	0	10
P.Eboua	15	3-4	0-0	2-6	2	3	0	0	0	8
TEAM TOTALS		52-103	6-14	15-26	67	36	5	3	4	125

New York Knicks
TEAM TOTALS		48-101	19-38	8-8	48	22	4	6	7	123

[coachmac75]

Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Correction at Sacramento

Wizards on the road again this time against Jump's Kings. Last season Westerm conference champs at home.

There was not really a game. Without too much efforts Kings totally outclassed Washington. Technically two or three class above, Sacramento never had any doubt on the result.

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Washington Wizards at Sacramento Kings
Jun 10, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (3-13)	17	19	23	17	76
Sacramento (14-2)	39	29	30	29	127

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	30	4-18	0-4	2-3	2	9	0	0	2	10
B.Beal	35	9-22	4-9	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	22
J.Kuminga	29	5-15	0-7	2-2	5	2	0	0	3	12
R.Hachimura	29	3-8	0-0	2-2	6	3	0	0	2	8
T.Bryant	30	1-6	0-0	0-0	15	0	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	28	3-10	2-5	3-4	3	0	0	0	3	11
C.Anthony	22	4-9	0-1	1-1	4	3	1	0	1	9
P.Eboua	19	0-1	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	0	0	2
M.Wagner	18	0-6	0-3	0-0	0	5	2	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		29-95	6-29	12-14	52	22	1	1	12	76

Sacramento Kings
TEAM TOTALS		54-109	14-43	5-7	73	30	11	1	4	127

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Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Pacers pace Wizkids

Coach Kaymar's Indiana Pacers were the guest of the Washington Wizards on this Thursday night. Pacers still without Oladipo, while Wizards have their full roster available.

We saw a pretty good game from both teams. Wizards could not keep the pace but still had adecent day on offense. With 70% (19/27) completed free throws Washington did not make the best of its opportunities.

Coach Brooks prepared to defend corners since last season game was still in all memories on Wizkids side. Issue was it forced a lot of 1/1 situation inside, and Malcolm Brogdon made the best of the opportunity.

Special mention to Mo Wagner with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 25mn.

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Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards
Jun 11, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Indiana (5-4)	32	32	31	34	129
Washington (3-14)	26	29	27	35	117

Indiana Pacers
TEAM TOTALS		5-103	9-27	2-5	59	37	9	4	13	129

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	25	8-14	0-2	1-2	2	6	0	0	0	17
B.Beal	34	10-23	4-7	4-4	1	3	2	0	4	28
J.Kuminga	36	9-18	1-7	4-5	4	1	2	0	0	23
R.Hachimura	32	3-9	0-1	0-0	7	5	1	0	1	6
T.Bryant	24	3-7	1-2	0-0	8	3	0	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	27	3-8	1-4	1-3	2	5	0	0	2	8
C.Anthony	25	3-6	1-1	3-4	2	6	0	0	0	10
M.Wagner	25	5-6	0-0	4-5	10	0	0	1	2	14
P.Eboua	12	1-2	0-0	2-4	4	0	4	0	0	4
TEAM TOTALS		45-93	8-24	19-27	44	29	9	1	9	117

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Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

Disapointing show in Memphis

Washington on the road to play Saint24's Grizzlies. Impressive young talented armada in Memphis.

Washington for once has a pretty good start but in the middle of the second quarter it looks like everything becomnes terrible for DC. Players start to make dumb decisions with the balls, too many 3s are taken when not open.

Kuminga contains pretty much Morant but Lavine seems to often on the floor when Brown is on the bench, and Wiseman is on fire. Finaly the former 2020 2nd overall selection post a stellar game with 35 points and 19 rebounds

Wizards need to learn some lessons from that game mostly on ball control and rotation.

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Washington Wizards at Memphis Grizzlies
Jun 15, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (3-15)	29	29	21	25	104
Memphis (10-15)	32	40	37	27	136

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	31	7-16	4-6	2-5	3	5	3	0	1	20
B.Beal	37	9-31	4-19	2-2	0	4	1	0	3	24
J.Kuminga	31	8-16	1-4	2-2	7	5	3	0	1	19
R.Hachimura	34	4-13	1-4	0-0	8	4	1	0	3	9
T.Bryant	24	5-9	0-2	0-0	16	1	2	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T.Brown Jr	28	3-13	0-8	1-2	4	4	0	0	2	7
M.Wagner	24	1-4	0-0	1-1	15	2	3	0	1	3
C.Anthony	17	5-9	1-2	1-2	1	2	0	0	1	12
P.Eboua	14	0-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		42-113	11-45	9-14	62	28	13	0	13	104

Memphis Grizzlies
TEAM TOTALS		55-97	12-32	14-20	62	37	11	8	15	136

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Re: The long journey of a Padawan: FLM Wizards

No surprise versus Trail Blazers

Washington visited Portland Trail Blawers. Coach GPhenom looking to keep the race up at the top of Western conference while Washington is looking to show some progress.

A game in which we did not see the Wizards too bad but never in a position to really challenge Portland. Lilliard (21/8/9) and Griffin (24/5/2) did just enough to never get at risk.

Finally not a bad game but nothing like Wizards could play at the required level to threathen Portland.

One thing learned, having Brown starting with Kuminga at PF and Hachimura as 6th man looked like a pretty good formula which likely will get tested more often.

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Washington Wizards at Portland Trailblazers
Jun 16, 2020	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington (3-16)	26	24	22	24	96
Portland (16-5)	28	33	27	29	117

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.Wall	31	6-17	1-5	2-3	2	7	0	0	1	15
B.Beal	30	9-24	5-10	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	23
T.Brown Jr	38	5-14	4-8	0-0	2	5	1	0	0	14
J.Kuminga	34	7-11	1-4	3-4	6	4	0	0	0	18
T.Bryant	25	1-2	0-0	0-0	11	2	0	0	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R.Hachimura	30	3-10	0-4	4-4	7	1	0	0	0	10
M.Wagner	23	2-4	0-2	0-0	8	4	2	0	1	4
C.Anthony	17	4-4	2-2	0-0	0	4	1	0	2	10
P.Eboua	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		37-87	13-36	9-11	42	31	4	0	7	96

Portland Trailblazers
TEAM TOTALS		47-89	16-34	7-7	52	30	4	1	7	117