The Official Washington Wizards Thread

[stevemcqueen1]

Beal having one of his better quarters.

Rook mistake there after a nice rebound going up amongst the trees.

Overall though, this has been the best game of his career so far. He's been very active.

Crawford looks out of it today. Some of his shots and his passes are not on point.

Nene is making an impact.

[StillUnknown]

So many turnovers by both teams, hard for the game to get a good flow going.

[stevemcqueen1]

That was frickin nice from Crawf though.

Jordan Crawford is a better passing Jammal Crawford. That's who he is going to be after he's fully developed. On a good team, that's a nice boost... sometimes. On a bad team it can be a detriment. Though to his credit, Crawford does not play selfish.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 07:43 PM ----------

So many turnovers by both teams, hard for the game to get a good flow going.

That's a Hawks game for you. They can be breathtakingly good defensively but they counterbalance it by being so undisciplined on offense.

That that team needs is an awesome PG. If they had someone like Rondo they could contend. If they had someone a tier or two down like Lowery, they would be really good.

[Fight4RGIII]

I'm glad Beal finally started the night off by taking mid range shots rather than 3 pointers. It's a good way to get him in rhythm.

[stevemcqueen1]

14 assists tonight. Magnificent.

Injuries are forcing us into sensible rotations and consistency.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 07:54 PM ----------

Bad sequence from Seraphin there.

To my eye Seraphin looks a lot more comfortable defending shooters in space than he does defending the rim.

Maybe he's more of a PF type than C after all.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 07:59 PM ----------

Wittman left the second unit in the game too long. Nevermind what I said about injuries forcing our rotations into a sensible order. Wittman still finds a way to screw it up.

Wittman, Beal was balling. This is a game where you need to give him 36+ minutes.

[Destino]

Okafor and Singleton at the 4 and 5 are poison to the offense. Singleton can defend the 4 but he can't play it on the offensive end.

[StillUnknown]

Earl Barron in the game before Vesely.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:07 PM ----------

Its like clockwork, opposing team makes a run, timeout is called, we make a run to make it respectable, but never quite taking the lead.

[stevemcqueen1]

Okafor and Singleton at the 4 and 5 are poison to the offense. Singleton can defend the 4 but he can't play it on the offensive end.

Not even a semblance of a post game with Singleton. Singleton has been off the past several games. Still don't know what to make of him.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:15 PM ----------

Its like clockwork, opposing team makes a run, timeout is called, we make a run to make it respectable, but never quite taking the lead.

I think it's ultimately a fault in the rotations. Wittman just plays the wrong guys too long too often. It happens. But it shouldn't happen as much as it does for us and it's pretty inexcusable how long it took us to have our roles and minutes even begin to crystallize. Would this happen to Rick Carlisle? His two big players were hurt at the start of the season and his best player is still out.

A good coach gets something figured out before the season starts.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:28 PM ----------

It's going to be hard to win if Seraphin doesn't get himself into this game. No real front court offense outside Nene and his minutes are limited.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:32 PM ----------

Jeff Teague is kind of a *****. That was a dirty move hitting Crawford in the face.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:34 PM ----------

Barron and Okafor are playing entirely too long.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:37 PM ----------

That was some ****ing bull ****. **** these refs.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:38 PM ----------

Hey Buck, it's not a clean block with the left hand when you use your right arm to level the guy. That was some ****.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:39 PM ----------

Call a ****ing time out Wittman! Are you a total moron?

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 08:40 PM ----------

And I hate Jeff Teague. I wish Book was in. I want someone to clean his ***** ass clock.

[StillUnknown]

We need to feed Nene every possession, Atlanta cannot stop him. Instead, we suffer through what Okafor calls a post game.

[stevemcqueen1]

We need to feed Nene every possession, Atlanta cannot stop him. Instead, we suffer through what Okafor calls a post game.

Nene playing limited minutes, Beal getting hurt, and Seraphin getting into foul trouble is screwing us. We could cope if they'd called the fouls on Smith that they should have and gotten him out of the game. We'd probably win this one if a few things actually broke our way.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:04 PM ----------

Seraphin man. You've got four fouls. Just let him get the layup!

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:05 PM ----------

Or better yet, you know, box out your man.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:08 PM ----------

Go with Beal, Crawford, Martell/Cartier, Nene, and Seraphin for the home stretch. When Seraphin fouls out put Okafor back in.

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:12 PM ----------

Earl Barron should not be on the floor over Nene right now.

[Fight4RGIII]

Clutch shots by the Wiz late. Last two min made me hate Josh Smith

[stevemcqueen1]

I really want to win this game. We need this win.

[Fight4RGIII]

Joey Crawford had that look, "**** it, lets make this interesting."

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:28 PM ----------

Nene missed a late FT in regulation in ATL that made it go to OT. Did it again tonight. But hey, it's better than losing.

[StillUnknown]

Joey Crawford had that look, "**** it, lets make this interesting."

---------- Post added December-18th-2012 at 09:28 PM ----------

Nene missed a late FT in the OT in ATL that made it go to OT. Did it again tonight. But hey, it's better than losing.

Cartier Martin missed 2 down the stretch, Josh Smith missed 2 as well. Both teams could have easily ended this game if not for self-inflicted mistakes.

[Fight4RGIII]

It's not his fault, just odd it happen again.