Monday, March 13, 2023

Wizards23 Update

Fourteen to go. Argh:

 


And now the new guy from Australia still has one more game to play down there.

Posted by Eric at 10:57 AM
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  1. EricMarch 13, 2023 at 11:03:00 AM EDT

    Zach Harper's new NBA power rankings are up at The Athletic, and the Bucks remain No. 1:

    21. Washington Wizards (previously 19th) | 31-37 | -0.5 net rating
    Weekly slate: Win at Pistons, Loss to Hawks, Loss to Hawks, Loss at Sixers

    Lineup: Monte Morris | Bradley Beal | Kyle Kuzma | Kristaps Porziņģis | Daniel Gafford

    Stats: 99 minutes | +16.1 net rating | 127.5 offensive rating | 111.4 defensive rating

    If the Wizards were able to play this lineup a couple hundred more minutes this season, they’d be challenging for the top-six, rather than a half game out of the Play-In Tournament. The Wizards took a while to find the pairing of Porziņģis and Gafford, but it’s proven to provide the right stability on both ends of the floor. Then you factor in Beal’s overall play and Kuzma’s impact this season, and it’s easy to see why this has been effective. But it’s only played in 11 games, and an average of nine minutes per game. The Wizards have suffered, once again, because of a lack of availability.

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  2. EricMarch 13, 2023 at 11:05:00 AM EDT

    Washington has lost seven of its last 10 games.

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  3. Matthew VaughnMarch 13, 2023 at 1:39:00 PM EDT

    This is a depressing update.

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  4. EricMarch 13, 2023 at 5:13:00 PM EDT

    It's what I get for paying attention.

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  5. EricMarch 15, 2023 at 9:21:00 AM EDT

    Last night: Wizards 117, Pistons 97. YEAH!

    Thirteen to go:

    1. Bucks 50-19 …
    6. Nets 39-30, 11 games back
    7. Heat 37-33, 13.5
    8. Hawks 34-35, 16
    9. Raptors 33-36, 17
    10. Wizards 32-37, 18
    11. Bulls 31-36, 18
    12. Pacers 31-38, 19
    13. Magic 28-41, 22 …

    Next is Friday at Cleveland.

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  6. EricMarch 18, 2023 at 8:05:00 AM EDT

    Argh. Cavaliers 117, Wizards 94. And pretty much every team Washington needed to lose in the last two nights won.

    Twelve to go:

    1. Bucks 50-20 …
    6. Nets 39-31 11 games back
    7. Heat 38-33 12.5
    8. Hawks 35-35 15
    9. Raptors 34-36 16
    10. Bulls 32-37 17.5
    11. Pacers 32-38 18
    12. Wizards 32-38 18
    13. Magic 28-42 22

    At home tonight against Sacramento.

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  7. EricMarch 18, 2023 at 8:19:00 AM EDT

    Having led the Sydney Kings to a second-straight NBL championship last week, Xavier Cooks officially joined the Wizards yesterday (but did not play against the Cavs). I can’t find that anyone has reported when the 27-year-old, slender and 6-foot-8 power forward from Ballarat, Australia, (and Winthrop University) will start playing for Washington. But it does appear to me that his Cooks's leading us to 12 straight wins to close the regular season would get the Wizards solidly in to the play-in tournament.

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  8. EricMarch 20, 2023 at 11:15:00 AM EDT

    Seven losses in the last nine game for the Wizards, still No. 22 in Zach Harper’s NBA power rankings for The Athletic. The latest was at home, 132-118, to the Kings.

    Eleven to go:

    1. Bucks 51-20 …
    6. Nets 39-32, 12 games back
    7. Heat 39-34, 13
    8. Hawks 35-36, 16
    9. Raptors 35-37, 16.5
    10. Bulls 33-37, 17.5
    T11. Pacers 32-39, 19
    T11. Wizards 32-39, 19
    13. Magic 29-43, 22.5

    My main man from Ballarat, Xavier Cooks, made his NBA debut Saturday and logged two rebounds and a turnover in six minutes of action.

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  9. EricMarch 21, 2023 at 11:35:00 AM EDT

    I enjoy reading most everything that I read that is written by The Athletic's Wizards beat writer, Josh Robbins:

    Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
    It's not quite a must-win, but the Wizards' game tonight in Orlando is critical for their Play-In hopes. Both the 11th-place Wizards and 10th-place Bulls have 11 regular-season games remaining, and the Wizards trail the Bulls by two games in the standings.
    9:02 AM · Mar 21, 2023

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  10. EricMarch 31, 2023 at 9:39:00 AM EDT

    I'm the last Wizards fan still hoping they make the play-in tournament. Washington has six games to go, including at home against the Magic tonight:

    1. Bucks 55-22
    2. Celtics 53-24
    3. 76ers 50-26
    4. Cavs 48-29
    5. Knicks 44-33
    6. Nets 41-35
    7. Heat 40-37
    8. Hawks 38-38
    9. Raptors 38-38
    10. Bulls 36-40 18.5 games back
    11. Wizards 34-42 20.5
    12. Pacers 33-44 22
    13. Magic 32-44 22.5
    14. Hornets 26-51 29
    15. Pistons 16-60 38.5

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