Game Day Philadelphia
Dave Johnson now here courtside..read below…no Gil tonight….Earl Monroe at half
Hey Everyone, I’m sure Dave will be joining us soon. In the mean time here are some fun facts heading into tonight’s game against the Sixers.
* This game marks the first of four meetings between Washington and Philadelphia this season. The Wizards and 76ers will meet again on November 30 and February 5 in Philadelphia, and on April 12 in Washington.
* After sweeping Philadelphia last season (3-0), the Wizards are looking to extend their three-game winning streak versus the 76ers. Washington has also won three straight at home against Philadelphia.
* Washington hosts Philadelphia with its four-game winning streak on the line. A win against the 76ers will give Washington its first five-game winning streak since December 21-29 of last season (@ SAC, @ PHX, MEM, @ CHA, ORL).
* In 82 games last year, the Wizards held the opposition to 90 points or less five times. This season Washington has already held five opponents to 90 or less; including four straight. The last time the Wizards held five consecutive opponents to 90 points or less was in Dec. ‘01 when they did so to seven consecutive opponents (7-0) from Dec. 11-22.
* Brendan Haywood has recorded four consecutive games with 10+ rebounds for the first time since Nov. 23– Dec. 1, 2004. With 10+ rebounds tonight, Haywood will record his first ever streak of five straight games with 10+ rebounds.
* Haywood is one of just 13 players across the NBA averaging at least 10 points and 10 rebounds per game.
* After losing their first five games this season, the Wizards have since rebounded to win their last four contests. The NBA record for a winning streak immediately following a losing streak of 5+ games to start a season is held by the 2001-02 Philadelphia 76ers; a team that started the season 0-5 and then won seven straight games to improve to 7-5.
* After scoring a season-low 82 points on Nov. 3 versus Orlando, Washington has increased its scoring output from the previous game in each of the last six games…85 @ NJ…92 vs. DEN…101 @ ATL…103 vs. IND…105 @ MIN…109 vs. POR.
* Last season vs. Philadelphia…The Wizards swept the season-series (3-0)….On Feb. 14, 2007, Andray Blatche recorded his first career double-double (11 points and 10 rebounds), as well as a career-high four blocked shots vs. the 76ers…DeShawn Stevenson averaged 17.7 points per game.
* In Washington’s last game (W, 109-90 vs. POR, 11/17)…Washington’s 16 offensive rebounds boosted its league-leading offensive rebounds per game average to 14.2 off. rpg…Antawn Jamison led Washington with a season-high 30 points…Jamison’s 30 points and team-high 11 rebounds marked his fifth double-double of the season…Brendan Haywood’s season-high 17 points along with his 10 rebounds marked his team-leading sixth double-double of the season…Antonio Daniels recorded his first double-double of the season with 10 points and a season-high 10 assists…Rookie Nick Young contributed a career-high 17 points, and was one of five Wizards (Jamison, Haywood, Daniels, Mason) with a season-high in scoring…The Wizards 62 points in the second half marked a new Wizards season-high for points in a half…Washington’s bench contributed a season-best 39 points…Washington also established new season-highs with eight three-pointers and a19-point victory margin; and a season-low with just nine turnovers.
* Wizards-76ers connections…Wizards assistant coach Randy Ayers spent six-plus seasons as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers’ coaching staff and served as Head Coach of the Sixers for a stint in 2003-04…76ers big man Calvin Booth appeared in 77 games over the last two seasons with the Wizards; his second stint with the team…Booth also played for Washington during the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons after the Wizards made Booth the 35th overall pick in the second round of the 1999 NBA Draft…76ers’ assistant coach Jim Lynam was Washington’s Head Coach in 1994-95, 1995-96 and part of the 1996-97 NBA season. Lynam’s son, Jim Lynam III, currently serves as Washington’s video coordinator.
6:10PM….Dave Johnson checking in courtside…all set for Sixers and Wizards…as alwways we will be taking your posts during the broadcast….big thrill just momoents ago Earl Monroe is here tonight…he will have his Bullets jersey number 10 retired Saturday December 1st…he told some great stories and relayed his fondness for the Bullets franchise which launched his career….he will be joining us at half time for the radio broadcast if you have any questions…..
6:15 PM…..Gilbert Arenas will not play tonight ..soreness in his left knee…Antonio will start
6:45 PM……Guys Jumoke got some great shots today of the players in the locker room. Andray Blatche shows off his freestyle rapping ability and then we also get to hear Oleksiy Pecherov sing his favorite song.
Posted: November 20th, 2007 under Blogcast, Wizards.
Comments
Comment from gbkdc
Time November 20, 2007 at 2:53 PM
Does anyone ever watch Wizards games on Comcast On Demand after the broadcast? They keep advertising that they are available “one hour after the end of the game for 24 hours or until the next game.” Every time I try to watch one, all I get is the one-minute commercial, but no game. I called them, and they have no idea what I’m talking about. ?????
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 3:24 PM
RE: The Haywood Conversation
Take a look at Dalembert’s numbers. He plays a little less than Haywood, has about the same points, more blocks, a better free throw percentage and a few rebounds less per game.
Guess what, I don’t want him on our team either. Is anyone saying that Samuel Dalembert is playing great?
Comment from Brickjp
Time November 20, 2007 at 3:41 PM
^ We get it. You don’t like Haywood. Like it or not, the level he is playing at right now is all we need from him. Currently, he is a presence in the lane on defense and he is getting boards on both ends. Add 10 points to that and Haywood is doing everything we need him to. I don’t see why any Wiz fan should be complaining about Haywood’s play right now. Right now he is a good center in this league and on our team. I’ll be happy with that. Let’s just hope he can keep this up.
Comment from neal
Time November 20, 2007 at 4:35 PM
Haywood isn’t an all-star, but he’s better than he’s ever been, and I think at least average for a starting center. Better than average on rebounds. He’s a force on D and now showing that he has to be accounted for on offense. He’s handling those little handoffs inside that he used to fumble his first couple of years. He’s playing better team basketball on both ends of the court, it seems to me.
Let’s sock it to ‘em tonight.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time November 20, 2007 at 4:40 PM
“A few rebounds less per game” is no small thing. Use the Win Score method from http://www.dberri.blogspot.com (i.e. the Wages of Win method) to compare the two of them over the season so far, and I’d like to know what you get.
Right now, Brendan Haywood is playing like one of the top centers in the league. He has that ability, I believe; I think he can sustain an excellent season, and that would make *a big difference* to the Wizards. That’s all that counts.
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:30 PM
IMO he is playing like one of the top centers in the east. The fact that dalembert is on that ballot and haywood is not is a testament to the fact that no one expected him to be playing this good. During the offseason we were all talking about how Brendan is definately a better center than Etan and this team does better when he’s on the floor. Some people wanted to trade him but for what we pay him and his effect on the game I thought that was foolish. Now he’s proving to everyone that he is that guy. He is closer to having more double doubles than last season. And 30 minutes per game is not alot. You can’t say look at his minutes as the reason he’s getting a double double. Watch the game and see how he’s playing now. Did you watch the game against garnett, or JOneal or Dhoward? These are all stars and you could see his advantages over them sometimes in strength, sometimes in height.
And the effect on this team is defensively he’s the anchor. People don’t stroll into the lane easily. Also he backs up people when they’re beat. I’m all for playing Blatche at the PF and Jamison at the SF in lineups where we are resting deshawn because the overall effect is defensively we’re better. We’re better rebounders on both ends of the court and we’re scoring more in the paint. I also like the fact that with a bigger lineup we’re adding post up options to each players game.
Haywood is going to do well because with randy ayers coaching defensively his strengths are going to be utilized. Also Hopla is helping his shooting. His free throws are going in now that Haywood is finishing on his toes.
Comment from Wizfan4life
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:39 PM
I think Brendan has really stepped up this year b.c. he’s been giving the chance to prove himself and i think hes done just that. I just hope he continues to play like hes playin right now and we will we set for the center position…………..hey has any1 heard nything about Pecherov? i mean i havent heard anything on his injury status in the past few weeks
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:46 PM
BrickJP, it remains to be seen if all we need from our starting center is what Haywood is giving us right now. I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree for now.
I’ve been a Bullets fan for far too many years and cheered through too many 20 win seasons to be satisfied with mediocrity. I want a championship!
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:49 PM
Oh, and, what’s with his attitude. Screaming after dunks, taunting and trash talking? As if he’s earned the right and respect to do that…
Comment from Brickjp
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:53 PM
Haha. I hear you about the celebrations. But I can’t argue about the intensity he’s been showing. But yea, Haywood always seems to try to act ‘hard’ after he gets a dunk or something. It cracks me up every time. Hopefully we will see some more of that tonight.
With that said, looking forward to a convincing win. This is a team we should beat handily. Doesn’t mean it will happen, we have a poor history of playing down to our opponent. But this team is playing with huge confidence right now and I see them getting back to .500 tonight.
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 5:59 PM
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=716530
guys talking about brendan haywood before the season began @ ricklevinenyc.
Imo brendan has been underutilized. Maybe because of the system, maybe because we do alot of perimeter scoring
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:05 PM
to be honest rick I don’t want mediocrity as well. Hopefully Haywood will go on and add more facets to his game and become a force lol. To begin with for this team to go anywhere I think we need to help him develop and use him well. Getting a center who’s effective from other teams via trade is hard to do so we gotta work with what we got and what we draft. IS Brendan effective? stats kinda show that he might have a really good effect on the team. I think we just have to apply him well. A big difference for him this year is he doesnt have to worry about being yanked when he has picked up quick fouls. He has to get the ball enough on offense to concern the opposing center and pose a threat. WE also should feed him when theres a mismatch. Things like last year playoffs shouldn’t have happened. Where brendan would have really slowed Z down but we never used him.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:08 PM
…maybe because Eddie liked Etan too much, maybe because Brendan pouted and often didn’t play hard…
whatever — now is now, and then is gone. If he keeps playing this way all season, we’ll be a much better team for it.
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:13 PM
tom, read the posts on the link I posted above. It’s really informative
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:27 PM
Dave Johnson here courtside…all set for the BLOGCAST….Gilbert Arenas will not play tonight because of soreness in his left knee……Earl Monroe will join us at halftime of the radio broadcast..feel free to submit your questions
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:31 PM
oh he’s not playing again? what are they trying to do get nick young alot of points?
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:40 PM
i was hoping they would sit him because we got a lot of games in a short amount of time and the later ones are more of a challenge than this one should be so good move IMO
on the Haywood thing- every one here has seen his improvement and no one can say he is not playing high level ball at this point and i don’t want to sound like a optimistic but i think his is going to be the x factor to a lot of the wins this year but again there are going to be a lot of people hating on him because he did wine and cry to much but i am with tom that was the past and he is throwing down now so live for the moment
Comment from neal
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:47 PM
For too long Haywood would kinda float around when it was time to rebound. He’s obviously got confidence now. As far as I’m concerned he can scream and trash talk all he wants. I love it. I hope he overflows with testosterone and adrenilin.
This Arenas thing is beginning to worry me.
Go Wiz.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:52 PM
Gil thing surpised me gang….again nothing structurally wrong with the knee…just sore….busy schedule this week..hope wednesday in charlottee
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:53 PM
well anyway. I think we have to be a little bit concerned about lou williams. They don’t play him enough I think. He can be a beast later on in the season with enough time
Comment from Brickjp
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:54 PM
Sucks that Gil can’t go. Good thing is, we should beat this team without him, so any rest he gets is a plus. It’s pretty obvious he isn’t close to 100% percent. We’ll see how it goes.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time November 20, 2007 at 6:59 PM
Hey everyone, Jumoke got some great shots again of the players in the locker room before the game. Definitely check out the video posted above, Andray Blatche tries to freestyle rap, and then Oleksiy Pecherov sings his favorite song. Funny stuff.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:00 PM
good comment about louis williams….eddie mentiuoned him in his pre-game talk..which you will hear starting at 7
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:05 PM
glenn Consor checking in..keys for Wiz tonight, Philly uses a whole bunch of multiple defenses with presses, Ad and Deshaun will have to read the D and attack, AI is a togh match up as well.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:13 PM
broadcast underway..again how about Antawn stepping up…..love those floaters
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:13 PM
Philadelphia is a lot better defensive team than Portland was, so I am really interested how the gilbertless team will do against them.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:18 PM
wermol you asre right..they are athletic and as glenn mentioned will come at us with multiple d’s….they will press three quarter trap etc….
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:27 PM
2nd on Haywood and THIS early in the game. That spells trouble
Comment from Dutch Fan
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:28 PM
sounds like philly starts of well with rebounding…
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:28 PM
I know this is early, but we really needed that basket from AD
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:31 PM
dutch fan..you are rioght..sixers 8-4 adavatage lon the boards….and wermol i hear ypu needed daniles..as the wizards are two of their last 10 from the field
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:32 PM
Blatche really needs to watch out that he doesn’t pick up any quick fouls himself or we will be forced to play small.
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:37 PM
but what a great play by blatche going from mid cout to the basket
Comment from Dutch Fan
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:39 PM
any chance that dmach can show some D tonight?
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:41 PM
great pass blatche
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:41 PM
hey guys, just got in…blatche playing well huh
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:43 PM
not sure aboiut dmac dutch fan….i think tight rotation tonight
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:44 PM
I know it is now late in 2nd, but butler with 2 fouls aswell.
Comment from Dutch Fan
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:45 PM
but starters getting alot of pf’s already early in the game
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:45 PM
you can almost feel the chemistry between blatche and young out there
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:45 PM
I meant to also add, that should Butler continue to have foul trouble this could free up some time for dmac.
Uh…and Nick Young…what confidence
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:49 PM
oh, i thought he was the one nick young elbowed
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:49 PM
evans with the dirty pick, at least he didn’t pull a kaman
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:50 PM
wow seems like the more we lose ppl, the more crisp our offense
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:51 PM
HOW WAS THAT A FOUL….://
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:53 PM
bad call against jamision..but then jamision attacks and get to the line
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:57 PM
nick young with a decent defensive possession a while back…keep this up…just keep this up
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 7:58 PM
How can a rookie have such confidence…amazing
Comment from Dutch Fan
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:02 PM
after slow start, wizards start finding chemistry…
I really like what I hear!
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:04 PM
this kid nick young can score. It’s so easy to him. Him and Blatche make that bench good. ON another note you guys seen magic just got maurice evans and brian cook from LA for ariza?
I think maurice could do alot for them and could end up being a starter. He was stuck playing behind kobe so theres no way he was going to win the starting position there
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:04 PM
i like the way stevenson is hitting the defensive boards
Comment from wiz123
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:08 PM
the bench is reaally shooting great. blatche is 6/6 - songaila is2/3 - young is 3/4. that helped…when i first checked the boxscore…we were shooting in the 30s%. now we’re close to 60% thats incredible.
Comment from wiz123
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:10 PM
i wonder if we would see blatche as the game’s highest scorer for tonight. i think it will do his confidencec wonders. lets hope haywood gets a good game too to keep his spirits up…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:11 PM
wiz 123 he is on his way…to a career high he has 13…chigh 14
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:13 PM
did you see the way blatche ran the floor and it opened up that open 3 for stevenson
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:13 PM
DESHAWN FREAKING STEVENSON
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:15 PM
blatche looks tired now though. gave up that lazy foul
Comment from wiz123
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:16 PM
wow…what happened? sudden big lead….i’m sorry guys…i’m only following the boxscore. no access to the game… looks like deshawn exploded…good to see him scoring too…he’s been having it hard offensively this season…
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:17 PM
I am sorry, but how do you not get excited about this team if the bench is playing like that. I am completely amazed
Comment from wiz123
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:18 PM
blatche gets his career high by hitting a 3…thats nice…
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:21 PM
Blatche and nick young are our future starters in their positions
They’ll be better than our current starters in their position. Then I love pech too..
I was cracking up when he was shooting around while saying, “I get mad buckets son, I get mad buckets son”
Comment from LilGil
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:22 PM
Hi guys, well I think the Wiz are showing what a good team they are tonight… I mean Gilbert’s out, Caron’s contribution is up to only two points this far (and 2 fouls) while our bench scored 26 points shooting a great 75%!
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:23 PM
I hope Blatche works out. I stole him and Sean williams off the FA list. Apparently no one wanted them. Anyone know what the deal with JOhn salmons is. I know he’s not a starter now but I’m sure he’ll get alot of time at 6th man and still get his points ginobli style. Or will I regret having him on my roster. Someone must have thought his stock is down
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:26 PM
how about blacthe..getting hit in the moth on a screen and then burying a three at the other end
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:31 PM
im guessing the weight of the beard has balanced out stevensons center of gravity, thus increasing his shooting percentage
Comment from Dutch Fan
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:31 PM
I never knew that AB had such range….
Stevenson is finding a rythem and N1 getting confidence! WOW
I’m curious what this will bring for the rest of the season…
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:32 PM
ai only three poiints…wizards onl,y three turnovers
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:32 PM
lol. the beard is doing the shooting for him, hence better percentages cause beards shoot better than deshawn
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:33 PM
at least now he has the beard blocking, causing him not to see his face
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:33 PM
AB shooting is improving now. There was times he couldnt take good shots. I think once hes consistent he’ll be a better starting PF than Jamison
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:37 PM
top three scores only 15 points..yet we are ahead by 19
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:38 PM
jamison is getting no calls today…on both sides of the ball
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:39 PM
I think we’re going to hold them below 90 pts. We have definately improved on D. You can tell in the schemes and the results on the box score. Ayers and HOpla are definately working for us. AD’s running the team well and we have few turnovers
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:41 PM
Oh my god….stevenson is out of this world tonight
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:42 PM
now they should do all that enough to a) put the young guys Blatche, YOung and Dmac to do some damage b) be able to keep philly under 90 pts
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:43 PM
love that even if we lose the ball we dont give up the easy basket
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:43 PM
crap lou williams is back in. This kid is fast. He’s better than andre miller IMO. Surprised they play him so little
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:44 PM
THIS IS UNREAL
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:44 PM
These guys are beasting philly. now we can play well without gil
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:45 PM
I again can’t feel my face.. they should just forfeit
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:45 PM
I can not believe it. I am in AWE
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:45 PM
from now on they should stop the game and do an autograph session and free shootaround and contests
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:45 PM
granted they came back from 26, but im crossing my fingers
Comment from LilGil
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:46 PM
My god…. A 29 points lead…. Now I’m just like you guys, can’t feel my face neither!
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:48 PM
After starting 2 of 10 we have shot 31 of 44 since.
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:49 PM
finish this quarter and give dmac and young the whole 4th
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:50 PM
well i see all the shots 60%+ shooting w/o Gil every one is on fire cant beat that playing good ball at all ends we got that confidence going i mean what else can you say
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:51 PM
33 point lead, I feel bad for them
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?topic=730785
they’re playing for the rose bowl (derrick rose)
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:51 PM
can we get some info on haywood as soon as you can?
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:51 PM
Dave and Glenn do you have any idea what happened to Brendan?
Comment from Jason C
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:52 PM
hey guys, gotta go…gonna listen to it on the radio now, hope brendan is ok…
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:53 PM
yay nick young in the game. Time to really kill them offensively
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:54 PM
they should put Dmac in as well so jamison doesnt foul out. Save him for the last part of the fourth
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:55 PM
dray is killing them with that jumper..that shooting coach put something in their drink. 100 pts in three quarters without gilbert arenas
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:57 PM
blatche had a little man on his back under the rim and young forced it. he got the call, but still… you want to see unselfish play in this kind of situation
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:57 PM
yeah not only that we are getting him must have rest and still killin people on the court thats a +++++++++++
Comment from brian
Time November 20, 2007 at 8:58 PM
deshawn is killing em. and does anyone ever look at the stats on opposing gaurds after games when deshawn gaurds them? he shuts them down!
Comment from Wizards4Life
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:00 PM
i never took a look but you bring up a good point theres alot of people on this blog that love numbers i wonder what they are
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:02 PM
mason is not doing a great job running the point
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:02 PM
haywood sprained ankle not serious should plsay wednesday
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:16 PM
well philly might break 90 pts. but from now on its all academic
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:17 PM
great game overall
we should be blowing out teams like the sixers. and the bobcats tomorrow!
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:17 PM
rick I don’t think he was given good passing angles on that play. He stopped pre maturely IMO though
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:20 PM
Nick seemed really happy dom got the dunk 
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:20 PM
I just want nick young to get a dunk in during this game. I also somehow hope he scores three more times to give him the 17 pts he had the other day
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:20 PM
d mac with a slam….daniles doing a nice job talking weith mason and young lon how to deal with press as sixers did have an 11-0
Comment from DJ-WizardsRadio
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:28 PM
on the way to charloote great stuff.. see you on the BLOGCAT wednesday
dave and glenn
Comment from wermol
Time November 20, 2007 at 9:28 PM
I’m glad our rookies got to play a lot and the game through first three quarters was an absolute joy to watch. I am a little sad that the final quarter lineup didn’t perhaps too much effort into defense, but I can live with it if it is in a 30+ lead game.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time November 20, 2007 at 10:03 PM
W O W — Gilbert doesn’t play; Caron doesn’t do much; Brendan goes down early in the game ——– and we totally blow them out of the building!
Great game from everybody.
Comment from ricklevinenyc
Time November 20, 2007 at 10:04 PM
does anyone know how the +/- column on the nba.com box scores is calculated?
Comment from wizardsallday
Time November 20, 2007 at 10:22 PM
that was another good game.
Hope they can keep at it.
Comment from neal
Time November 20, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I have NEVER seen us shoot like that. And I’ve been watching since I lived in B’more and they were there. It was contagious.
Haywood didn’t look energetic tonight.
Young shoots with such confidence. McGuire plays with confidence too. Mason is quick, to go along with his shooting if we ever see it. But he’s tentative and passive; lacks confidence.
Blatche just gets better and better. He’s our best big man on the offensive end.
Songaila really hustles on D. He’s not very smooth, but it doesn’t look to me like he gives up much.
I think AD is our best PG.
We should win the next 3 and be 8-5 when we go to Dallas. When we were 0-5 whoda thunk it.
Comment from ChenierFan
Time November 20, 2007 at 11:06 PM
Some random thoughts on the passing basketball scene….
Thank you God for NBA Leage Pass (I watch the Wiz games from NJ)
Blatche was the best player on the floor tonight. There are times when the game looks so easy for him.
The best part of tonight was seeing Stephenson have a good shooting night when Arenas isn’t playing along side him. Let’s hope he can continue. You can tell that he was finally enjoying playing on the offensive end of the court. Good for him!
Nick Young can really play. He is starting to get the feel for playing defense - not as much reaching and better passing lane play.
The Sixers miss Korver. Igoudala and Miller had no game tonight.
When are they going to retire Cheneir’s number? Monroe gets his number retired and most people think of him as a Knick. That’s messed up. He only played about 3 years with the Bullets. Jeff Malone should also get his number retired. He had a great career as a Bullet.
Does anyone know that that “BA” stat means in the box score?
Comment from Wizfan4life
Time November 20, 2007 at 11:10 PM
AD is a total beast when he starts……then again Gilbert can 2, i dunno i still prefer gil starting over AD, well then again AD did average a double-double in the playoffs last year as a starter……all i know is right now we have a solid team and will continue to get better……..last and only championship for this ball club was in 1977-1978 season………any1 smelling a 30 year reunion of that trophy coming to DC this year?? from the looks of how good we are right now i know I am!!!
Comment from Wizfan4life
Time November 20, 2007 at 11:11 PM
chenier fan does ba mean block shots attempted?? i dunno ive wondered that myself…
Comment from BruceO
Time November 20, 2007 at 11:18 PM
I think BA refers to shots you’ve had blocked. If you correspond them e.g. our game against sixers you can see they had 7 BA total while we blocked 7 shots. It tells you who’s shot was blocked
Comment from Brickjp
Time November 20, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Great game. I’m wondering what Brendan’s injury is. Maybe a muscle pull from the looks of it. Tonight was really a joy to watch. The guys were feeding off each other. It seemed like every shot dropped.
I think you guys are right about the BA stat. Probably means Blocks Against. I still dont know what the +/- category is on nba.com
I hope our guys have got this same type of game tomorrow night. We are definitely clicking.
Comment from GrifonRacing
Time November 21, 2007 at 12:42 AM
Has anyone noticed that in the last two games when Mr. Daniels started the team has had over 20 assists each time? I don’t think this is a coincidence. Out of everyone that played, and that was everybody not on ir, only Mr. Haywood didn’t have at least one assist. Everyone else had at least one. I don’t know this for sure but I think the +/- is assists to turn overs.
Brickjp… they said Haywood had a mild ankle sprain and is day to day.
Comment from BruceO
Time November 21, 2007 at 1:00 AM
i think the +/- stat is the points difference when you’re in the game vs when yuo’re not in the game. So we were plus on our starters and minus on the bench because our lead went down while they were in the game
Comment from GrifonRacing
Time November 21, 2007 at 1:03 AM
That also makes sense. I wonder what it really is? lol
Comment from AUNDRA
Time November 20, 2007 at 2:50 PM
We will definitely have our hands full again because Philee is feeling real good about there come from behind victory over Portland . The character of this Philee team was impressive but we Wizards have to handle our business at our home court! First we can let there starters have any thing to celebrate by stepping up the defense on 1.Iguodla
2.A.Miller 3.Willie Green 4.Samuel Dalembert 5. Reggie Evans. Secondly we must use the hot zone on there very very very explosive bench of Louis All-Star Williams,Rodney Carney and Thaddeas Young. If Louis Young gets off by attacking the lane then it will not come as a surprise because I expect him to run pass his slow defender but the Haywood monster will meet him above the rim for the rejection!This could be a very interesting game if we donot put them away early and late! I expect a massive run from Philadelphia at the end of the game but we must expect that!!!! Good Luck