Record: 2-7
OffRtg: 110.2 (19) DefRtg: 117.5 (26) NetRtg: -7.3 (28) Step: 105.4 (1)
The Wizards looked like they were going to go 2-0 against the Hornets (and 1-1 in the In-Season Tournament), but blew an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter at home on Friday. They showed some fight to come back from an early 17-point deficit in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, but couldn’t get the job done (turning over three straight down the stretch) and have lost six of their last seven games.
Three takeaway meals
- The Wizards were destroyed on the glass in their losses to Charlotte and Brooklyn over the weekend. They allowed an astounding 48 offensive rebounds and 53 second-chance points over the two games. Their defensive rebounding percentage Friday (46.9%) was the second-lowest of any team in any game in the past eight seasons.
- With that, they have seen, by far, the biggest drop in defensive rebounding percentage since last season, when they ranked 13th. They played small (with Danilo Gallinari at the five) when they went to the bench, but their defensive rebound percentage was lower with starting center Daniel Gafford on the floor (62.1%) than it was with him off the floor. floor (66.2%).
- Those last two games were the Wizards’ first two games to be within five points in the final five minutes. They scored nine points on 17 clutch possessions while their opponents went 28-for-18.
The Nets scored less than a point per possession on Sunday, but that was more about their 3-point shooting (12-for-49, 24%) than what the Wizards did defensively. And Washington’s defense will suffer with Delon Wright out with a sprained MCL.
In their first rest game of the season, the Wizards comfortably beat Memphis. Their second game is Wednesday against the Mavs, who will be in New Orleans the night before.
Dunk of the Night 😳
Landry Shamet goes up for a huge dunk and gets the Wiz bench hyped 🔥😤#NBAAfrica #NBA pic.twitter.com/J0Atdq8Vmo
— NBA Africa (@NBA_Africa) November 9, 2023
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