Player of the Game - Wizards @ Magic 3/14/14

[FAH1223]

Another not pretty W..

Here's your nominees.


Trevor A3riza
21 points (6-16 FG, 4-8 3pts, 5-6 FT), 11 boards, 5 dimes, 1 steal, 2 turns in 43 minutes


Bradley "HUGE BLOCK" Beal
20 points (8-19 FG, 2-5 3pts, 2-2 FT), 4 boards, 2 dimes, 1 steal, 2 turns, 1 block in 42 minutes


John "clutch gene" Wall
21 points (7-18 FG, 4-6 3pts, 3-5 FT), 5 boards, 11 dimes, 3 turns in 41 minutes


Marcin "The Polish Hammer" Gortat
19 points (6-13 FG, 7-8 FT), 14 boards, 3 dimes, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 1 turns in 44 minutes


Booker T
11 points (5-9 FG, 1-2 FT), 11 boards, 1 dime, 1 steal, 1 blocks, 2 turns in 39 minutes

[stevemcqueen1]

Shouldn't it be spelled A3za?

I thought each of the starters played pretty well on the whole, though none of them gave a completely solid effort start to finish.

Beal got torched in the third quarter. They took it right at Gortat inside and were successful. Ariza struggled to find his range until late. Booker struggled to cover his guy and ran into Wall on a rotation, picking him out of the play which led to a costly three late in the game. And Wall couldn't make anything before he subbed back in with five to go in the 4th.

Basically played without a bench last night too.

But each of the starters made enough contributions for the team to overcome their mistakes at the end and Wall took the game over and willed us to the win.

[nate33]

Man. It looks like everyone had a modestly below-average game efficiency-wise. Ariza's numbers look the best, and he did hit that dagger 3 in OT. On the other hand, Beal carried the team in the first half and Gortat and Wall each had double doubles. You could really pick any of them except Booker (who wasn't all that bad either).

[montestewart]

I'm probably biased by coming in late in the 4th and seeing Wall hit those threes, but he gets my vote.