Road Warriors: Wizards vs. Bulls Game Two Thread

queridiculo · Post #1081 » by **queridiculo** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:42 am

pineappleheadindc wrote:Anyone imagine that Joey Crawford is driving away from the United Center in his rental car, headed for his hotel, feeling bad about himself that he just couldn't completely get the job done for Chicago?

He's probably more concerned about getting his legs broken, or waking up with a sawed off horse head under his bedcover.

dangermouse · Post #1082 » by **dangermouse** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:43 am

miller31time wrote:Can anyone remember any time in your Wizards fandom that things, from the get-go, worked in our favor on this big a scale?

Even with our only semi-recent playoff series win, we started out 0-2.

I, for the life of me, cannot recall a time things have been this good.

Shouldnt have posted that. The Downer Brigade on here will poke enough holes in these wins that you will feel bummed to be a Wizards fan again, somehow.

daSwami · Post #1083 » by **daSwami** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:45 am

would you guys rather play the Spurs or Thunder in the Finals? I'm thinking we match up better against the Spurs.

dangermouse · Post #1084 » by **dangermouse** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:47 am

Thunder, Spurs would eat us alive. We've actually beat the Thunder a couple of times in recent memory (cant be bothered to look up how we went this year, but im sure we got one...?).

Also when we beat them and Wall, Beal, Nene get their first ring, Durant's first comment to the media will be "I wanna go hooooomeeee"

jeffsays · Post #1085 » by **jeffsays** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:49 am

dangermouse wrote:Thunder, Spurs would eat us alive. We've actually beat the Thunder a couple of times in recent memory (cant be bothered to look up how we went this year, but im sure we got one...?).

Also when we beat them and Wall, Beal, Nene get their first ring, Durant's first comment to the media will be "I wanna go hooooomeeee"

We lost by 1 point in overtime at their place. We beat them by 15 or 16 at home.

FAH1223 · Post #1086 » by **FAH1223** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:53 am

TGW wrote:Wittman is completely outcoaching Thibs by the way. And some people were calling for his head this year...

Absolutely stunning.

Youheardme90 · Post #1087 » by **Youheardme90** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:05 am

Never felt this weird and excited to be a wizards fan in all my 15 years of being a fan.

relinquishy · Post #1088 » by **relinquishy** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:05 am

Wallace the GOAT ESPN employee :bowdown:

FAH1223 · Post #1089 » by **FAH1223** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:10 am

We're up 2-0 but we've seen too many home games where the team wasn't ready. I am a bit concerned there.

noworriesinmd · Post #1090 » by **noworriesinmd** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:10 am

Wow, feel asleep beginning of fourth. #sowizards might mean something positive in the future...Love our House of a Guards! #gowiz!

dangermouse · Post #1091 » by **dangermouse** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:27 am

relinquishy wrote:Wallace the GOAT ESPN employee

relinquishy · Post #1092 » by **relinquishy** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:29 am

GOAT gif

JWizmentality · Post #1093 » by **JWizmentality** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:33 am

Okay, fire Ernie, I can stomach witty if continues to coach like this. Seriously though, he's making adjustments on the fly and totally out coaching tippytoe.

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TheBabyMaker · Post #1094 » by **TheBabyMaker** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:09 am

dangermouse wrote:Thunder, Spurs would eat us alive. We've actually beat the Thunder a couple of times in recent memory (cant be bothered to look up how we went this year, but im sure we got one...?).

Also when we beat them and Wall, Beal, Nene get their first ring, Durant's first comment to the media will be "I wanna go hooooomeeee"

The Wizards took the Spurs to double overtime at home this year. Looked bad at SA where at that time they (WIz) just about looked bad against everyone.

I honestly think Wizards would spank the hell out of OKC. Unless Durant scores 50 a game in a series.

Teams like Spurs, Memphis, Dallas, Clips would probably own the Wiz. Not Okc

Illmatic21 · Post #1095 » by **Illmatic21** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:14 am

Man, I wish Wall could freaking shoot or at least reliably make a midrange floater. That's definitely emphasis #1 for him this offseason..moreso than the 3pt shot

dangermouse · Post #1096 » by **dangermouse** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:25 am

I think he just needs to settle down, hes rushing a bit and seems to be perhaps forcing the action, when he plays 200% better when its in the flow of the game.

Still an improvement from last game.... well for two quarters anyway.

He needs to keep DJ in front of him. Matador defense and then going for the sneaky strip was not helping.

The Fax · Post #1097 » by **The Fax** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:32 am

nate33 wrote:
The Fax wrote:I'm not expecting a big game from Wall or Beal until we're back in DC. If we win this game its probably going to be due to one of the playoff vets going off again. I got a feeling it'll be Ariza tonight.

Beal actually plays much better on the road.

On the road, he posts a PER of 16.1 and an ORtg of 107.
At home, he posts a PER of 12.5 and an ORtg of 99

Beal is usually the bellwether for the team. When he plays well, the Wizards win. When he plays poorly, they don't. Beal has posted a PER 17 of and ORtg of 111 in wins, and a PER 11.4 of and an ORtg of 94 in losses.

These two facts combined help to explain why the Wizards are so good on the road and comparatively bad at home. Hopefully, we can look forward to a productive game from Beal and another win.

Touché!

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WizardsWorld · Post #1098 » by **WizardsWorld** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:50 am

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!! Just finished watching the game on DVR.... Never in a million years did I think we'd go up 2-0 on the road... especially the way the refs were trying to even up the series. WOW.... Very very impressed. Sure we made a lot of mistakes... but we won... and that's what matters ! I predicted we'd win the series in 7.... but hell lets sweep !!!!!!

MikeTheKid · Post #1099 » by **MikeTheKid** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:57 am

Woah guys seriously lets calm down about playing the Thunder or Spurs right now lets get out of the East first, jeez lets get out of this series first. Lets not get overconfident and keep the underdog mentality.

I'll be in Section 118 for games 3 and 4, I may sell my Game 3 tix but definitely going to Game 4

MikeTheKid · Post #1100 » by **MikeTheKid** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:34 am

The Spirits of the Road Warriors live in the Wiz................