GT#46: OKC Thunder @ Washington Wizards 2/1 7:00PM

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #201 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:25 am

This is why we might have to hold on to Ariza. The best scorers in the NBA are threes. Ariza might be the best defender of SFs in the league. Dude was locked in from the start.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #202 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:27 am

It all means nothing if we lose to the Blazers.

dckingsfan · Post #203 » by **dckingsfan** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:31 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:It all means nothing if we lose to the Blazers.

Will we be below or at .500?

TGW · Post #204 » by **TGW** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:44 am

Ruzious wrote:Give Wittman credit. He kept Temple in there long, and Temple deserved every second. And then Wall comes in with a great play. Good job by Randy.

What? Give Whitman credit? How dare ye...

stevemcqueen1 · Post #205 » by **stevemcqueen1** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:02 am

jblaze2004 wrote:i dont understand how thunder keeps rolling perkins out there on game day lol What a scrub. He getting paid millions to suck lmao.

Yeah he's a big weakness for them. Adams is the only other legit big body they've got and he's too raw to completely take over Perkins's minutes right now.

Perkins is OKC's one big weakness IMO. He's a net negative on the court and his contract ties up a lot of their cap. You could argue his extension is one of the reasons they felt they couldn't afford to keep Harden.

If Adams matures, they'll be good moving forward. In the meantime, they're going to have match up issues facing teams with size inside.

JWizmentality · Post #206 » by **JWizmentality** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:32 am

We put up a good fight but ultimately lose to the Blazers. It is written.

dlts20 · Post #207 » by **dlts20** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:45 am

the good & the bad. The good is that Wall has been in a lil bad shooting slump/passive playing drought and I think he broke out of that in the 2nd half and will be more aggressive again. The bad is that Lillard has been in a huge slump but seems to be breaking out of it tonight also.

Should be a great game for the .500 mark and I will ahead of time put it 110% on Wall. He shouldve broken out of the slump, he's finally an All Star, we are beating good teams, we are home, Lillard made team USA, and Lillard started over him in the team USA stuff in the offseason. Its time to stop taking a back seat and to wipe the floor with your peers while leading your team over .500

Wall says he does listen to what people say about him so I hope he's reading this. Stop not wanting to talk about the .500 mark. That goes for the whole team. They act so scared about it and hope they win so they dont have to talk about it. Instead you should own it and attack it. Go attack it, attack Lillard, get over the .500 mark, show why youre an All Star-#1 pick-Max guy, and take us to the next level. The time is now

dlts20 · Post #208 » by **dlts20** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:50 am

Ruzious wrote:Give Wittman credit. He kept Temple in there long, and Temple deserved every second. And then Wall comes in with a great play. Good job by Randy.

why give him credit for something that should be easy to determine? No one is saying to bring Wall in when things are great or someone else is playing great. People want him in when things are bad and the O is stagnant

MJG · Post #209 » by **MJG** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:55 am

Hypnotizer wrote:
Wizardspride wrote:Steve Weissman
@SWeissmanESPN

John Wall is just the 3rd player in the last 10 seasons to have at least 15 points, 15 assists and 6 steals in a game.

and the other 2 are...?

A quick check of BR says Chris Paul (six times!) and ... wait for it ... Brevin Knight. Seriously.

Post #210 » by **Zonkerbl** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 4:59 am

I feel a lot more confident with Wall and company having to beat a tough team like Portland to get above .500. But I'm a secret rip ciry fan so won't mind terribly if they win.

Post #211 » by **montestewart** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 5:07 am

Zonkerbl wrote:I feel a lot more confident with Wall and company having to beat a tough team like Portland to get above .500. But I'm a secret rip ciry fan so won't mind terribly if they win.

HANDS!

Post #212 » by **Zonkerbl** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 5:09 am

Lol whoops

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #213 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 6:21 am

Hypnotizer wrote:
CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Yeah that Gortat/Wall game was great in the third. Pick & Roll looked great.

and Gortie with best +/- again.

KD with -16. You don't see that often.

Gortat's a net huge plus. http://82games.com/1314/1314WAS.HTM

Wall's +14.8 and Gortat's +14.1.

The haters are flat wrong. I think Wizards fans mostly don't know how to evaluate a player objectively.

http://82games.com/1314/13WAS15.HTM

Look at points per 100 possessions with Gortat on and off the court. The Wizards are 10 points better offensively with Marcin on the floor. They also hold opponents to 4 fewer points allowed defensively when Gortat plays.

He's a .565 eFG shooter. His percentages are great on close shots, as well as on long possessions.

Not to mention Gortat's frequent double doubles. He is a good player overall.

What needs to happen is for Ted/EG to recompense the draft pick they traded; and to trade or some how enable Maynor to make good. Those two things would make Gortat's contributions rightly appreciated. He's helping A LOT.

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Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #214 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 6:35 am

JWizmentality wrote:We put up a good fight but ultimately lose to the Blazers. It is written.

No, I think it's time. The Wizards are due. Finally, they will be over .500.

Wall's going to get calls from now on. The defense is for real. The Wizards are better than Portland. They will win.

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Post #215 » by **Ruzious** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 11:15 am

dlts20 wrote:
Ruzious wrote:Give Wittman credit. He kept Temple in there long, and Temple deserved every second. And then Wall comes in with a great play. Good job by Randy.

why give him credit for something that should be easy to determine? No one is saying to bring Wall in when things are great or someone else is playing great. People want him in when things are bad and the O is stagnant

Riiiiiiiiight. Like when Wall rescued the offense in the first half.

WizardsWorld · Post #216 » by **WizardsWorld** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 12:03 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
JWizmentality wrote:We put up a good fight but ultimately lose to the Blazers. It is written.

No, I think it's time. The Wizards are due. Finally, they will be over .500.

Wall's going to get calls from now on. The defense is for real. The Wizards are better than Portland. They will win.

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There we go... like the positive attitude !!! Great game tonight !

sashae · Post #217 » by **sashae** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 2:53 pm

I agree about Gortat -- he's nowhere near the defensive presence that Okafor was, but he's overall a quality player. I enjoy having him on the team, just hate the acquisition cost.

Upper Decker · Post #218 » by **Upper Decker** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:41 pm

Good game, but there is no such thing as back-to-back games in the playoffs. It's nice to knock off a good team on a long road trip on the second night of a back-to-back, but I'll wait for different circumstances before becoming impressed.

dckingsfan · Post #219 » by **dckingsfan** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:42 pm

sashae wrote:I agree about Gortat -- he's nowhere near the defensive presence that Okafor was, but he's overall a quality player. I enjoy having him on the team, just hate the acquisition cost.

I think that is the thing that sticks in most folks craw. That and the lack of FC depth - especially since we knew we had an issue coming into the season.

dckingsfan · Post #220 » by **dckingsfan** » Sun Feb 2, 2014 3:43 pm

Upper Decker wrote:Good game, but there is no such thing as back-to-back games in the playoffs. It's nice to knock off a good team on a long road trip on the second night of a back-to-back, but I'll wait for different circumstances before becoming impressed.

I am going to pull a millie and say, "but we are talking about the playoffs..."