GT: Bobcats @ Wizards -- 3/8/07

[Wizards2Lottery]

Antawn was fouled lol

[Wizards2Lottery]

Felton pushed of on Dominic

[newslowsad]

ODU loses

Wiz lose and can't get back to .500

God, today sucked.

[gowiz999]

Why didn't they just take the double digit loss? The half assed late minute comeback is even more infuriating. Where was the same intensity for the rest of the game or even 4th quarter? This team is the definition of Inconsistency.

[WizBiz]

I don't know about you guys, but I figure the longer I get to watch the Wizards, the better.

[JWizmentality]

You know whose fault this is right??? Millertime for having us two games below .500 before the game even started.



P.S: Quick check to the first page and he still has us at 29-31. I think an investigation is in order.

[newslowsad]

latest scrub to have game of his life against wizards: matt carroll

[miller31time]

You know whose fault this is right??? Millertime for having us two games below .500 before the game even started.

[80sballboy]

ODU loses? A lot more shocking than Wiz or my school Towson losing today.

[miller31time]

P.S: Quick check to the first page and he still has us at 29-31. I think an investigation is in order.

You need to get your eyes checked.

It clearly says 29-31.

[TheKingOfVa360]

Man the ending sucked, great game but bad ending. Why would Eddie tell Stevenson to miss the free throw?

[miller31time]

Man the ending sucked, great game but bad ending. Why would Eddie tell Stevenson to miss the free throw?

Meh, that I can understand.

5 seconds left. If Stevenson makes it, a CHA player will be fouled with about 4 seconds to go. After we inbound the ball, we'd have a little over 3 seconds to move up the court and get a good shot off, which just wouldn't happen without a player like Gilbert on the team.

[dandridge 10]

Just back from the game. The score shouldn't have even been as close as it was. It could have been because they had no legs after last night, but the Wizards played absolutely no defense until the very end of the fourth quarter. Carroll and Richardson single handedly beat us. Its no surprise that Jamison was guarding Carroll most of the game. Stevenson's defense on Richardson was just as bad until the fourth quarter.

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

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Meh, that I can understand.

5 seconds left. If Stevenson makes it, a CHA player will be fouled with about 4 seconds to go. After we inbound the ball, we'd have a little over 3 seconds to move up the court and get a good shot off, which just wouldn't happen without a player like Gilbert on the team.

The strategic reason for missing the ft was that we were out of timeouts. Ordinarily, down by two, you hit the ft, then foul immediately. The worst that can happen is that you are down by three with the ball on the side... unless you have no tos and can't advance the ball.

Assuming Charlotte hits both fts (a statistical probability in the NBA), we'd inbound the ball then Charlotte would foul us. That would put us back in the same situation, but with less time on the clock.

[pineappleheadindc]

You know whose fault this is right??? Millertime for having us two games below .500 before the game even started.



P.S: Quick check to the first page and he still has us at 29-31. I think an investigation is in order.

cough...cough...snitch...cough.

I blame miller.

[dobrojim]

Speaking of ignore, I accidentally ignored a wiz poster a while ago. Is there anyway that could be undone?

Yes.

Click on ignore list (just above the wiretap on my browser)

you should be able to edit the list

[dobrojim]

Another contested three for Charlotte. Tonight just isn't our night.

Not sure which one you were referring to but my biggest gripe
about the game which I expressed on the radio show post game
was that we let Matt Carroll beat us by not guarding him. Now
I understand that Felton was penetrating off pick/roll plays which
was causing us to collapse but the thing is, the player who was leaving
Carroll was never really able to do anything productive by leaving
him. NBA players are too good to leave that open, esp NBA like Carroll
who's main (only?) skill is shooting when open. Deal with the penetration
by Felton some other way than leaving a 3 pt specialist open. Esp
after he hits his first 2-3 shots.

[dobrojim]

We're still going to pull it out, but the disappointing thing to me is - we got Richardson 3 fouls in the 1st half and couldn't get him to foul in the 3rd quarter - while he continued to torch us. Getting that 4th foul would have been huge.

That's been a pattern of EJ's for some time. He simply doesn't
seem interested in changing strategies in-game to try to take
advantage of situations like this. It's happened a lot. I understand
that it's not always wise to change what you're trying to do. OTOH,
without JRich, CHA would have had no chance in this game. IMO,
going after him would have been worth a shot.

note - this complaint was NOT accompanied by a call for his (EJ's)
immediate or retroactive dismissal. Or by name-calling. Just
an observation. CHA's coach even left JRich in the game for a
couple min in the first half after he got his 3rd.

[LyricalRico]

That's been a pattern of EJ's for some time. He simply doesn't
seem interested in changing strategies in-game to try to take
advantage of situations like this. It's happened a lot. I understand
that it's not always wise to change what you're trying to do. OTOH,
without JRich, CHA would have had no chance in this game. IMO,
going after him would have been worth a shot.

Another thing - why didn't any of our "team captain veteran leaders" pick up on this? Even if the coach doesn't order it from the sidelines, it would seem to me that a smart player would notice the situation and try to make a play.

That's what makes EJ's gaffes doubly frustrating. Not only does he make the mistake but he's conditioning his players to make the same mistakes. Then, even if EJ actually wants to take advantage of a situation, it's harder for the players to execute the plan because it's not second nature to them.