Takeaways From Washington Wizards Game

Makes their win against the IN team by (109-105). Entering the night, Washington ranked last in the league with 60 three-point makes, 20 fewer than the second-worst team (Miami).

On Tuesday, they dropped to 2-9 on the new season by losing to the 1-win Philadelphia 76ers, who were playing without breakout rookie Joel Embiid. They also have a new head coach in Jeff Hornacek, who has been tasked with getting the Knicks back to the postseason.

Much like the 76ers, the Wizards have been somewhat competitive when their starting unit has been on the floor, only being outscored by 2.1 points per 100 possessions with the starters on the court. In addition to little to no effort being put in on the defensive end, the Wizards have been just as bad rebounding the ball; ranking 21 in rebounds per game with 45 per contest. “This season, the 7’3” power forward is shooting 47.9% from the field, including 38.6% from three-point range.

Beal’s injury and the team’s weak wing depth led to 37 minutes for Thornton, and the injury to backup center Ian Mahinmi led to 39 minutes for aging center Marcin Gortat.

“It brings a whole different dimension to our team having Brad back”, forward Markieff Morris said. Against the Sixers, the team started on empty.

You know things aren’t peachy keen when a National Basketball Association head coach needs to bring his starting center to the front of the class and make him apologize for being a big meanie.

Andrew Nicholson came in for Morris.

Washington built its biggest lead at 27 points in the third quarter, but Brandon Jennings led a furious rally in the fourth to cut the gap down to nine with 1:56 left.

“We’ll see how he feels tomorrow, but I don’t anticipate any issues”, Brooks said. NY coach Jeff Hornacek is hopeful F Lance Thomas (sore left ankle) can return to the lineup early next week. “But defensively we just fell back to where we were before”. Horford has missed four consecutive games. Porzingis was 7-for-16 and scored 16 one night after his career game in a win over Detroit. They narrowly missed a victory their last time out against the Bulls. “I follow the instruction (of our medical staff)”, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. “It’s completely created to what is best for Joel Embiid“.

John Wall played under a minutes restriction, appearing for only eight minutes through the first quarter and sitting the remainder of the half.

Although a 5-6 start isn’t something to write home about, a player like Porzingis will always guarantee that better days are coming ahead for the New York Knicks. They scored 18 in the first 5:22 and extended their lead to 70-51 on Wall’s fast-break layup.