Wiz Ball Spaces

Facing the Indiana Pacers without Tyrese Haliburton on Wednesday night the Wizards were still defeated pretty handily en route to their fifth straight defeat. In a game where the Wizards shot more threes, got more rebounds and shot about the same percentage wise as the Pacers it leaves many questions as to why the Wizards find themselves in the rut they are in. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the many possible culprits from Head Coach Brian Keefe to a young core lacking talent as well as the play from Trae Young & Anthony Davis.

The Wizards played their first Nationally Televised game of the season on Monday when they faced off against the Detroit Pistons. In a pretty wire to wire defeat the Wizards were marred by poor effort, and poor offensive and defensive production. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the loss in its entirety talking about Brian Keefe's role in the defeat as well as highlighting which players struggled versus shined.

The Wizards faced off against OKC on Saturday night on the second game of a back to back. Frankly the Wizards were destroyed both mentally and physcailly by OKC almost right off the start of the game. When all was said and done the Thunder won by 40 points, prompting Wiz Ball Spaces to discuss more long term implications of the possibility that this Wizards team may be a ways away from truly being competitive. From the Trae Young contract to the young players long term outlook, Wiz Ball Spaces went in depth after a troubling performance. 

The Wizards played the Atlanta Hawks for the second time in three days on Friday night and once again fell short of the dub. Washington actually came with the three-point shooting making 18 threes on over 50% from beyond the arch but was still overmatched by the Hawks connective offensive and disruptive defense. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the game at large, talking about Kyshawn George’s monster night, how the team looked without Anthony Davis, Trae Young’s turnovers and detailed analysis of the entire game at large.

The Wizards dropped a Wednesday night contest to the Atlanta Hawks in what is becoming all to familiar fashion. The Hawks almost doubled up the Wizards three-point shooting volume, out-rebounded the Wizards and won the possession battle. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the loss ad nauseam, analyzing who is to blame for the loss, talking about Brian Keefe, the team personnel and the general performance of guys like Trae Young, Tre Johnson and more.

The Wizards handily defeated the shorthanded Orlando Magic on Monday night in what was one of their best defensive performances of the season. After a tight first half, Washington turned up the defense and pulled away to around a 10-point lead they would ultimately hold until their victory. Wings Kyshawn George & AJ Dybantsa put on a defensive masterclass with Anthony Davis sitting the paint to fuel the win. As well as that, both George & Davis had their offensive games going in tandem with the defensive effort. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed all that and more in the immediate aftermath of the contest.

The Wizards matched up with the Hornets for the second time this season on Friday afternoon. After a very tough loss on Monday, the Wizards enacted revenge on the Hornets in a relatively wire to wire victory that saw the Hornets shoot awful from three and the Wizards get back to their paint and free throw proficient identity. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed this victory in its entirety focusing on AJ Dybantsa's home debut, Trae Young's savant performance as well as some concerning stuff with Alexandre Sarr.

The Wizards dropped their 2nd straight game of the young season to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. After perhaps their best quarter of the season, scoring 42 points in the first quarter, the Wizards were unable to fully separate before the Cavs went on a final run to push them ahead. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the loss in great detail discussing the Wizards being out-rebounded by 20 boards, the lack of three point shooting before breaking down all individual performances from the game.

The Wizards lose on Monday night to the Charlotte Hornets without Kon Knueppel and Coby White in a game laced with poor effort from Washington. After a dreadful 3 quarters of shooting the Wizards turned up in the 4th quarter but it was too little too late as the Hornets would hold on to the lead. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the shortcomings of the game, including the poor 3Pr, bad rebounding effort by the bigs as well as Coach Brian Keefe's role in the aforementioned issues.

In the second night of a back to back the Wizards faced off against the Bulls in Chicago in their first road game of the season. After what was a very slow and frustrating first half the Wizards jumped ahead with a massive third quarter before narrowly hanging on with some rough late game execution. Wiz Ball Spaces discussed the game at large including a nuanced discussion about where we get Anthony Davis his touches, Justin Champagnie's excellent game and the many other talking points from the game.