The most glaring was their inability to get the ball to Antawn Jamison on their last meaningful...

The most glaring was their inability to get the ball to Antawn Jamison on their last meaningful possession, trailing 89-87. Jamison had the 6-foot-3 Murray on him, giving him a 6-inch edge, but Murray fronted and Juan Dixon couldn't or wouldn't loop a pass over the top, instead settling for a contested midrange J that missed the mark. Nick Young got the offensive board but immediately hurled a wild fadeaway that also missed, and Washington's fate was sealed.

It was one of several times Jamison had a smaller man on him in the second half and didn't get the rock. "We're just not playing smart," said Jamison. "It's frustrating. You gotta find a way to get a guy the ball."

John Hollinger on ESPN's Daily Dime. When I get around to recapping last night, I'm going to talk about our late-game execution more.

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Late Game Execution

When I get around to recapping last night, I’m going to talk about our late-game execution more.

What do I think about our late game execution? I’m all for it.

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by cuppettcj on Nov 20, 2008 12:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

second mckay reference on this site

good to see – proud to say i’m related to the guy.

as for the final play, i can’t pin that too much on dixon. the play was obviously to go to jamison but atlanta doubled so dixon had no way of getting him the ball. dixon might have made the mistake of picking up his dribble, but once he did that and it was clear he couldn’t get the ball to jamison, it made sense that dixon just shot the three ball at that point. wasn’t super happy with it but the play didn’t work…

can’t blame young for taking that shot either at that point.

wish the wiz had pulled that one out.

by DarrellWalkerFan on Nov 20, 2008 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hollinger always seems to hate on the Wizards

but he’s exactly right here. There should be no excuses from this game; the Wizards just didn’t make enough plays at the end. There’s no reason why Butler or Jamison shouldn’t have gotten the ball on any of the last few plays.

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by Matt K. on Nov 20, 2008 12:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Agree on both counts

I am pretty sure my neighbor thought I was a mental patient when that Dixon shot went up.

by AndNone on Nov 20, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I can’t find fault with Hollinger here (and many of you know how much that pains me).

Nick Young’s shot selection was horrendous last night, particularly late in the game. We can chalk that up to his inexperience or we can chalk it up to this team not being very good… it all works out to the same thing.

by sierradave on Nov 20, 2008 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't fault Nick too much for that shot

Maybe he didn’t know how much time he had…..but he was sooooo close, maybe Hollinger doesn’t realize his fadeaway game is pretty decent.

…granted, a shot from the side of the hoop is the toughest to make.

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by Truth About It on Nov 20, 2008 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The problem was that DeShawn was WIDE open for three

Everyone was sucked into the paint. DeShawn would have had a clean look.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Nov 20, 2008 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't trust DeShawn

He takes his time, makes his first two shots…..

Then he starts chucking threes. I think six out of his next 8 shots were threes and he only made one of them.

Then he somehow redeems himself with a decent shot where he turned down a three point attempt for a better two, and then he hit a completely lucky step-back fadeaway from the corner that was almost wilder than Nick Young’s shot (I know it was further out)…the only difference was that DeShawn made his.

Big deal…he lets Joe Johnson and the Hawks run a perfect elevator door out-of-bounds play where Johnson was allowed to get too much separation and ended up hitting a three on the very next play.

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by Truth About It on Nov 20, 2008 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, yeah

But DeShawn was WIDE open. Like, nobody was within 15 feet of him.

How can you preach ball movement on one hand and then say Nick shouldn’t have made the extra pass that time?

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Nov 20, 2008 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He should have been more aware...

….of how much time was on the clock.

“The play that we designed was taking forever, so I thought the clock was running out,” Young explained. "I thought I heard Caron yell, ‘Shoot it!’ "

But in the end, yes, I’m down with the open shot…go for the win on the road, right?

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by Truth About It on Nov 20, 2008 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

UGH Times UGH

I am more concerned with Young’s silly turnovers in key stretches than his last final shot attempt. This team needs a real PG or a floor distributor desperately.

What? They don't have TV in the D-League? Don't watch me, watch TV.

by Mac G on Nov 20, 2008 2:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs