Morning Briefing: Mavericks Outgun Wizards 123-115
by JakeTheSnake on Oct 10, 2009 7:11 AM EDT
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Sure, you were probably mesmerized by Dirk Nowitzki's hair for a few minutes last night, but after a while you diverted your attention back to the man who always seems to garner the most attention: Gilbert Arenas. Here's some opinions on what different people saw out of Agent Zero last night.
Arenas: A Tale of Two Quarters; Wiz Lose To Mavs 123-115 - Truth About It
But the defense, which gave up 103 points after three quarters and 123 total for the game, well … the professionals are getting the toilet jack from the truck. This is going to take awhile.
Arenas continues encouraging recovery, scores 12 points in win - Associated Press
He threw an alley-oop pass for Andray Blatche (17 points) on Washington's first possession. He made a 21-foot jumper on his first field-goal attempt, 1:46 into the quarter. He assisted on DeShawn Stevenson's 3-pointer. He drove past Kidd for a layup. He passed to Jamison for a 3. And later, when Arenas barreled through the lane and made a layup while getting fouled and bumped to the floor, he got right up. The spectators roared.
New Look, Same Explosive Gilbert Arenas - Tim Povtak, NBA FanHouse
Arenas missed 149 games combined in the last two seasons because of multiple left knee problems, but during a brief third quarter stretch Friday against the Dallas Mavericks, he looked as potent as he ever did. Yes, he was rusty -- as expected. He committed five turnovers, mostly from trying to pass too much, but he also dominated the third quarter when he hit all six of his shots from an assortment of angles, bringing alive an otherwise bored home crowd.
Haywood leaves the building limping - Craig Stouffer, Washington Examiner
Haywood missed 76 games last year with a wrist injury, and the sight of him tumbling to the ground left other Wizards players somewhat shaken. "When Brendan went down, I ain't gonna lie. I was scared," said Andray Blatche. "Aw man, I was like, not again."
Mavericks 123, Wizards 115 - Michael Lee, Washington Post
At the time Haywood left, the Wizards led 20-19. So that means the Mavericks scored 104 points in just under 44 minutes the rest of the game. "He protects the basket. No question that's going to have an affect on you defensively," Saunders said of Haywood. "We were playing pretty well when he was in there."
Mavericks (0-1) at Wizards (1-0) - Michael Lee, Wizards Insider
Saunders said he plans on using Mike James tonight after James got a DNP-CD on Tuesday. "Can't play all 15 of them," he said.
Note: James did play last night and had 2 points, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 9 minutes of play.
Wizards Fall In Preseason Home Opener - Andrew Rosen, WasshingtonWizards.com
As they did on Tuesday, the Wizards second unit tried to bring the team back in the fourth, starting the quarter on a 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 106-99. The charge was led by a defensive change where the Wizards went to a match-up zone. The comeback bid fell short, though as Dallas was able to come through with several key shots down the stretch to hold on for the eight-point win. “It is a learning process," said Andray Blatche. "We are all starting to get the flow and learn the feel of it in the preseason games. We are learning how to play together and get a feel for each other. Everything is starting to come into place.”
Mavs vs. Wizards pre-season game thread - Mavs Moneyball
Best comment: "Aw, the Stewie guy actually isn't with the Wizards anymore"
Dallas Mavericks 123, Washington Wizards 118 - pantslessyoda1 (in the comments)
I had high hopes for [Randy Foye] coming into this season, basically hoping that he’d be our Delonte West, but he’s just looked bad out there. He’s tough and I respect that, but he seems unable to create good shots for himself and he gets tunnel vision once he puts the ball on the floor.
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Agent Zero Shot Attempts in first quarter. I hope this is similar to vanilla preseason football game planning
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JaVale McGee just pulled a Dream Shake move and hit it. Erick Dampier just pulled the same move and got fouled. Anything you can do...
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10:16 Mark it down: Gil takes & makes 1st shot (Mavs gave him room) Next time down the court, he drives hard and assist to DeShawn for 3.
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If you're keeping score at home, kids: Arenas has 17 points and 19 assists this preseason. I think he gets 20 points before 30 assists. You?
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Haywood getting offensive rebound then fouled by Gooden then crumbling 2 floor holding his ankle sends moans & cuss words through crowd.
Twitter / Mike Jones
so THAT's the aggressiveness Flip was looking for out of Zero. 10 points on 5-for-5 shooting.
Twitter / Michael Lee
This game is a dud, but who is going to win the Mike Miller vs. Dirk Nowitzki long hair-off?
Twitter / Mike Jones
@MrMichaelLee Dirk, because his blonde is natural.
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Some horrible calls made last night
Blatche had 3-4 fouls that were iffy. I remember Oberto had an over the back when he didn’t touch the guy. My friends and I all left feeling the same way about the refs.
by DaGribb on Oct 10, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We’re complaining about bad calls in a Preseason game?
Wow – we must really be “back”……..
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by Rook6980 on Oct 10, 2009 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do think the replacement refs aren't that great, though
All but one of Blatche’s fouls looked legit (and maybe even more importantly, not the result of laziness or bad decision making), but there have been far too many fouls called in the preseason. I think the only thing worse than a few guys getting superstar calls is the idea of everyone getting superstar calls.
by pantslessyoda1 on Oct 10, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I were LeBron, I’d seriously consider donating 10% of my next big contract to ensure the current crop of Referees stays employed….
They (the referees) are worth at least 2 NTC’s, 1 NBC, and 3 NPF’s per game….
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NTC = Non Traveling call
NBC
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by Rook6980 on Oct 10, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NBC = should read NCC = Non Charging call
NPF = Non Personal Foul call
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by Rook6980 on Oct 10, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two of Blatche's fouls were "iffy" to my recollection
But they were also stupid on his part … falling for a simple Drew Gooden pump fake was one of them.
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by Truth About It on Oct 10, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ref loss
I mean I hate to blame a game on referees but WOW if you cant see the mavericks game was horribly officiated I dont know what to tell you. Amen.
Oh and Gilbert I love you my man.
PS Raptors are going down
by Unxpekted on Oct 10, 2009 1:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
There were some awful calls (especially some of the charging calls), some bad calls have nothing to do with how poor our defense was. I don’t know which lineup had the lowest +/-, but that 3rd quarter was atrocious. Gil looked great, but they threw up almost 40 points.
My swag was phenomenal.
by se7en on Oct 10, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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