Wizards 101, Pistons 98

by Mike Prada on Oct 13, 2009 11:23 PM EDT in Recaps

I confess: I was a bad Wizards blogger tonight and didn't even get home in time to listen to this one. From the sounds/stats of it, Gilbert Arenas looked good (except for his turnovers), Nick Young looked bad, JaVale McGee looked breathtaking and Mike Miller continued to display the same outstanding role player/overly-reluctant shooter duality that makes him so interesting/frustrating.

For those who listened, feel free to fill in some blanks for me. In the meantime, four factors:

Team	Pace	Off Eff	eFG%	FT/FG	OREB%	TOr
Washington	99 (fast)	102 (below-average)	49.4% (average)	29.1 (very good)	15.4 (awful)	16.2 (bad)
Detroit		99 (bad)	44.6% (very bad)	27.4 (good)	20 (very bad)	12.1 (very good)

I know it's preseason, but those are some outstanding defensive stats right there. It's also in line with what you'd expect from a Flip Saunders defensive team, emphasizing shooting percentages and solid weakside rebounding at the expense of forcing turnovers and your own offensive rebounding.

It does seem like this is all starting to come together a bit. That's good news.

I doubt I'll recap this game further. Jake's going to most likely have his Morning Brieing up tomorrow, but stay tuned for an absolutely mind-blowing post from bwoodsxyz on how to add some new defensive stats to the boxscore. Seriously, I already read it and I found it really compelling. That'll go up at noon, as always.

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I would add

that I think Oberto is a nice, very useful piece. Consor put it well when asked to compare him to Songaila, basically saying that Darius was a better shooter with better range, but other than that, Oberto is more valuable to this team. Really, they don’t need anymore shooters. He can finish around the rim, pass well, defend and foul with abandon. He seems to have been much better the last 2 games – assuming his hamstring ( i think that was the issue) and general conditioning/recovery are improving.

"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler

by little stevie colter on Oct 13, 2009 11:43 PM EDT reply actions

Nice thing developing

with Blatche and Mcgee. Seems to be a pleasant surprise so far through the preseason. If these two can continue to develop their chemistry they can be truly dynamic coming off the bench together. Now that they’ve hooked up on the offensive end they need to get together about the defense.

by forthepeople on Oct 14, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions