Open Thread: Charlotte Bobcats vs. Washington Wizards, Regular Season Game 15
by Mike Prada on Nov 28, 2009 3:38 PM EST
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PrintCharlotte Bobcats at Washington Wizards, Nov 28, 2009 7:00 PM EST
The Essentials:
Bobcats (6-9) vs. Wizards (5-9)
7 p.m.
Verizon Center
TV: CSN, NBATV
Radio: 106.7 The Fan
Notable very early Bobcats numbers this season
17th in expected winning percentage (.469)
28th in pace (89.1 possessions per game)
28th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (97.3)
1st in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (98.2)
Notable Bobcats numbers last season
20th in expected winning percentage (.453)
27th in pace (88.3 possessions per game)
27th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (104.7)
7th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (106.1)
Pre-game links
Rufus on Fire, SB Nation's Bobcats Blog
Queen City Hoops, a Bobcats blog
Rufus on Fire's game preview
Bobcats Baseline
Michael Lee: The Other Side: Bobcats
GameDay Bobcats
| Tonight's Projected Starters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobcats | vs. | Wizards |
| Raymond Felton |
PG | Gilbert Arenas |
| Stephen Jackson |
SG | Nick Young |
| Gerald Wallace |
SF | Caron Butler |
| Boris Diaw |
PF | Antawn Jamison |
| Tyson Chandler |
C | Brendan Haywood |
Surprised to see that "1st" ranking next to "defensive rating" for the Bobcats? You shouldn't be. Take a look at that team, and you tell me how you score consistently on them. When Tyson Chandler's healthy, he's an elite defensive center, on par with the best in the game. Gerald Wallace and Stephen Jackson, when motivated, form an outstanding defensive wing combo, and Boris Diaw can guard threes, fours and fives effectively.
Of course, that same combo is pretty offensively-challenged, so the 28th offensive ranking shouldn't be surprising either. This is kind of what we expected from Charlotte coming into the season. The only difference is the presence of Stephen Jackson, but even that hasn't changed much, since Jackson is up to his usual shoot-a-lot-but-miss-a-lot routine. Charlotte's best player this season, in fact, has been Nazr Mohammed, who is posting a 22.5 PER while hauling in 18.5% of available rebounds this season. That's, in a word, surprising.
Charlotte fans seem to be confident that they can win tonight. They're riding the whole "dysfunctional Wizards who have no defenders and all hate each other" wave, which was so last week (if it was anything at all). Curiously, the argument is that Mike Miller's absence is a good thing because he needs the ball too much. Hey, Arnott, check Mike's usage rate. Thanks. It's pretty much proven that the road back-to-back is harder to manage than the home back-to-back, so I give the edge there to the Wizards, even though Charlotte looked really good in dismantiling Cleveland last night.
Tonight's keys? Caron Butler has to do a much better job on Gerald Wallace than he's done in the past. Check out Wallace's career splits vs. the Wizards. They include his time barely playing for the Kings ... and they're still very impressive. That matchup is huge, because I think the Wizards have the edge in most other places. Stephen Jackson on paper should hurt Nick Young, but I imagine Young's new pesky defense will bug Jackson and make him force some bad shots. Diaw and Jamison are pretty even, but Antawn's playing too well right now to lose most matchups.
I hate looking ahead, but a win here and we're back to 6-9, with a home date against the struggling Bucks coming up. We have to get this one, though.
I'm definitely not going to be able to watch this one, since we don't get NBATV out here and I can't rewatch it on League Pass, so feel free to fill me in tomorrow on what you saw.
GO WIZARDS!
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ahhh shit!!!
this game has no business being a national game of any kind, thus creating a blackout on LP.
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
yeah bobcats should never be national
atdhe still not working for me
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 7:20 PM EST up reply actions
From atdhe: http://atdhe.net/10229/watch-charlotte-bobcats-vs-washington-wizards
Doesn’t look like it’s on yet.
anyone else
looking on with interest at the possibility of eddie jordan coaching iverson? he’s like arenas times 10 as far as coachability.
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 7:02 PM EST reply actions
Yea, but if any coach can ...
It’s Eddie in Philly.
Wish I would have asked him about AI on Tuesday now … if my hindsight were better.
Representing DC with Wizards & Stuff - Truth About It.net and Bullets Forever.
nick better take guarding jackson
as seriously as he did wade.
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 7:13 PM EST reply actions
Mike Miller needs that skull and Crossbones - like Rick Vaughn's glasses
Bullets Forever - where "Dagger ! " happens......
Which I like. Jamison has been my favorite player so far this year.
After I write that post about him he goes shows me up. I guess thats better than the other way around!
by Carlos Returns on Nov 28, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
nice jamison
sell the call!
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 7:36 PM EST reply actions
How would McGuire help?
Defense isn’t out issue right now, its offense.
If we're going to have a defensive 2 out there right now...
I’d rather see McGuire with Young in foul trouble.
Nice block by McGee… too bad it went right to Mohammed
Bullets Forever - where "Dagger ! " happens......
Does anyone else think Charlotte is moving the ball too easily?
Representing DC with Wizards & Stuff - Truth About It.net and Bullets Forever.
A couple of times...
our help defense came early giving Charlotte some time to react and get the ball to the open man.
5-7 Charlotte FGs have been assisted on in 2nd Q (w 5:00 left)
Representing DC with Wizards & Stuff - Truth About It.net and Bullets Forever.
WTF Butler: head faking on everything. No one bites anymore.
QUIT BEING PREDICTABLE with the traveling.
Thats one of those plays where if that second charge would be called against the iz i would be ticked
by Carlos Returns on Nov 28, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
He doesn't seem to have it tonight.
Can’t keep Flip in front of you on defense? Please just take a seat on the bench.
Gilbert is 1-5 with two of those shots being buzzer shots.
He needs to get into a rhythm. He needs to take a few shots on some possesions to get his game going. 2 points isnt going to work unless you have 15+ assists
I'm too upset to continue watching this...
a 13 point quarter against any NBA team will sink you. Everything is just bad right now. Bad.
Why is Arenas still on?
He is doing nothing…
The Wizards are getting slaughtered on their home court by the Bobcats.
Words cannot describe how pathetic this is. One game, they’ve got your spirits up, the next, they’re breaking your heart . And yeah, Gilbert will be better later in the season, but let’s talk about right now: 3-11, no trips to the line, 3 of his last 25 three-pointers over the last several games. He sucks right now.
Why does he garner playing time
If he isn’t ready then bring him off the bench and monitor his minutes. I am tired of this Gil will come around facade. We are going to lose this season waiting on him.
Meh go Gerald Wallce at this point
I have him on my fantasy
booooo
do not approve of wallace. ask gilbert, or Yi Jianlian about him. not dirty, mind you, just reckless.
"a crab dribble is when you travel" - caron butler
by little stevie colter on Nov 28, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Just got back to this
Uhhh … what happened guys? Guest recap?
You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.
I was talking about the game, not the lack of a postgame thread
There wasn’t supposed to be one tonight.
You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.
gil
I have never been a Gil fan, and don’t think hell ever be even a small part of a championship contender, but we wont even win 30 games if he continues like this. I think his problems are two fold hes lost some quickness and hes sad because of Shaq and his fiancee . I actually think the later is what is really making him play atrociously right now.
I think the team should give him a few games off right now and find him the best psychiatrist around to help him through his depression. If this doesn’t work they should begin finding a way to buy him out so we can go into this summer without his salary number destroying our chance to be competitive for years to come.
by iluvthebullets on Nov 28, 2009 11:11 PM EST reply actions
They can't buy him out, this isn't the NFL
You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.
I wont blame this loss on Gil. On any given night someone might not perform.
Tonight was that case for everyone on the team, Blatche, Kid, McGee, Caron, Haywood. Defense was good.
If you watch 1st 2nd, good defense. But literally shots, I mean flip shots, layups, you name it were not falling.
In a game of table tennis. You can defend all day, but eventually the other player will score. If you cant score your going to get tired of defending and lose.
Thats what happened here. Not that Arenas didnt put up 50 points. Needs to be collective effort. Look at the stats, horrible. Im not too worried about it. Id rather see a win against Toronto.
I know they cant officially buy him out, but if he continues to play like this, with absolutely no heart or effectiveness, I feel like we can convince him he needs to hang them up. If he decided to quit , which he apparently did after he got re injured, would we still be saddled with his cap figure?
by iluvthebullets on Nov 29, 2009 12:36 AM EST reply actions
Can't really speculate on why
But Gilbert’s lack of effort was palpable. He spent the majority of the time he was in the game standing on his heels watching or trotting casually to the place he thought he should be — on both ends of the court. I’m not sure what the deal is, but he’s just not putting in much effort. He looks like he’s giving up, somehow.
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