Wizards rally after starters benched to beat 76ers

This is Gils Team. The sooner everyone realizes it including Gil, Caron, Twan and all the rest the better. Those two foul shots were probably a huge relief.

Saunders Benching made sense. The Wiz need to learn to play 48 minutes every night

and we win!

loved the energy from that unit.

of course, philly isn’t good. but i’ll take it!

Good to get over the line and win but looked a little bit of a struggle
at the end again, When Williams hit the 3 after the inbound turnover
it looked like it might turn in to another heartbreaker.

I dont give a FRRUUCCK what our record looks like

Watching Arenas healthy after waiting 2 years = sport orgasm

Dude is about to get ugly soon I feel it coming.. Blaze the hibachi preferably in a honey dutch spliff!

I feel like gil really had something great happen to him on the west coast. he mentioned it in 2 diff postgame interviews tonight…maybe he just loves being out there so much that it revitalized him…

i feel like gil got a hold of some cali weed to calm him down…..he’s so happy and relaxed now

He didn’t last long. I wonder if he’ll start next game?

Does anyone know why he was so pissed? Was it at himself or something else? So nice to have Gil on the way back. He really is fun to watch.

Haha it must have been the Cali chron chron

My theory is:

1. Flip’s had this trick in his pocket for a week or more.
2. He knew at half-time that if they starter’s came out a little flat he would pull it.
3. He told the guys coming in that he was going to let them play out the quarter (basically) no matter what, and
4. He told the starters this might happen.

1. is why I love it. Think of all the chances Tap had to pull this that could have been so powerful for that (hopeless) crew. For those guys it’s huge to know that whatever you do you’re staying out there, good or bad.

I think #4 is true based on the reaction. It’s hard to pull off a 5-for-5 if the guys on the court don’t see it coming. Also, Gil’s post-game singaled that a) he knew it was because they hadn’t performed and b) he wasn’t surprised.

i think it was a great opportunity to do it, and I think it worked great. If I remember right the backups had a negative differential, so let’s not pretend their play made the game, but they didn’t embarrass themselves by any means.

Long story short, I think that Flip may have reduced our odds of winning the battle (against the right team, it turns out), but increased our odds of doing OK in the war.

(On a side note, is anyone seeing how EJ is getting roasted in Philly? For the record I’m a fan, but it’s interesting that he’s getting killed for a) making their defense worse and b) an incomprehensible rotation. That’s our Eddie!)