2010-11 Wizards Season-Ending Awards: Game of the Year
by Mike Prada on Apr 28, 2011 4:47 PM EDT
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PrintIn probably the tightest vote I've seen in a while, Gilbert Arenas' quote explaining why he pooped in Andray Blatche's shoe wins the 2010/11 Wizards Quote of the Year by two votes over Ron Artest's Atari quote with JaVale McGee. We now move on to a much more serious category: the Wizards' Game of the Year.
Nominees and video below the jump:
Wizards 116, 76ers 115 (OT): November 2
John Wall went off with 29 points, 13 assists and nine steals, but it was Cartier Martin who sent the game into overtime with a miracle game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer. Two free throws in overtime give the Wizards the lead, and a great defensive stand forced a horrible Andre Iguodala shot and gave the Wizards a win in their home opener.
Wizards 116, 76ers 114: November 23
An insane game in which Wall scored 25 points and Nick Young drained a go-ahead three to give the Wizards the win. The 76ers were poised to win, but in somewhat fitting fashion, No. 2 overall pick Evan Turner fouled Wall on a three-pointer. He hit all three to force overtime, and Young won it in the end.
December 20: Wizards 108, Bobcats 75
The biggest blowout of the season, and arguably the most complete team performance. The game was over in the third quarter. The next day, Larry Brown resigned. We forced Larry Brown to resign, people!
January 11: Wizards 136, Kings 133
Certainly nothing close to the best-played game, but it certainly was close and exciting. This was also known as Nick Young's breakout game. Young scored 43 points and the Wizards eventually got the win despite some boneheaded turnovers down the stretch.
January 17: Wizards 108, Jazz 101
This was the Wizards' first win over a good team, which of course, turned out to not be a good team. Still, John Wall held well with Deron Williams, and the Wizards got their most impressive home win on Martin Luther King Day. The game also included this play.
January 22: Wizards 85, Celtics 83
This was when the Celtics were riding high, and yet, the Wizards still won. John Wall banked in a three-pointer and may have flashed gang signs to clinch the win. Also, Andray Blatche came up big in one of the few times we could say that all year.
February 13: Wizards 115, Cavaliers 100
The first road win. 'Nuff said.
April 5: Wizards 107, Pistons 105
The win that clinched the first three-game winning streak in three years has to be an option for consideration.
April 9: Wizards 115, Hawks 83
The Wizards welcomed a playoff team into their gym and absolutely obliterated them. Seven players scored in double figures in a game that was never close.
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The Atlanta game was a win,win,win,win game
The Wiz made some great plays in that game. They surprised Atlanta with how well they played.They beat a play off team. They improved their draft position and they rubbed the Hawks noses in the trade. It was a satisfying win in lieu of past games the Hawks generally dominated. Anyone who disagrees with me is a .
by hambone jackson on Apr 28, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
Forgot about that one
Good choice.
From the District of Columbia, home of the hyperbolic paraboloid transitional floating zone defense.
one of the few times I had been impressed by our team in a losing effort
What's this hell I view?
Wizards are like the winter
Ice cold from outside
-wjb1492
The Heat Game...
…the day Gil got traded. No, it wasn’t a win, nut it was the closest thing to a playoff atmosphere I saw all year.
That Pistons game was fun too. Late comeback capped by the Wall dunk. It was also the first game I ever took my 2 yr old son to, so maybe I’m biased. :)
by averagebro on Apr 28, 2011 5:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Kings game at VC was the most fun
Nick being utterly unconscious in an absurd barnburner. Visions of the old Gil days, shirtless and all
I was lucky enough...
…to see three of these games live. I had to go with the home opener though. John Wall came out, and it went to double OT on that last second shot by Martin. Gave some hope for the season!
Went with the BOS game even though the two PHI games were pretty good too
the only game I dont think should have been on the list was the SAC game just because of how ugly the ending of that game was. I dont know about anyone else but that was one win that left a bad aftertaste and showed a lot of the undisciplined ball the Wiz tend to play,
I would have to agree with MR though and would have rather seen the OKC game (even though it was a loss) on the list rather than the SAC game. The guys showed a lot of heart in that game and played IMO better than OKC with significantly less talent.
What's this hell I view?
Wizards are like the winter
Ice cold from outside
-wjb1492
Boston game was fun because just because we got
to laugh at all of the Celtics fans on the way out of the Phone Booth. They tried to take over our house and we chanted them out of the building…
I voted for other....Clippers vs Wizards in LA
That was the game that we all started to see the signs…if anything, it was the game thread of the year.
If the Wizards would have won, it would not have even been close.
The Houston game could also be in consideration
because Wall got his first triple double in that game, we won the game on Asian heritage night, AND Yi not only played well taht game, but he also had a fast break dunk!
March 22 @ Portland was easily thread of the year my friend.
If you weren’t there, you missed out.
Screw rational basketball analysis. I <3 Jordan Crawford.
Stress fractures are inevitable when you kick as much ass as Trevor Booker does.
by returnofswagger on Apr 28, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
This is my exact thinking
This game would have walked away with it had we won. I came away hugely impressed by the younglings. Booker banging down low, Crawford with his moxy, Javale going toe to toe with the dunk " Champion, " and Jimmy Wall pretty much carrying the team in the 1st half. Also on a side note Javale played 51 minutes in that game. Remember when he couldn’t manage more than 20.
Voted for the Boston game
I was at every home game this year, and no other game left me as proud of my team as the Boston game.
Part of Pech's Posse since 2007.
by OleksiyPecherovsHomeboy on Apr 28, 2011 9:54 PM EDT reply actions
I would vote for you if we had "Fan of the Year" award coming next
for attending every home game.
Voted for Boston game as well – we could beat the best team when we played smart and played hard.
when you finish as bad as the Wizards did...
you just look forward to next year.
The Wizards finished strong and have a lot of reasons for optimism.
If you showed me their end of season lineups at the beginning of the season (you would have had to provide me with bios on most of those guys) I would have predicted the worst record in league history.
But actually we have several very young players with huge upside that are just getting started (Wall, Crawford, Booker, perhaps Seraphin and Jeffers) and several young players hopefully just about ready to reach the next level (McG, Blatche, Young).
At the beginning of the season I predicted 18 wins (I think) if Arenas wasn’t part of the team, so 23 with a win streak and much improvement at the end of the season is a pleasant surprise for me.
Which was the game...
where Jordan Crawford made the three to send it into overtime and then made the big shot in OT to win it?
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