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What was that? The Washington Wizards were definitely doing something Friday night, but I'm not sure you could call it 'basketball.'
The Wizards set a league-low for points this season in a 93-66 road loss to the Indiana Pacers, during which Washington shot 32 percent from the field and 39 percent from the free throw line. Neither of those are typos. Don't worry, I triple-checked.
They were outrebounded by 20. Indiana had twice as many assists. Somehow the team with Roy Hibbert only had one block, while the Wizards finished with seven. Doesn't make sense, until you go back and remember that the Wiz didn't even bother challenging the Pacers in the paint, because why do that??
Fun.
KEY LINKS
Road team recaps: BF StoryStream | Washington Post (gamer, sidebar) | CSN Washington | Wiz of Awes | Ted's Take | Wizards.com | Monumental Network | Daily Wizdom
Home team recaps: Indy Cornrows | Indianapolis Star (gamer, sidebar) | Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | NBA.com | Indy Sports Legends | Fansided
Postgame interviews: Randy Wittman | John Wall | Bradley Beal | Marcin Gortat
KEY STATS
Really, you want to know? Fine...
32 - Washington's field goal percentage against Indiana. *BARF*
39 - Washington FREE THROW percentage against Indiana. *RETCH*
TWEETS OF THE NIGHT
Maw & Paw #WittmanFace. So American Gothic. pic.twitter.com/mTWlS1rXdi
— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) January 11, 2014
Yeah, we see the score too #Wizards pic.twitter.com/1DGA3Qe9j1
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) January 11, 2014
#Wizards never seem to give a damn about losing. Always 'just shots didn't fall' type of B.S.
— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) January 11, 2014
Let's never speak of this night ever again
— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) January 11, 2014
Oh. Oh dear. The... the Wizards' offensive efficiency... it was... I mean... it was 68.0 guys.
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) January 11, 2014
VIDEO/GIF OF THE NIGHT
This is basically what happened, just without Michael Jordan.
GAMETHREAD COMMENT OF THE NIGHT
GAMETHREAD ROLLCALL
| # | Commenter | # Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wall_Hopeful | 104 |
| 2 | qthaballa | 75 |
| 3 | DCrez | 55 |
| 4 | KurisuDevil | 49 |
| 5 | jarem | 48 |
| 6 | souldrummer | 34 |
| 7 | Baird15 | 30 |
| 8 | wiznation2-3-22 | 27 |
| 9 | BackScreenLob | 23 |
| 10 | Tbonebullets | 20 |
| 11 | segrt12 | 17 |
| 12 | 17squall | 14 |
| 13 | richkam14 | 14 |
| 14 | Banode | 14 |
| 15 | Yeti60 | 12 |
| 16 | imperialme | 12 |
| 17 | DCPerspective | 11 |
| 18 | gregjohnson1229 | 11 |
| 19 | WindyRindy | 11 |
| 20 | pplchamp | 9 |
| 21 | BCinVA | 8 |
| 22 | neualex308 | 7 |
| 23 | Rice2012 | 7 |
| 24 | N4Norman | 7 |
| 25 | LRJ | 7 |
| 26 | DCeee | 6 |
| 27 | do.itch.big | 6 |
| 28 | SladeKillah | 5 |
| 29 | NickYoung'sBush | 5 |
| 30 | johnwallposterizes | 4 |
| 31 | nesby8 | 4 |
| 32 | thewiz06 | 3 |
| 33 | Yessir4688 | 3 |
| 34 | ATrueNigerian | 3 |
| 35 | JimmyWall | 3 |
| 36 | endos2000 | 2 |
| 37 | hotplate | 2 |
| 38 | elliotlevy2 | 2 |
| 39 | Griffin-ing it | 2 |
| 40 | wizkid4life | 2 |
| 41 | LeHalfrican | 2 |
| 42 | ilintar | 2 |
| 43 | John Wall Stan | 2 |
| 44 | Rook6980 | 2 |
| 45 | DMV Cock | 2 |
| 46 | HijackedD | 2 |
| 47 | Mandark | 1 |
| 48 | Izzy.Bae | 1 |
| 49 | abovelegit | 1 |
| 50 | Dingus Khan | 1 |
| 51 | ThePGPhenomenon | 1 |
| 52 | Big Spoon | 1 |
| 53 | djnnnou | 1 |
| 54 | VBfan | 1 |
| 55 | knight13951 | 1 |
| 56 | Gators2015_BB3 | 1 |
| 57 | WizKid27 | 1 |
| 58 | freshcat | 1 |
