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Sorry Pixels are coming late today. *insert joke about today's Pixels being about the old Wizards, and the Pixels themselves being old news by now* Hardy har har.
But yeah, this game was pretty boring. The Jazz are terrible, the Wizards didn't even seem to care much, and they still won by double digits. Washington repeatedly staked out to big leads, only to fall asleep and watch Utah slowly creep back into the game before waking up and building their lead back. Snore.
Sidenote: Wait a minute, have we really gotten to the point where a Wizards win can be boring?? But I digress.
Once again, Trevor Ariza led the way offensively with 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting (4-of-6 from three). The Wiz also got decent games from John Wall (14 points, 10 assists), Bradley Beal (22 points) and Marcin Gortat (16 points, nine boards).
Trevor Booker didn't do much, recording four points and four rebounds in 16 minutes, but that didn't matter because Al Harrington and (wait for it...) Drew Gooden (!!) combined for 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists in 40 minutes. Gooden was particularly good, going 6-for-7 from the field. Meanwhile, Andre Miller notched six assists in only 13 minutes. This is where I'd make a joke, but Randy Wittman dropped an AARP quip during his postgame, so I'll just leave it at that.
KEY LINKS
Home team recaps: BF StoryStream | Washington Post (gamer, sidebar) | AP | CSN Washington (recap, sidebar) | Truth About It | Wiz of Awes | District Sports Page | DC Pro Sports Report | Ted's Take | Wizards.com | Monumental Network | Daily Wizdom
Road team recaps: SLC Dunk | Salt Lake Tribune (gamer, sidebar) | Deseret News (gamer, sidebar)
Postgame interviews: Randy Wittman | John Wall | Trevor Ariza | Bradley Beal | Al Harrington | Drew Gooden | Trey Burke | Gordon Hayward
KEY STATS
20 - Washington scoring advantage in the paint, where the Wizards outscored the Jazz, 56-36. Sorry, but I really couldn't find a more exciting stat. This was a really nondescript game.
TWEETS OF THE NIGHT
OK, so these are all from the morning after.
#ArizaBruh has now hit 31 out of his last 48 3-point attempts (.646). #Wizards.
— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) March 6, 2014
Trevor Ariza is now has a TS% of 60.3, highest on the team.
— Akbar Naqvi (@A_Naqvi_WoA) March 6, 2014
Randy Wittman called unit with 30-somethings Al Harrington, Andre Miller & Drew Gooden "the AARP group." #wizards
— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) March 6, 2014
#Wizards ballin RT"@BulletsForever: Wizards 28 and older combined for 64 of the team's 104 points last night." pic.twitter.com/zHdJqxeqO6
— WizardsXTRA (@WizardsXTRA) March 6, 2014
#Wizards Morning Practice. "Priority is defense. Always. It smelled like Bengay out there." - Coach Randy Wittman pic.twitter.com/OsoXEYPe8S
— B. Mendoza (@mrbmendoza15) March 6, 2014
#Wizards G Andre Miller poses for a Monumental Picture. pic.twitter.com/I3cgTOMQCh
— B. Mendoza (@mrbmendoza15) March 6, 2014
Newly Acquired #Wizards F Drew Gooden had a big game last night vs UTA. 12p 2a 3r shooting 6/7 off the bench. pic.twitter.com/bP3Cxwuda4
— B. Mendoza (@mrbmendoza15) March 6, 2014
VIDEO/GIF OF THE NIGHT
Gortat is so pumped.
So is Uncle Al.
(H/T @adammcginnis)
GAMETHREAD COMMENT OF THE NIGHT
GAMETHREAD ROLLCALL
| # | Commenter | # Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wall_Hopeful | 88 |
| 2 | HailSkinz | 63 |
| 3 | Krobify | 56 |
| 4 | tw10 | 55 |
| 5 | richkam14 | 52 |
| 6 | imperialme | 45 |
| 7 | formula0 | 35 |
| 8 | hobbes_GR | 29 |
| 9 | LeHalfrican | 26 |
| 10 | wync | 24 |
| 11 | KurisuDevil | 22 |
| 12 | Yeti60 | 22 |
| 13 | DCKRS | 19 |
| 14 | LRJ | 19 |
| 15 | Bradley_B3al | 18 |
| 16 | Craig_ | 18 |
| 17 | ryanwadams | 17 |
| 18 | Hulk_07 | 14 |
| 19 | ZonkerBL | 14 |
| 20 | little stevie colter | 12 |
| 21 | Inside Job | 12 |
| 22 | neualex308 | 12 |
| 23 | abala | 12 |
| 24 | 17squall | 11 |
| 25 | BealMVP4ever | 10 |
| 26 | cheezit | 8 |
| 27 | nuposse87 | 7 |
| 28 | RCpige | 6 |
| 29 | NewCavsfan | 6 |
| 30 | TheBackCourt | 6 |
| 31 | JazzFanDonny | 5 |
| 32 | samoka10 | 5 |
| 33 | WindyRindy | 5 |
| 34 | Izzy.Bae | 4 |
| 35 | Baird15 | 4 |
| 36 | WizKid27 | 3 |
| 37 | Free Javaris | 3 |
| 38 | SladeKillah | 3 |
| 39 | Rook6980 | 2 |
| 40 | Asdesas | 2 |
| 41 | Kend3zy | 2 |
| 42 | Amsterdamned | 2 |
| 43 | Clutchcity202 | 2 |
| 44 | spanishfalcon | 2 |
| 45 | arian1123 | 2 |
| 46 | WASwizardsfan671 | 1 |
| 47 | Born of Osiris | 1 |
| 48 | Chillinois | 1 |
| 49 | dave21110 | 1 |
| 50 | lobster11 | 1 |
| 51 | obeast | 1 |
| 52 | BulletsBaby | 1 |
| 53 | gregjohnson1229 | 1 |
| 54 | denny from yates | 1 |
| 55 | MC-Sneaks | 1 |
| 56 | rorad | 1 |