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| 2014-15 NBA Regular Season | ||
|---|---|---|
 | vs. |  |
| January 16, 2015 | ||
| Verizon Center | ||
| 8 p.m. | ||
| CSN Plus, WNEW 99.1 FM | ||
| Projected Starting Lineups | ||
| Jarrett Jack | PG | John Wall |
| Bojan Bogdanovic | SG | Bradley Beal |
| Joe Johnson | SF | Paul Pierce |
| Kevin Garnett | PF | Nene |
| Mason Plumlee | C | Marcin Gortat |
| 2014-15 Advanced Stats | ||
| 92.1 (25th) | Pace | 93.3 (21st) |
| 102.6 (24th) | ORtg | 105.6 (16th) |
| 104.8 (11th) | DRtg | 103.9 (8th) |
| Also see: NetsDaily | Preview | ||
More Numbers
| OFFENSE FOUR FACTORS | DEFENSE FOUR FACTORS | |||||||
| Team | eFG% | TOV% | ORB% | FT/FGA | eFG% | TOV% | DRB% | FT/FGA |
| Wizards | 51.0% (9) | 13.9% (21) | 25.0% (16) | 19.3% (25) | 48.9% (9) | 13.6% (14) | 77.3% (4) | 22.1% (23) |
| Nets | 48.8% (21) | 14.1% (23) | 22.8% (25) | 20.1% (21) | 49.5% (14) | 13.2% (17) | 74.1% (20) | 19.5% (8) |
Notes
If you fail, then try, try again. That's the theme for Saturday's game against the Nets.
I could make a whole post out of this, but if you look at the Four Factors numbers of the Wizards' offense and defense, we're now starting to get a feel of just where their weaknesses are. On offense, the turnover percentage rate has slipped over the past several weeks and has negated their otherwise decent effective field goal percentage, which is a sign that Randy Wittman's offense isn't as bad as some make it out to be. The Wizards are making shots at a good clip which is nice to see.
The other concern is two-fold, which is on the FT/FGA factor. The Wizards are one of the worst teams at getting to the line, and this is exacerbated by the fact that they are below average in free throw shooting percentage at 21st. Meanwhile, Wizards' opponents are going to the free throw line at a much higher rate; in fact they're in the bottom 10. This needs to even out some, though this is the least influential of the aforementioned factors.
Anyways, here goes nothing!