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2013-2014 Washington Wizards Update 1

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 05:27 AM.

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Washington Wizards Midseason Update 1

29 Game Season
10 Minute Quarters

Record Thus Far: 4-1

Game 1

Orlando Magic
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Washington Wizards

Nov 6, 2013 - ORL at WAS
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Orlando Magic (0-0)	17	14	12	27	70
Washington Wizards (0-0)	22	16	22	26	86

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Wall (PG)	34	4-10	0-0	7-8	6	15	0	0	9	15
Kentavious Caldwell (SG)	23	6-8	2-4	4-5	6	0	0	0	0	18
Marvin Williams (SF)	25	3-9	2-5	1-2	2	1	0	0	0	9
Josh Smith (PF)	30	5-7	0-0	7-8	5	1	1	3	4	17
Tyler Zeller (C)	23	1-1	1-1	0-0	4	0	1	1	0	3
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Yi Jianlian	20	3-8	0-1	1-2	7	0	0	0	0	7
Tyler Hansbrough	14	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2
Austin Daye	13	2-6	0-0	1-2	8	2	0	0	1	5
J.J. Redick	9	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Marcus Jordan	7	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Shawn Kemp Jr.	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Elias Harris	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		29-59	7-14	21-27	48	21	2	4	16	70

Orlando Magic
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ramond Felton (PG)	33	1-8	0-1	2-3	2	4	3	0	1	4
Lebryan Nash (SG)	28	4-22	1-6	3-4	3	0	0	0	0	12
Jared Dudley (SF)	21	3-7	1-5	0-0	4	1	3	1	0	7
Nene (PF)	24	6-10	0-0	4-4	6	2	0	1	0	16
Dwight Howard (C)	29	4-6	0-1	5-9	10	0	0	0	0	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Andre Blatche	23	4-10	0-1	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	8
Taj Gibson	15	2-6	0-1	0-1	6	1	2	0	0	4
Chris Duhon	10	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	3
Hedo Turkoglu	8	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Orton	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Richardson	6	1-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	3
William Buford	7	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		26-82	4-18	14-21	40	13	10	4	2	86

Recap:

The Wizards started off the 13-14 season with a bang defeating the aging Magic. Josh Smith played well in his Wizards debut. They expect more out of him but his performance was decent. Rookies Marcus Jordan and Shawn Kemp both saw their first NBA action. Marcus Jordan showed a lot of promise at the offensive end while Kemp dominated the boards in his time.

However the most impressive new Wizard was Austin Daye. In limited minutes off the bench Daye managed to lead the team in rebounding and net 5 points. Kentavious Caldwell also impressed, leading the team in scoring in his first ever start.

Game 2:

Los Angeles Lakers
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Washington Wizards

Nov 13, 2013 - LAL at WAS
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington Wizards (1-0)	19	26	21	29	95
Los Angeles Lakers (0-1)	27	15	22	23	86

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Wall (PG)	38	5-15	0-1	7-7	3	13	4	0	7	17
Kentavious Caldwell (SG)	22	3-7	2-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	2	8
Marvin Williams (SF)	25	4-5	0-0	2-2	8	0	1	0	3	10
Josh Smith (PF)	26	7-10	0-0	8-11	9	0	2	0	2	22
Tyler Zeller (C)	22	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Yi Jianlian	20	6-9	0-1	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	12
Tyler Hansbrough	12	2-2	0-0	4-4	1	2	1	0	1	8
Austin Daye	13	2-3	1-1	0-0	5	2	1	0	0	5
J.J. Redick	5	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Marcus Jordan	18	1-3	0-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	2
Shawn Kemp Jr.	5	1-1	0-0	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	3
Elias Harris	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		34-61	3-10	24-27	37	24	13	1	18	95

Los Angeles Lakers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jordan Farmar (PG)	34	4-11	2-7	6-6	2	3	1	0	3	16
Kobe Bryant (SG)	32	7-18	2-8	2-3	5	4	2	0	1	18
Rashard Lewis (SF)	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Pau Gasol (PF)	25	4-7	0-0	6-8	3	1	1	0	3	14
Andrew Bynum (C)	33	10-15	0-0	3-4	4	4	1	1	2	23
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lamar Odom	21	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jelandi Kendrick	15	0-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Samuel Deguara	12	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	6
Kawhi Leonard	11	1-3	0-1	0-0	4	0	1	0	1	2
Yancy Gates	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Ravern Johnson	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	3	0	2	0
Chris Wright	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		32-69	6-20	17-21	27	20	11	2	15	86

Recap:

The Lakers came out firing in this one and jumped out to an early 10 point lead. The Wizards clawed back into it in the 2nd quarter and took a lead into halftime. The Lakers got back into it late but clutch free throw shooting by John Wall sealed the game. Unfortunately for Washington, Josh Smith was hurt late in the 4th quarter and would miss the next 2 games.

The MVP of this game was Marcus Jordan. His stats weren't all that impressive but his lock down defense on All-Time Great Kobe Bryant was incredible. The young Jordan in only his 2nd career game looked like a 10 year veteran guarding the larger and far more experience Kobe and his ability to contest shots and prevent Kobe from getting to the rim is what won the game for Washington.

Game 3:

Oklahoma City Thunder
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Washington Wizards

Nov 16, 2013 - OKC at WAS
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington Wizards (2-0)	24	29	20	27	100
Oklahoma City Thunder (2-0)	31	32	11	20	94

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Wall (PG)	40	7-21	0-1	14-16	9	17	0	0	6	28
Kentavious Caldwell (SG)	27	7-11	4-7	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	18
Marvin Williams (SF)	27	2-5	1-2	0-0	8	0	1	0	0	5
Josh Smith (PF)	INJ
Tyler Zeller (C)	28	2-3	0-0	0-1	7	1	1	0	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Yi Jianlian	27	7-14	2-4	10-11	7	2	1	3	0	26
Tyler Hansbrough	15	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Austin Daye	14	5-10	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	11
J.J. Redick	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Jordan	7	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	1
Shawn Kemp Jr.	5	1-2	0-0	3-3	4	0	0	0	0	5
Elias Harris	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		32-70	8-17	28-33	41	21	4	3	10	100

Oklahoma City Thunder
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Russell Westbrook (PG)	31	3-4	0-0	3-4	5	10	4	0	1	9
James Harden (SG)	26	4-13	3-8	0-0	3	3	3	0	0	11
Kevin Durant (SF)	35	17-38	4-14	4-6	4	4	0	1	1	42
Serge Ibaka (PF)	29	5-8	0-0	0-0	7	2	1	3	0	10
Kendrick Perkins (C)	32	1-5	0-0	0-0	13	1	0	1	2	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Wesley Matthews	15	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4
John Henson	12	4-7	1-2	3-3	2	1	0	0	0	12
Sim Bhullar	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Derrick Williams	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Darington Hobson	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Eric Maynor	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Daequan Cook	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		38-83	8-26	10-13	39	26	8	5	5	94

Recap:

The Wizards are still trying to figure out how they managed to pull out a win and get to 3-0. After allowing 63 points in the first half, 31 to Kevin Durant, the Wizards defense stepped up in the 3rd and 4th quarters holding OKC to only 31 second half points.

John Wall and Yi Jianlian - who is stepping in for the injured Josh Smith - led the Wizards in a great comeback win. John Wall's near triple double in this game along with his performance in the Lakers game a few days earlier gained him Player of the Week honors.

Game 4:

Milwaukee Bucks
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Washington Wizards

Nov 18, 2013 - MIL at WAS
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington Wizards (3-0)	27	25	26	24	102
Milwaukee Bucks (0-1)	37	32	24	23	116

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Wall (PG)	37	6-13	1-2	6-7	2	8	3	1	3	19
Kentavious Caldwell (SG)	25	8-16	2-4	2-2	5	1	0	0	2	20
Marvin Williams (SF)	31	4-6	1-1	8-9	5	0	0	0	2	17
Josh Smith (PF)	INJ
Tyler Zeller (C)	23	3-7	0-1	5-5	1	2	0	1	1	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Yi Jianlian	25	1-4	0-0	2-2	8	0	1	1	2	4
Tyler Hansbrough	27	3-11	0-0	8-8	4	1	2	0	0	14
Austin Daye	22	3-4	2-3	1-2	7	1	3	2	1	9
J.J. Redick	15	0-4	0-2	6-6	2	1	1	0	0	6
Marcus Jordan	18	1-11	0-5	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2
Shawn Kemp Jr.	11	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Elias Harris	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Wright	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		29-79	6-18	38-41	41	14	11	5	13	102

Milwaukee Bucks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Brandon Jennings (PG)	40	11-14	4-5	2-2	3	11	3	0	1	28
Harrison Barnes (SG)	36	10-14	2-3	5-8	1	5	0	0	3	27
James McAdoo (SF)	23	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	6
Larry Sanders (PF)	26	5-9	0-0	5-5	5	3	0	1	0	15
Andrew Bogut (C)	28	7-9	0-0	5-8	7	0	0	5	1	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Anthony Davis	15	2-6	0-3	4-4	4	0	0	0	2	8
Dajuan Blair	27	3-5	0-0	1-2	5	1	2	0	2	7
John Salmons	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Durrell Summers	10	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	1	1	2
Drew Gooden	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	0
Tony Wroten	9	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	1	0	2	2
Wesley Witherspoon	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		41-65	8-14	26-33	32	25	7	8	15	116

Recap:

The terrible defense from the Oklahoma City game was carried over into this game by the Wizards. However, the Bucks managed to keep their scoring up enough in the second half to outlast the Wizards and hand them their first loss of the season. Washington will have to learn quick if it intends to compete in the playoffs this year. Allowing 69 points in one half is unacceptable at any level.

Marcus Jordan had his worst game as a pro. Coach Saunders said after the game "He was just trying to do too much out there". He looked every bit the part of the raw rookie tonight and for his and the Wizards sake fans should hope he turns it around in time for the next game, a tough test against the Pacers.

Chris Wright (PG) was signed to fill the roster spot left in the absence of Josh Smith. He was sent down to the D-League after the game as Josh Smith would be ready to go against Indiana.

Game 5:

Washington Wizards
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Indiana Pacers

Nov 21, 2013 - WAS at IND
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Washington Wizards (3-1)	26	25	17	31	99
Indiana Pacers (2-1)	18	27	16	19	80

Washington Wizards
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Wall (PG)	37	13-26	0-2	8-16	5	15	1	0	5	34
Kentavious Caldwell (SG)	21	1-4	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	2
Marvin Williams (SF)	18	3-5	1-2	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	7
Josh Smith (PF)	36	13-23	0-1	1-8	14	1	0	5	2	27
Tyler Zeller (C)	15	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Yi Jianlian	21	2-3	0-1	0-0	5	0	1	1	1	4
Tyler Hansbrough	12	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Austin Daye	15	3-4	2-2	0-2	5	1	1	0	2	8
J.J. Redick	8	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Marcus Jordan	12	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	5
Shawn Kemp Jr.	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Elias Harris	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		43-75	3-12	10-28	48	22	3	8	12	99

Indiana Pacers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Darren Collison (PG)	32	3-6	1-1	0-0	4	11	1	0	2	7
Paul George (SG)	26	4-15	1-5	1-1	0	3	1	1	0	10
Danny Granger (SF)	31	8-18	1-4	1-2	10	1	3	1	1	18
Jeff Green (PF)	26	6-18	0-3	0-0	6	0	3	1	1	12
Roy Hibbert (C)	32	5-6	0-0	4-5	6	1	0	2	0	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gerald Henderson	7	2-2	0-0	5-5	0	0	0	1	0	9
Jordan Crawford	29	3-15	0-4	0-0	4	2	2	0	1	6
Kevin Seraphin	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Brooks	9	0-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
C.J. Barksdale	10	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Scotty Hopson	DNP
Brandon Rush	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		33-87	3-19	11-13	33	19	10	7	6	80

Recap:

Despite the abysmal free throw shooting performance the Wizards dominated the Pacers to earn their 4th win of the season. Josh Smith announced his return from injury with a bang giving Washington fans what they had hoped for out of him ever since he was signed this past offseason.

Austin Daye continued his stellar all-around play off of the bench. He may not be lighting up scoreboards but he's certainly doing everything the Wizards ask of him and is making Coach Flip Saunders consider placing him in the Starting Lineup to see what he can do. If that does happen, all signs point to Marvin Williams being the odd man out as his defensive play has been questionable at best so far this season.

Marcus Jordan rebounded nicely from his disastrous performance against Milwaukee. Despite being a 2nd round pick he has outshined 1st rounder and fellow rookie Shawn Kemp Jr. and the contest isn't even close. Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell has been spending extra time with Jordan and that certainly is showing.

Wizards Player Stats

Washington Wizards Stats - 13-14
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
John Wall	5/5	37.2	22.6	5.0	13.6	1.6	0.2	6.0	3.2
Josh Smith	3/3	30.7	22.0	9.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	2.7	1.7
Yi Jianlian	5/2	22.6	10.6	6.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.6
Marvin Williams	5/5	25.0	9.6	5.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.0
Tyler Hansbrough	5/0	15.8	6.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.4
Tyler Zeller	5/5	22.2	5.2	3.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.2
Kentavious Caldwell	5/5	23.6	13.2	3.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.4
Austin Daye	5/0	15.2	7.6	5.2	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	0.6
J.J. Redick	5/0	9.0	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0
Elias Harris	3/0	5.7	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Shawn Kemp Jr. (R)	5/0	7.2	2.4	3.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2
Marcus Jordan (R)	5/0	11.8	3.0	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.2

(R) denotes Rookie
GP is Games Played/Games Started

Next 5 Wizards games:

November 30th @ Toronto
December 6th @ Sacramento
December 7th @ Phoenix
December 14th vs Houston
December 22nd vs San Antonio

Comments

# 1 sYn Shepard @ May 25

When you keep Kobe from scoring and force Bynum to carry the team, you can beat the Lakers. Good job their. And tough break against the Bucks. Jennings in an under-rated PG in the league, and it shows right there.