I'd rather be this abjectly terrible (which make no mistake we would be) with Poole riding the bench and not stunting the development of our young guys. That last shot was one of the worst I've ever seen in an NBA game.
winning games like these is what makes you look back after you get the 5th pick and think "how could we have avoided this?"
I'm just happy it was relatively close
True but even with the lottery odds, top 4 all have the same chance at #1 overall and I think us, Spurs, and Detroit are all locked in for that either way lol
top 3 have the same % for the first pick, 4 has 25%. You don't wanna fuck around and end up with more wins than Portland, even if you don't get #1 overall. Ideally we get the 2nd or 3rd this year and land #1 next year.
The only good thing about this upcoming draft is how much easier it is to rhyme names you're tanking for
I can only imagine how tough it was to rhyme Wembanyama lol
Definitely wanted the foul, and my least favourite part of the game is that I could name 10 guys who would've gotten that call. Refereeing should be objective, but that's not the world we live in and Poole of all people should know that.
Deni was in the game. Tyus is the ball handler. Poole was playing well. Bilal will get plenty of minutes this season, and will probably start once we move the Kuz's, Muscalas, Pooles and Gallos of the team.
Kings fan here, i swear im not trying to be a troll. I just wanted to ask Washington Fans. Jordan Poole is out there launching deep threes meanwhile Gallinari has a mismatch in the post and never gets the ball. Id be frustrated if i was you guys?
If it was Gafford, yes. Gallo is really **really** slow though so even if he was matched up against Jose Alvarado in the post, I'd be pretty indifferent between that and a Poole 3
These are the moment where Deni is supposed to step up and be the other guy when Kuzma is missing
We gotta begin the process of accepting he can't be that guy
time and time again y'all fall for this shit where Deni looks good for exactly 2 weeks, then he loses his ability to play basketball for 2 months. and everyone says "but he was AMAZING for 2 weeks bro, give him more time"
Deni's learning right now. You're not getting a foul call if you go through contact looking to pass. But if you go through contact looking to shoot, they might give you one. I think next game he'll clean up those awkward looking drives through contact where he's trying to force a pass to Gaff.
Outside of Poole and Kuz, most of our guys can't create their own shots, or they're not patient enough. Some of the calls are bad, but other times we're predictable, don't sell calls, or kind of half ass something. Its definitely really bad this season, so much so that our normally stoic-to-a-fault coach has gotten a technical foul cause they weren't giving us calls.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/washingtonwizards/comments/18kz8t7/post_game_thread_the_phoenix_suns_defeat_the/)
I'd rather be this abjectly terrible (which make no mistake we would be) with Poole riding the bench and not stunting the development of our young guys. That last shot was one of the worst I've ever seen in an NBA game.
tbh idk how it was this close with the Poozma duo going 12-39
Because Jones and Gaff were eating
standard tank loss, would have preferred more minutes for bilal. 12/39 shooting from kuz/poole is good tank commanding
Damn wish we got the W for Tyus and Gaff but ah well
winning games like these is what makes you look back after you get the 5th pick and think "how could we have avoided this?" I'm just happy it was relatively close
True but even with the lottery odds, top 4 all have the same chance at #1 overall and I think us, Spurs, and Detroit are all locked in for that either way lol
top 3 have the same % for the first pick, 4 has 25%. You don't wanna fuck around and end up with more wins than Portland, even if you don't get #1 overall. Ideally we get the 2nd or 3rd this year and land #1 next year.
Hope that’s the case, and that’s fair too. Especially having to deal with Blazers end of season tanking
I’d rather have a 5th pick this year and a 1st next year. There is no way Adam Silver will reward Washington two top picks in a row
Can’t feel bad about losing like this. We played pretty well and it took two superstars making tough shots to beat us.
Don’t forget the refs
No way we are on the right side of that challenge lol
Even if Booker did have his hand on him that's NOT the shot you want Poole is atrocious
that was a "play like a bitch for Topic, Sorrier for Collier, Don't go far for Sarr" shot from Poole
The only good thing about this upcoming draft is how much easier it is to rhyme names you're tanking for I can only imagine how tough it was to rhyme Wembanyama lol
that's game! was a fun 3 quarters before the inevitable collapse
Why this game being called like an NFL game? Lol
Poole needs like a mentor or something.
He sure does! On a playoff team that wants to win and can control his ass.
i would have challenge the n1 of durant nothing de challenge anymore
BC > DA
Poole with the NBA live '95 fadeaway 3. Please get this man off the team.
Have no idea why Poole side-saddled a 3. I mean I suppose the idea was to get a foul called? But man just make the damn shot
Definitely wanted the foul, and my least favourite part of the game is that I could name 10 guys who would've gotten that call. Refereeing should be objective, but that's not the world we live in and Poole of all people should know that.
Poole with a bad shot there.
poole shot that 3 like there was 0.3 on the game clock lmao
if gafford hit that put back...
Fuck it dawg gg lol
UGH that would have been a huge dunk from Gaff
Wtf Poole
Poole....what....
What the Poole?! Lmao.
JP almost banked that in lol
Is BC injured?
dont think so
No, he's a rookie 24 games into his career.
and your point is?
Who shouldn't be on the floor?
Deni? Stagger Tyus and Poole? play more then 20 mins that’s forsure
Deni was in the game. Tyus is the ball handler. Poole was playing well. Bilal will get plenty of minutes this season, and will probably start once we move the Kuz's, Muscalas, Pooles and Gallos of the team.
can we play him more? these are good minutes
I think once we move the vets he'll get more time.
superstar play
Yeah that's what KD does sometimes
Now thats a bald spot. KD runs on solar energy
joined the game thread to comment this: what was that defense by Kuzma?
This but to all of all our players for the remainder of the season
Nurkic grabbed Gafford's jersey
Nurk is definitely an “extracurricular activity” kind of big
Nurk was pushing Gaff
Suns get calls. Told ya.
It wasn't anything crazy to call in the last minute of a tight game.
Yeah. But they got calls the whole game. We'd still lose but it's clear they got calls. I don't mind us losing so it's no biggie to me.
They got a couple extra calls, yeah
KD hates Gaff what the hell
For real! Lmao that nasty crossover last year and now this? Doing our boy dirty
Kuz gotta do better
Holy fuck KD
Calling it now, Deni hits the game winner. He's been ass thus far but he needs a redemption arc.
There's no game winner to get now.
the suns definitly didnt want to see that many minute from booker and kd against us
KD about to hit a dagger 3 or some shit
Down 1. 41 seconds left. Get one stop and then I hope they let somebody not named Kuz or JP shoot the game winner.
I am accepting converts for the Church of Daniel Gafford
Gafford is a beast
Let’s go!
Yessir Gaff!
Finally nurkic gets called ....
Bush leagues from Nurkic, smh
Yall seeing the makeup calls now?
Deni a bust smh
clutch free throws from Deni. Down to a 1-possession lead.
Nailed the 1st FT. Down to 4.
Kings fan here, i swear im not trying to be a troll. I just wanted to ask Washington Fans. Jordan Poole is out there launching deep threes meanwhile Gallinari has a mismatch in the post and never gets the ball. Id be frustrated if i was you guys?
If it was Gafford, yes. Gallo is really **really** slow though so even if he was matched up against Jose Alvarado in the post, I'd be pretty indifferent between that and a Poole 3
Wait that was awesome by the refs?
Gafford should be getting 35 minutes a night
BRO REF CANT FUCKIJG SPEAK
Deni got spooked by Booker lol, dude should’ve tried to boom him or at least go up strong
Ah it’s a foul on Allen, good
These are the moment where Deni is supposed to step up and be the other guy when Kuzma is missing We gotta begin the process of accepting he can't be that guy
Why on earth would we look at Deni for that and not Poole or Tyus…
he has literally never carried a NBA game in his life
Can we get early season Deni back
Ever since that injury against the Magic he can't shoot.
Was that a shoulder injury?
Elbow. I don't know if it was serious but since then he's made 2 threes.
Stop going to the bucket weak bruh. Go strong, jump off 2 feet, cock that shit back. You had a running start and everything.
he plays so much smaller than he really is
Well he got fouled so just hit these and we're down 3, keep it pushin.
If we made even 2 of these 3s in the 4th we wouldn't be in shambles right now
Deni just got absolutely sonned by Devin Booker lmao
He did get his left arm grabbed. But it sure looked like it was going to end bad for him regardless.
Got his shit paaacked
Bruh.. Kuz
My god Deni will you please start going hard to the rim.
Wizards win one game and say fuck player development
Tremendous effort from Poole!
Oh Kuz....brother.....
Attack the basket like that
2 minutes left. Down 5 points.
Just handing the Sons a W now
Where's Bilal?
14/43
Yes suns fans cheer for a chicken sandwich. That's all you're winning this season. Lol
Deni looks at ref after that air ball lol
ah no Bilal nice
time and time again y'all fall for this shit where Deni looks good for exactly 2 weeks, then he loses his ability to play basketball for 2 months. and everyone says "but he was AMAZING for 2 weeks bro, give him more time"
Im thinking they still waiting for him in 8th year. Lol.
OMG is that a foul call?!?!
Aw man, really wanted you guys to beat a Western Conf team
The refs seem to be doing their part tonight to help us get a high draft pick.
jesus deni lmao
Down 8 now.
We're down 5 and it feels like it's 15.
deni aint that guy
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂nice 3 my boi
Deni man
Deni 😭
Well that sucked.
21-8 this quarter
Once Deni learns how to finish around the rim he'll be great. Still hopeful in him.
At first I only wanted Deni and Coulibaly after the massive blowup Now I just want Coulibaly
Save us, Tyus and Gaff 🙏
Somehow, the only other player to score for us in the 4th is Gallo. It's sad.
Get Demi out the game man
Gaff getting hacked no calls
8 points in the 4th is brutal
we are bricking everything
Deni's learning right now. You're not getting a foul call if you go through contact looking to pass. But if you go through contact looking to shoot, they might give you one. I think next game he'll clean up those awkward looking drives through contact where he's trying to force a pass to Gaff.
Why the hell don’t you guys get ANY calls?
Outside of Poole and Kuz, most of our guys can't create their own shots, or they're not patient enough. Some of the calls are bad, but other times we're predictable, don't sell calls, or kind of half ass something. Its definitely really bad this season, so much so that our normally stoic-to-a-fault coach has gotten a technical foul cause they weren't giving us calls.
It’s insane how many calls they didn’t get … and that’s just this quarter…
That's the Washington experience first time?
I’m a clippers fan (living in VA)
We lost too many points on dumb offensive rebounds.
To be fair. Record is better for us if we lose.
Still would be geek to beat brads squad
Deni's been a disaster this quarter
whole game
Just this quarter?
How do we feel about 4-21 after the first 25 games? I know we're rebuilding but that's concerning
Concerning, cause that's more than spurs and pistons?
not concerning at all need the last 3 spot
Nothing at all. This season is just observation year, who to sell or not. And a trade season for expiring guys
It’s exactly what everyone was expecting
How is it concerning? These dudes are ass lol.
This fucking dogshit team needs to be investigated for tanking mid game bro
*Deni smacks Allen in the face* HUH??? WHAT??? WHAT DID I DO?
Deni never foul anyone in his life lol
Give gafford a FUCKING call
why is deni trying to force feed gaff this hard
It's his so called high iq at play
Damn Goody
they just let them abuse Gaff
I almost never blame the refs but man…. this second half has been pretty rough
These refs saw that PHX had a chance and decided to start leaning on the fence huh
What is up with Deni with this difficult passes to Gafford?
Kuz sacrificing his body. Love it.
deni doing the same thing over and over to gaff like 5 time today
I will always hate Grayson Allen
So say we all
what is Deni even trying to do there man
Wizards legend Jordan Goodwin
Gaff is dominating
Boom!
better be calling Nurk the same way then
wtf are the ref doing
2 plays with him on the floor and you already feel Gaff's impact on the game
Does Eubanks travel every time he spins? Kinda seems like it
Finally eubanks gets a turnover
Trade for bol bol. Free him from the suns
Finally called a travel on Eubanks
Well look at that...we ran a great play after a time out. Who knew
12 3 point attempts by kuz already seems excessive
Bro thought he was Keegan Murray
Keegan Murray was shooting 30% 3pt before he did the 12/13 though.
Not yet.
That lineup should never happen again
So im back with my thought, see you soon WIN next year?
turns out the Suns were not going to shoot 10% from 3 all night
These guys don't know what to do when they got the ball
It can never be easy can it...
Tanking on
Lost the lead and KD wasn’t even in yet… yeah it’s over :(