When Kyle Kuzma converted his floater midway through the second quarter, the crowd at Capital One Arena might be wondering what could happen to his Wizards. Because the power forward has just given his team 21 points against the Magic. But obviously, things are not going to go as imagined.
The locals will suffer a severe backlash from Franz Wagner (28 points), Paolo Banchero (25) and the Floridians to end up losing by 10 units after having conceded 66 points in the second half… “ They increased their physical intensity, but I liked the way we responded “, despite everything, seeks to be positive Brian Keefe. This comeback suffered, against one of the fittest teams in the East, opened up food for thought for Kyle Kuzma (25 points).
“ When you defend, you have a chance to win matches. They weren't winning games for a few years, and they started defending and winning games. How to do it ? You have to want to defend and do it collectively. This is what we have to learn and this is what we have to do if we don't want to be that type of team. “, calls for the interior, whose team has the worst defense in the league with 120 points conceded on 100 possessions. A trend that has gotten worse since the All-Star Game.
Tyus Jones calls for more desire
While waiting to find a semblance of desire on this side of the field, the defeats accumulate: 16 losses in a row, a franchise record equaled. To what extent does this negative spiral weigh on the morale of the troops? “ I haven't addressed this question at all. (in the locker room),” retorts the interim coach.
Tyus Jones assures that the subject was raised. “ Whether it's 6 or 16 matches, we don't want to lose several in a row, ever. Whatever the number. At this stage, we have to play more like our backs are against the wall. We must want more, we don't want enough yet. We have to do everything to win, and that's not the attitude we have right now », Regrets the leader.
Despite the position of his team, whose only challenge between now and the end of the season will be to avoid, or not, the title of worst team in the league, which it disputes with the Pistons, the successor of Wes Unseld Jr. said to have a “ group of competitors who want to win every match. This group is getting closer, we are playing better. We just have to go all out for 48 minutes. These guys are learning game by game. It’s an involved group, they’re involved with each other. »
A commitment for the moment largely insufficient while the Wizards have a golden opportunity to break their series, next Friday, with the reception of the Hornets.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kyle Kuzma | 60 | 31.9 | 46.2 | 34.4 | 77.2 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| Jordan Poole | 60 | 29.3 | 40.7 | 31.8 | 86.6 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 16.7 |
| Deni Avdija | 59 | 28.6 | 50.3 | 39.9 | 74.7 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 13.7 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 18 | 25.2 | 55.9 | 36.4 | 67.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 13.5 |
| Corey Kispert | 60 | 22.7 | 47.7 | 36.3 | 76.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 12.2 |
| Tyus Jones | 62 | 29.2 | 49.5 | 42.2 | 78.9 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 12.2 |
| Daniel Gafford | 45 | 26.5 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 10.9 |
| Bilal Coulibaly | 58 | 26.8 | 43.7 | 35.0 | 69.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 8.2 |
| Landry Shamet | 45 | 16.0 | 43.1 | 33.8 | 82.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 7.3 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 26 | 14.8 | 43.5 | 31.3 | 83.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Richaun Holmes | 9 | 12.2 | 54.3 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
| Eugene Omoruyi | 30 | 7.6 | 49.0 | 23.1 | 72.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| Jared Butler | 22 | 8.1 | 54.7 | 35.7 | 82.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Ryan Rollins | 10 | 6.6 | 52.0 | 66.7 | 76.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| Delon Wright | 33 | 13.8 | 39.3 | 36.8 | 82.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| Mike Muscala | 24 | 14.1 | 36.7 | 27.5 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| Justin Champagnie | 3 | 5.5 | 50.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| Patrick Baldwin, Jr. | 20 | 7.6 | 38.3 | 40.7 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| Johnny Davis | 31 | 9.9 | 34.8 | 27.8 | 54.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Anthony Gill | 32 | 5.4 | 46.0 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Jules Bernard | 8 | 4.5 | 30.8 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 2 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Trey Jemison | 2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
