Washington wizards at Charlotte Bobcats 3/26

[ziggy]

In a typical Washington Wizard locker room you have players pulling guns on each other, players arguing with coaches, coaches pissed at players. I imagine that the locker room scene on a typical wizards day looks a little like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8bQ6tee-DI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRnIXnBcAAo

We should be able to capitalize on this train wreck of a team and get an easy home win on Friday night, and this time I don't think that it'll take OT to get the job done.

My prediction Bobcats 101 - Wizards 89

[Toocool]

Trust Ziggles to pull some random link out of no where.

As for the game:
-Is the crying sook going to be playing?

If he isn't, should be an easy win, borderline blowout.

Otherwise:
98 - 81 Bobcats Favour

[Marvel]

I expect a blowout, none of this OT crap.

[teej]

If Jack's shot is falling, I'll go 85-72. If not, maybe 75-73, but either way we win.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

This is a trap game. The Bobcats just beat the Wizards on a night where they did not play very well yet won and having to face this team again could see the team even more lethargic and out of sinc than they were the last time these teams met.

The Bobcats played well in spurts against the T Wolves but it would be nice to see the team play a complete game tonight. The Wizards are better than some may think. They have played some good teams pretty tough. Considdering the toatal change of the team they have done well to somewhat keep it together.

Blatche and Flip Saunders are having issues and how that affects the team is anybodies guess. Hopefully there is trouble whithin and we look like world beaters and kick some serious ass.

[G-Force for MVP]

if they lose tonight thats pathetic

[polarcat]

though the last time we played, we eeked out an ugly win, i think tonight will look more like the t-wolves game than the previous wiz game. i think t2 catches fire and drops 20/13 with 3 blocks and goes absolutely beast for the home friday night crowd. watching that game against minny the other night, i would not have guessed that was a wednesday night game against the 2nd worst team in the league. it's not like a local kid was on their team to attract fans out, rather our competitive playoff-calibre play that had the place jumping. i'm sure the cable box will be an energetic place and we win by at least 10 this evening.


for those scoreboard watching ---

heat @ bucks
denver @ toronto
chicago is off

5. bucks --
6. heat 2 GB
7. 'cats 2.5 GB
8. raps 4 GB
9. bulls 6.5 GB

[BobcatinDC]

chicago is off



My man, Chicago has been off for months. Zing!

Thank you, I'll be here all night.

GO CATS

[ALong13]

Just announced Al Thorton will not be playing, Alonzo Gee, a d-league signee will be starting in his place. Looks like Blatche will play though as he played 39 minutes the other night...

[teej]

Just announced Al Thorton will not be playing, Alonzo Gee, a d-league signee will be starting in his place. Looks like Blatche will play though as he played 39 minutes the other night...

Gee played well enough for LB to go over and pat him on the back after the last game.

But as long as he doesn't hit a 3 for OT, I'm fine with it.

[rsxnova]

I hope this game is better that the last time at wash.

[Wolfpackbobcat]

empty seats on a friday...:facepalm:

[Dlwhite83]

any links???

[spectre]

http://www.atdhe.net/15983/watch-washington-wizards-vs-charlotte-bobcats

This Gee guy is pretty decent.

[Dlwhite83]

Thanks.....

[spectre]

You're most welcome.

Dag Crash, stupid play to get that 2nd foul.

Ugh, until that dunk we'd been playing pretty good D making them shoot perimeter shots.

[ziggy]

You can't stop Gee, You can only hope to contain him.

[spectre]

Hulk Jr getting his ass kicked.

Jax still has his shot!

[Slam]

Felts is looking down right dangerous tonight.

Get him the ball.

P.S. I wearrrrrrrrrrrrrr noooooooooooooooo pantssssssssssssssssssssssss!!

[Wolfpackbobcat]

gee whiz..haha

[spectre]

Jesus. Our 2nd unit has to figure out how to score.

...and these missed FTs are REALLY pissing me off.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

gee whiz..hahaI hope the Bobcats don't play poorly to start games against good basketball teams.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

Did anybody else's feed stop?

[Dlpz87]

Did anybody else's feed stop?

Yup...and no other links in sight.

[bonzibonzi]

Stream is down ?!

[Slam]

What do you think of the new sub patterns?

It's like LB is going with that "team A" - "team B" type approach.

[ND22]

Great steal and dunk by Ratliff. That made me smile. :biggrin:

[spectre]

What do you think of the new sub patterns?

It's like LB is going with that "team A" - "team B" type approach.

So long as it's not losing ground (B) then I can deal with it. I don't normally like it, but LB's trying to get guys acclimated, and our starters need the rest.

Link's back.

[Slam]

So long as it's not losing ground (B) then I can deal with it. I don't normally like it, but LB's trying to get guys acclimated, and our starters need the rest.
Ya, I really like the extended rest our starters get and that rest being a large chunk of continual time rather than in bits and pieces.

[spectre]

Curry just nailed Jax: I don't know what play LB called but when Jax gets the ball he doesn't care. He's going to take it and make someone hurt.

or something like that.

Betcha that's exactly what that "hold it 7 seconds and chuck" thing was.

Up by 9 and we've stayed in control. Can't be too upset with that.

[rsxnova]

all and all good first half. Lets hope they can keep it up.

[ALong13]

Good first half, but we have to start hitting FTs, that's going to kill us in the playoffs...

Overall though shooting very well, need to cut down on turnovers some more, mainly Felton who already has 4 TOs. Let's keep this up and get this win!

[spectre]

I was hoping Crash would come out with a strong 3rd. He seems to make a strong effort when he's playing passive offensively in the 1st half.

[Slam]

Curry just nailed Jax: I don't know what play LB called but when Jax gets the ball he doesn't care. He's going to take it and make someone hurt.
ESPECIALLY if at that point he is something like 5-7 or 5-8 from the floor.

The water is ALWAYS warm for Stephen Jackson............and when he's 5 for something the water is screaming his name.

[spectre]

Boy that was a pretty alley oop from Felton to Crash!

That Gee dude...man. That 3 he just nailed contested with the clock running down was just sick.

[ALong13]

Up by 17, Bobcats are looking very good, only bright spot for the Wizards seems to be the Gee kid, wish we could have got to him before the Wizards found him...

[spectre]

ESPECIALLY if at that point he is something like 5-7 or 5-8 from the floor.

The water is ALWAYS warm for Stephen Jackson............and when he's 5 for something the water is screaming his name.

Just goes to show the old man is WAAAAAYYYYYYYY more flexible than I've ever given him credit for. He doesn't seem the type to tolerate players that ignore what he tells them.

Raymond Felton. :bowdown:

[Slam]

Wow..................

[ALong13]

Wallace is having a huge 2nd half, hopefully we can rest our starters somein the 4th

[rsxnova]

Felton has been real nice tonight. Hopefully he can get a DD.

[EC123]

Once again, Augustine's unit lets the other team back in the game.

Typical.

[ALong13]

WOOOOO! I leave the room, come back and the Wizards have went on a 10-0 run and pulled it within 4...what the hell has happened?

[EC123]

How DUMB is Tyson Chandler?

How DUMB is this guy?

Young thinks he's got two, lol.

[spectre]

Just a slow start. They've regrouped now.

LOL at Foye. He might have hit a couple of shots but I still think he's crap.

[Slam]

How DUMB is Tyson Chandler?

How DUMB is this guy?

Young thinks he's got two, lol.
Which time you talking about?

The time he threw down the massive put back or the time he blocked the snot out of Young?

[Slam]

WOOOOO! I leave the room, come back and the Wizards have went on a 10-0 run and pulled it within 4...what the hell has happened?
What happened?

DON'T LEAVE THE ROOM!!

;)

[spectre]

Jax wit da HAMMER!!!!

[ALong13]

Now this is much better...up 101-86 with 4 minutes to go

[spectre]

Felton has really shown strong court awareness tonight.

Oh yeah...stellar D by TC on Blatche the play before. He guessed his move perfectly and totally messed him up for the TO.

[Wolfpackbobcat]

empty the bench...yeyuh...

[spectre]

I feel pretty damn confident in posting this right now:

http://www.homedepot.ca/wcsstore/HomeDepotCanada/images/catalog/15460.ProfessionalHeavy-DutyCornBroom_4.jpg
First time EVER that we've swept a series!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Slam]

Felton has really shown strong court awareness tonight.
A-MAZE-ING game for Felts.

For the life of me I can't think what the 4 to's were??

[Slam]

I wearrrrrrrrrrrrrr noooooooooooooooooo pantsssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!

[spectre]

A-MAZE-ING game for Felts.

For the life of me I can't think what the 4 to's were??

Iffy passes. Good thing tho I don't think any resulted in fast break points. Not totally sure because I lost the link, but I know two were like that at least.

Jax was pretty amazing too. That one 3 was just sick!

Oh yeah...the all star showed up too! :rolleyes:

[Slam]

Iffy passes. Good thing tho I don't think any resulted in fast break points. Not totally sure because I lost the link, but I know two were like that at least.

Jax was pretty amazing too. That one 3 was just sick!

Oh yeah...the all star showed up too! :rolleyes:
Add in what Hughes and TC brought and the sneaky stats that Boris put up as well.............HELL of a team effort.

[ALong13]

Great game, Tyrus had a bad game and Hughes wasn't great, but managed to get 10 points off the bench. All of the starters played well. Jackson and Felton has a great first half shooting, Wallace had a great 2nd half. Felton with some nice play, his 4 first half TO were bad, but 2nd half he went without a turnover.

Cats worried me at the beginning of the 4th w/ the Wizards going on a 10-0 run. Thankfully we went on a few runs and put the game away...I must say that Gee kid is very talented and could be a surprise for the Wizards next season

[spectre]

Add in what Hughes and TC brought and the sneaky stats that Boris put up as well.............HELL of a team effort.

The perimeter D (or lack of) bothered me, but they were hitting some difficult shots. Wiz have a nice bunch of young guys. They should just void Arenas' deal, leave Foye out on a dark country road late one night and get a shrink for Blathe and they'd have a nice future.

Leaving that baseline drive open in the 1st half wasn't so hot either, but it looked like we fixed it during halftime.

[ohara831]

Great game! Good overall team effort. And Carmelo with heroics to knock off the Raptors!

[Slam]

The perimeter D (or lack of) bothered me, but they were hitting some difficult shots.
Is there a site that shows which team gives up the most 3pt attempts, 3pt makes and 3pt percentage?

[spectre]

Not that I know of, but I'll look around this weekend.

There's one or two I ran across that I've been meaning to check anyway.

Bet we're right up there. As much as I love Crash he's always been weak on the perimeter, and Jax chooses his stands.

[Slam]

Not that I know of, but I'll look around this weekend.

There's one or two I ran across that I've been meaning to check anyway.

Bet we're right up there. As much as I love Crash he's always been weak on the perimeter, and Jax chooses his stands.
Thanks for looking. I'll do the same.

I still think it's a part of LB's game plan to give up the long ball.

[rsxnova]

man LB sounded unhappy at the end of the game.

[King Taharqa]

Raymond Felton has stepped up HUGE lately. He's become a true PG on both ends of the floor. Another great win for the Bobcats at home in front of the Bobcat faithful.

[spectre]

Raymond Felton has stepped up HUGE lately. He's become a true PG on both ends of the floor. Another great win for the Bobcats at home in front of the Bobcat faithful.

Wanna take a guess on what play made the NBA's "Move of the Night"?

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2010/03/26/20100326_motn.nba/

A poster on ROF claimed LB was on DJ the entire time he was in the game:

http://www.rufusonfire.com/2010/3/26/1392339/charlotte-bobcats-knock-out#comments


First of all, Larry Brown arrived loaded for bear. I have no idea why, but he was growling and barking the moment we arrived tonight. It didn’t take him long to find a target for his ire. He literally spent the entire second half chewing on DJ Augustin every second number 14 was on the court. He would walk up the court beside DJ barking and waving every step of the way. In the later stages of things we observed DJ visibly trying to avoid his coach by bringing the ball up on the other side of the court. It didn’t matter. Coach is experienced at being heard in a room full of fans. During one timeout, LB marched out on court right past the other 4 players and met DJ at the center circle. I swear I thought he was gonna grab Deej by the ear and drag him the rest of the way. It was hard for us not to laugh by that point.

I didn't catch that...did anyone else?

[teej]

I didn't catch that...did anyone else?

I saw him go past the players to get to DJ, but I didn't notice him screaming at DJ the whole time. Then again, DJ did kinda deserve it. But yeah, I'd say Larry was looking for things to be upset about. Listen to his presser, you'd think we lost by 50.

[spectre]

Is there a site that shows which team gives up the most 3pt attempts, 3pt makes and 3pt percentage?

I found the numbers but it'll require some work to compare them:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHA/2010/splits/

That shows our team stats, but I haven't run across the same page comparing teams (yet).