ThruTheEyesOfRuby
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Ugh, on the road at Toronto... A 'W' would be nice, but I'm not optimistic.
Ugh, on the road at Toronto... A 'W' would be nice, but I'm not optimistic.
WIZ WIN IN TRIPLE OVERTIME
Washington hosts the Memphis Grizzlies tonight in the nation’s capital. The Wizards are riding a season-high six-game winning streak and NBATV recognized them on Sunday as their “team of the week.” Even with the absence of Nene, the Wizards’ offense has been rolling, sparked by John Wall (who today was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season). Over the past three games, the All-Star point guard is averaging 25 points on 59 percent shooting and 10.7 assists per game. Trevor Ariza, coming off his career-high 40-point outing in Philly, has been scorching the nets. In his past four games, Ariza is 18-for-28 on 3-pointers (64%).
Memphis is playing solid ball as of late (7-3 record in their last 10 games), and pounded Cleveland on Friday night, 110-96. Both the Grizzlies and the Wizards possess almost identical offense and defense ratings. Washington’s defensive efficiency is 102.5 and offensive efficiency is 102.1, compared to Memphis’ 102.5 on defense and 102.6 on offense.
The last two meetings for Wall against the Grizz were showcases of extremes. Last season, Wall dropped his career-high 47 points in a win over Memphis at the Verizon Center. In their previous matchup in February, Wall was awful and got schooled by Memphis reserve guard Nick Calathes in a Wizards three-point loss.
A Monday snow storm has shut down D.C., but the Wizards public relations team confirmed that the game is still scheduled to be played at 7 p.m. Washington is the current holder of the NBA championship belt, so there is important, if not imaginary, bling on the line as well.
Zachary Thomas (@zacharytthomas), from the Memphis blog 3 Shades of Blue, joins me today to discuss the Grizzlies.
The Wiz and the Grizz in the Blizz…… Let it snow and LEGGGGOOOOO.
Almost blew a 28 point lead to the Bucks - the OJ Mayo-less Bucks - but a win is a win is a win. 33-29. Bring on the Heatles.
I really want us to get that 3 seed. Toronto's ahead of us by 3 games in the loss column (we've played a couple more games than they have) and I'm not lovin' the idea of playing the Bulls, especially if they eke out HCA against us if the standings were to stay as they are now by the end of the season. I'd much rather have a series against Brooklyn or Charlotte.
I dont think there's any chance of the 3 seed, Wiz just dont protect home court well enough. I'm scared they're gonna fall to the 7 or 8 seed and face Indy/Heat. Would that even be the worst thing in the world? I dont particularly love any of the matchups between the Raptors/Bulls/Nets/Bobcats.