Fun Facts & Stats from the Wizards 114-107 L to the Los Angeles Clippers tonight.

Teams:

1. The Wizards are now with an 11-16 record (11W & 16L).
2. The Wizards are currently 8-6 (8W & 6L) in home games & 3-10 (3W & 10 L) on the road.
3. The Wizards are now 3-2 (3W & 2L) in back-to-back games (Coming off a game last night).
4. The Wizards are now on a 4-5 (4W & 5L) record without Bradley Beal.
5. **The Wizards had only 9 players in the rotation tonight due to injuries:**
**KP, Kuzma, Deni, Kispert, Goodwin (TW), Dotson, Gill, Gafford & GibsonInjured: Beal, Monte, Hachimura, Barton & Wright.**
The rest are with the G-League-affiliated Capital Go Go (Vernon Carey Jr. & Isaiah Todd), [playing tomorrow night vs. the Greensboro Swarm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvdM7s9qXZM), which is G-League-affiliated to the Hornets.
6. **The Wizards lost their last 6 games.**
7. **The Wizards lost 9 out of their last 10 games.**
8. **The Wizards are now the 2nd worst team in defending 3-pointers that weren’t taken from the corners (Above the break 3),** [**giving away them at 37.5%, on 26.4 FGA (3-pointers).**](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/opponent-shooting?DistanceRange=By%20Zone&dir=D&sort=Above%20the%20Break%203%20FG%20PCT)**2nd worst only to the Spurs.**
**The opponents score the 5th most 3-pointers above the break 3 vs. the Wizards (9.9).**
9. **The Wizards are average on defending corner 3s – 37.9% (Ranked 12th) on 6.6 3PA (5th least – the opponents don’t take a lot of corner 3s vs. the Wizards, and now we know why – we give free ones everywhere else!**
10. The Clippers ended their 4 straight road games here in the Capital One Arena (they are 2-2 on this road trip after tonight).
11. **It’s the 10th straight game the Wizards let their opponents score 110+ points.**
12. **Out of 27 games this season, so far, 22 of them ended up with a score margin of 10 or less (9W & 13L)**
13. The Wizards met for the 2nd straight night with a team with a record of above .500 (The Pacers last night), we are 0-2 in the last 2 encounters against a team with over .500 record.
14. **In the last 10 games the opponent shoot over 40% from FG vs. the Wizards.**
15. **Before the Clippers won tonight, they lost in 5 of their last 6 games.**
16. The Clippers won their last 3 encounters vs. the Wizards, including tonight.
17. The Wizards started the game with a 10-0 run on 4/4 FG & 2/2 3PT (5 points by Kuzma).
18. Before tonight the Wizards won their 4 out of 6 games in the Capital One Arena vs. the Clippers, now it’s 4 out of the last 7.
19. **Luke Kennard buzzer beater to end the 3rd quarter (86-84) was the Clippers first lead in the match, coming back from the biggest deficit in this game (13 points – 84-71, 4:54 left in the 3rd quarter) with a 15-0 run, which continued to a 20-2 run in the 4th.In fact, the last basket the Wizards had in the 3rd quarter was at 4:54 by Porzingis’ step-back 3-pointer, and since then 0/8 FG.**
20. Each one of the Wizards’ starting lineup made at least one 3-pointer tonight.
21. **Only 4 dunks were made in this whole night out of 5 attempts(1 missed dunk by Zubac), 3 by the Wizards (Kuzma, Kispert & Porzingis 1 each) & 1 by the Clippers (Moses Brown).**
**The Clippers won despite dunking the ball in ONLY ONCE THIS GAME.**
22. The Clippers is the team with the 2nd most points scored off-bench.In fact, they were 1st before our game vs. the Pacers last night, but they went down to [2nd place with 41.9 PTS off-bench](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/which-team-leads-the-nba-in-bench-scoring).
The Wizards bench is ranked 20th with 31.9 PTS off-bench.
The Clippers’ bench scored only 29 points tonight, below average.
23. Paul George & Kawhi Leonard played only 7 games together this season out of 28 games.
24. **The Wizards were 47.1% from 3PT in this game (16/34) & still lost (The Clippers were 19/48 – 39.6%).In fact, the Wizards had 40% or more from 3PT only twice in the last 12 games (Including tonight), after heaving a streak beforehand of 4 games in a row shooting 40%+ from 3PT, see for yourself in** [our games log!](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WAS/2023/gamelog/)
25. **We broke the streak of shooting below 40% from 3PT after 5 games in a row**
26. It’s the first time in 15 games the Wizards are 89.5% from FT or more (17/19 tonight vs. the Clippers 93.8%).
[The last time the Wizards were somewhere close was 19/20 FT vs. Dallas on November 20th, 2022.](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202211100WAS.html)
27. Until tonight, we were below 76% from FT in our last 5 games.
28. The Wizards were above 40% from 3PT this game & STILL LOST.

Players:

1. Rui Hachimuta missed his 10th game in a row, Beal his 3rd, Will Barton his 2nd, Delon Wright his 23rd straight game & Monte Morris his 1st.
2. Reggie Jackson missed his 1st game this season (Rest).
Only Nicolas Batum & Ivica Zubac are yet to miss a game this season, so far
3. **JOHN WALL THE G.O.A.T IS BACK IN THE CAPITAL OME ARENA, for the first time IN WITH CROWD (The last time was in COVID-19 restrictions times), in the Clippers’ uniform.**
**The last time he visited here in a game was as a Houston Rockets player, on February 15th, 2021 (**[131-119 W on the Rockets](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202102150WAS.html)**) – 664 days, ALMOST 1 MILLION MINUTES (956,160 minutes) AGO.**
4. **John Wall is now 2-1 (2W & 1L) vs. the Wizards while playing for other teams.**
5. **Both KP & Kuzma had a game of 30+ points & 10+ REBS, the first time they get this together in one game.**
6. They also took 47 FGA out of the Wizards’ 85 FGA (55.2%).
7. **Kuzma scored 20 points or more in 10 out of his last 11 games (Including tonight)**
8. **Kuzma took 27 shots tonight, tying his career-high of 27 FGA.**
9. **Kuzma’s 25 points in the 1st half are the most he had in the 1st half as a Wizards player & 3 points away from his career-high in 1st half points (**[According to Chase Hughes](https://twitter.com/ChaseHughesNBCS/status/1601744893650432001)**)**
10. **Kuzma 1st half stats: 25 points on 10/15 FG (5/5 3PT), 6 REBS (1 Off.REB) & 3 TOV.**
11. Despite that, Kuzma had only 15 points in the 2nd half.
12. **Kuzma scored 11 3PT or more in the back-to-back games (11/18).**
13. **The last time Kuzma had 5 3-pointers or more in one game was** [vs. the Mavs on November 10th, 2022](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202211100WAS.html) **(Finished with 5/11 3PT), 15 games ago (In one of them he didn’t play).**
14. **Kuzma’s 7 3-pointers made (Ended up with 7/10 from 3PT) is a season-high.**
15. **The last time Kuzma had 6 3-pointers or more was on** [February 26th, 2022 (Last season) vs. the Cavs](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202202260CLE.html)
16. **Kuzma with his 22nd game in a row in which he made at least one 3-pointer.**
17. Kuzma had only 5 points in the 4th quarter (2/5 FG & 1/2 3PT), KP just 6 on 1/6 FG & 0/1 3PT (4/4 FT).In total, KP & Kuzma were 3/11 FG, 1/3 3PT & 4/4 FT, and 11 points in total in the 4th quarter.
18. Kuzma didn’t go to the free-throw line tonight!
19. Kuzma finished with 6 TOV, his 3rd time this season finishing with 6 TOV or more.
20. **KP scored 20+ points for 8 straight games, including tonight.**
**He also had 20+ points & 1+ BLK in his last 7 games, including tonight.**
21. **KP with 43 straight games with 10+ points (Career-high).**
22. **It’s the first time KP has a 30+ PTS & 15+ REBS game for the Wizards.The last time he recorded 30+ PTS & 15+ REBS in a game was with Dallas on** [April 11th, 2021 (Dallas lost 117-119](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202104110DAL.html)**)**
23. KP came in with 2/20 3PT coming to this game in his last 4 games, after tonight he is 4/24 (16.6%) in his last 5 games (He was 2/4 3PT tonight).
24. **It’s the 2nd time this season that KP ties his career-high in free throws made in one game – 12 (He was 12/13 tonight).**
25. **KP took 13 out of the Wizards’ 19 free throws tonight & made 12 out of the Wizards’ 17 free throws made.**
26. **Jordan Goodwin with back-to-back games with 5 steals or more – first Wizards to do so since Larry Hughes on January 2005.**
27. **Jordan Goodwin with back-to-back career-high in steals – 5 last night & 6 (or more) tonight.**
28. **Jordan Goodwin’s 13 FGA is a career-high (The previous was 10 FGA), and he tied his 3PA of 5.**
29. **Goodwin also had back-to-back games with at least 17 points, at least 5 steals, at least 4 rebounds & at least 3 assists.**
30. **Goodwin’s 17 points were his 5th time scoring in double-figures this season.**
31. **Goodwin led the Wizards in the 4th quarter in points, with 7 points on 3/5 FG & 1/1 3PT.**
32. **Deni with a 3rd game in a row in double figures without Beal.**
**In fact, he scored double figures in 7 out of his last 9 games without Beal).**
33. Deni made three 3-pointers tonight, the first time in 7 games he makes 2 or more 3-pointers! (The last time was vs. Boston on November 27th, 2/6 3PG. his season-best is 4 3-pointers).
34. It’s the 3rd time this season Deni records 6 assists or more, the same amount of times he had this kind of record the entire last season (He recorded twice 6 assists & once 8 assists. This season twice 6 assists & once 10 assists).
35. Nicolas Batum scored 10+ points in his last 4 games (Including tonight).
36. This was Kawhi Leonard’s only 8th game this season, 8 games in almost 1.5 years.
37. Kawhi & Paul George played only 6 games together this season for the Clippers.
38. Deni’s defense (If I counted correctly): 3/16 FG (Most of them on Paul George).
39. Marcus Morris Sr. had 3 fouls in the first 5:38 minutes (He was their starter).
40. Devon Dotson had also 3 fouls in his first 8:30 minutes.
41. Devon Dotson made his 3rd 3PT in his NBA career (4/19, including tonight) & his first this season, 1/3 3PT this season.
42. **Daniel Gafford was playing only 5 minutes in the 1st half – zero stats.**
**He had almost ZEROS Stats in 10:39 minutes tonight:0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 0 TOV, 0 FOULS, 0 FGA, 0 FTA.**
43. **The Clippers won despite both Kawhi Leonard & John Wall scoring just 13 points on 5/13 shooting (They had the same FG & points stats).**
44. **Zubac had only 4 points in 19:57 points & just 5 rebounds.**
45. Paul George’s 36 points are his 2nd best in points this season (He had 40 in the 2nd game of the season).
46. **Paul George with 2 games streak of at least 5 3-pointers made (He was 5/12 tonight & 5/11 2 days ago vs. the Heat.**
**In fact, it’s the 6th time this season Paul George makes five 3-pointers in a game out of his 20 games this season (He never made more than five 3-pointers in one game this season, so far).**
47. **Kispert’s 42:51 minutes tonight are a career-high for him (the previous one was in his rookie season -** [40:48 minutes in the 123-115 W over the GSW last season](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202203270WAS.html)**.**
48. **Kispert had a season-high of 11 FGA.**
49. Nicolas Batum had 9 out of his 12 points in the 4th quarter, shooting 3/7 FG & 3/5 3PT. He was 1/5 FG (All were 3PA) before entering the 4th quarter.

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That will be all for now,

Cheers & better luck next time!

by MrBuckBuck