(Not so) Fun facts & stats from the Wizards’ 118-127 L to the Golden State Warriors on Martin Luther King day.

[**Today is (Dr.) Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Or in short, MLK Day).**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day)
**About 200 Israelis from around the country went to watch the Wizards & Deni Avdija’s game vs. GSW in Tel-Aviv, Israel (10 PM Local Israeli time, 3 PM ET) thanks to Pini Barel (He is also about to reach 100K subscribers on his Youtube channel – congratulations!)**

Teams:

1. The Wizards are now on an 18-26 record.
2. The Wizards are currently an 11-10 record at home & 7-16 on road games.
3. It’s the 4th Wizards’ home game out of a streak of 4 straight ones. Going to the away game vs. the Knicks & the home game vs. Magic, and then 5 straight away games (4 of them in the west)
4. It’s the 1st meeting this season (Out of 2 games) between the Wizards & the Warriors.
5. **The Wizards lost 5 out of their last 6 games.**
6. The GSW are now 4-5 in back-to-back games.
7. **The Golden State Warriors have yet to have less than 10 turnovers in a single game this season (44 GP), including tonight.**
**In fact, the last time they had less than 10 TOV in a single game was on March 16h, 2022, in the** [88-110 L to the Celtics](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202203160GSW.html)**.**
**The Wizards had already 8 like these this season (5-3 record – 5W & 3 L).**
8. **In addition, GSW had last season 8 games with fewer than 10 TOV in a single game (6 W & 2 L record in them) compared to 0 games like it so far, this season.**
9. **GSW had 43+ 3-point attempts in their last 9 games, and last 10 out of 11 games with 43+ 3-point attempts.**
10. **The Warriors came to this game with 9 straight games in which they made 16 3-pointers or more – a franchise record.**
11. **The Wizards went 20+ times to the free-throw line in 5 out of their last 6 games (Including tonight), and 9 out of their last 11 games (6-5 record – 6 W & 5 L).**
12. Both teams shot 40+% from 3PT – GSW with 18/44 3PT (40.9%) & the Wizards with 14/35 (40.0%). Both also did well from the line – the GSW with 19/21 (90.5%) & the Wizards with 20/23 (87.0%).
13. **The Wizards lost despite having 31 assists (Tied for our season 5th best) vs. 28 by GSW.**
14. **GSW was dominant in the 4th quarter – 34 points on 13/21 FG (61.9%), 5/8 3PT (62.5% – 2 by Green, 2 by Curry & 1 by Poole) & 3/4 FT (75%), 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.**
**The Wizards? They had 25 points on 7/17 FG (41.2%), 4/9 3PT (44.4%), 7/8 FT (87.5%), 6 rebounds, 6 assists & 5 TOV (GSW had 3 TOV).**
15. **The Wizards had 46 points in the paint vs. 38 by GSW, 9 2nd chance points vs. 8 by the Warriors & 10 FASTBREAK points vs. 20 by the GSW.**

Players:

1. Bradley Beal missed tonight his 20th game this season, so far, playing 24 out of the Wizards’ 44 games, so far.
2. **It’s the 10th time this season that Gafford & KP are playing together in the starting lineup.**
3. Porzingis had 15 points in the first 9 minutes of the game.
4. **KP had 32 points tonight, which makes it his 7th 30+ points game this season, so far.**
5. It’s only the 2nd time this season that Jordan both Jordan Poole & Stephen Curry are with 30+ points each – Curry had 41 points (12/28 FG, 6/15 3PT & 11/12 FT), Poole had 32 points on 12/20 FG, 7/13 3PT & 1/1 FT. The last & only time this season was on October 30th, 2022, vs the Pistons ([GSW lost 114-128](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202210300DET.html))
6. **Kuzma was 1/3 from a LONG RANGE 3-pointer -** [he made this half-court shot in the 1st quarter](https://streamable.com/oqh2ys) **& missed the other two in the 2nd & 3rd quarters.**
7. **It’s the 2nd time this season that Jordan Pool made 7 3-pointer in a single game, the last time was on December 2nd, 2022, vs. the Bulls (**[119-111 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212020GSW.html)**). He was also 7/13 from 3PT (53.8%) back then.**
**Despite that, Poole is a 31.8% 3PT shooter on 8.1 3PA.**
8. **Stephen Curry & Jordan Poole combined together for 73 points on 51% FG, 47% 3PT & 95% FT.**
9. Stephen Curry had his 4th 40+ points game this season (41 points tonight).
10. **Jordan Poole scored 32 points on 12/20 FG (60.0%), 7/13 3PT (53.8%) & JUST 1 FT (1/1).**
11. **Delon Wright scored 9 points tonight – he had yet to score 10 points or more this season, in 15 GP & 20.3 minutes per game.**
12. **Deni is 1/17 (Need to update 5.88%) from 3PT in his last 6 games, including tonight.**
13. **It’s also Deni’s 5th straight game scoring below 10 points after scoring 10+ points in 3 straight games previously.**
14. **Kispert had his 18th straight game with at least one 3-pointer – a new career-high – all of them were assisted as well.**
15. **Rui scored 10+ points in 21 out of 28 games (All of them off the bench).**
16. Draymond Green scored his first points 8:07 left in the 3rd quarter. **He had 12 points in the 4th quarter on 4/4 FG, 2/2 3PT & 1/2 FT, as well as 2 REBS (1 Off.Reb), 4 assists, a steal & 1 TOV in 10:22 minutes.**
17. Deni got only 13:57 minutes – the 4th least he got this season, so far.
18. **It’s the 4th time this season Kuzma has 6 TOV, and the 6th time he had 6 TOV or more in a single game.**
19. It’s the most Draymond Green scored since December 18th, 2022 ([126-110 W over the Raptors – 17 points](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212180TOR.html)) – he had 17 points tonight.
20. For the 2nd time this season, Deni missed a dunk – he is 14/16 (87.5%).
21. **Monte Morris with his 3rd game this season with 10 assists or more. He had tonight 10 assists & just 1 TOV. It’s 2nd double-double of the season (points & assists).**
22. It’s the 8th time Draymond Green had 10+ assists this season – he had 10 assists & 2 TOV tonight. It’s the 3rd double-double with points & assists this season – he has only 1 double-double of points & rebounds this season.
23. It’s the 45th game Jordan Goodwin was listed as active for the game (played in 35 of them) out of 50 games possible in his two-way contract. The Wizards will need to make room for him if they are to convert his contract to a regular one until the end of the season – the Wizards already have 15 players in their roster & you are allowed to +2 T-W contracts as well.
24. Anthony Lamb scored 10+ points in 6 out of his last 7 games, including tonight (Averaging 7.6 PPG before tonight’s game).

Hoping for better luck next time!

Peace & love until next time.

by MrBuckBuck