Determined to make last year's 0-8 start look like child's play, the Wizards fell 96-89 last night to the Indiana Pacers to fall to 0-9, with no end in sight to a season that is only a couple of weeks old, but already a complete nightmare.
The Wizards went on the road to Indianapolis tonight and promptly dug themselves a big hole, falling behind by 15 points by the end of the first quarter. Once again, the starters were terrible, with QF Trevor Ariza compiling a truly amazing -22 court ratio in a mere 13 minutes. The starters hit 8 of 37 shots, or under 22% from the field. C Emeka Okafor played only nine minutes, missed all four shots he took, scored no points and grabbed one rebound. Washington's starting guards of AJ Price and Jordan Crawford combined to miss 16 of 20 shots and Price, the starting shooting guard, somehow managed to record zero assists in 24 minutes.
This is a recurring theme with the Wizards, who get virtually no production from the starters,...
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PLAYERS:
Trevor Ariza,
Emeka Okafor,
A.J. Price,
Jordan Crawford,
Jan Vesely,
David West,
Roy Hibbert,
Randy Wittman,
Kevin Seraphin,
Bradley Beal,
Shaun Livingston,
John Wall
TEAMS: Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards
TEAMS: Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards
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