Ten days ago, the Wizards left D.C. heading west to Portland with a glimmer of hope in their eyes. Yes, the team was 0-2, but they’d competed valiantly in home losses to Miami and Toronto. The Wiz were seemingly on the same page. We’ll shoot more 3s, they said, we’ll rebound the basketball, they said.
The Wizards are, indeed, shooting more 3s overall on the season, and against the Grizzlies they actually hit them at an efficient rate, going 14-for-35 from beyond the arc (40%). Making deep shots wasn’t the problem in the Wizards’ 95-107 loss to the Grizzlies.