Washington came into the season insisting that they would play smaller and faster to adapt to the “pace and space” style of basketball that’s swept the NBA. Although their lineups reflected such, the production did not match.
The Wizards’ hand was kind of forced to play smaller Thursday night because their prized free agent acquisition, Dwight Howard, sat out after missing three weeks of training camp. (He only had three practices under his belt.)
Throughout the preseason, Coach Brooks implored his players to take more 3s during the 2018-19 season, but in their home opener, the Wizards were incapable of living up to their pre-season edict.