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Wizards add poor defense to offensive woes in blowout loss to the New Orleans Pelicans

Going to New Orleans the night before Thanksgiving, the Wizards could have stomped the sad-sack Pelicans and signaled their hot start was more than a hot streak. Instead, they got stomped, 127-102, and the beat-down they took just raised more questions.

Earlier in the day, Ron Oakes-Cunningham and I put out the latest episode of the #SoWizards Podcast where we discussed what’s missing from the Wizards offense. We identified two main issues:

  1. Their offense doesn’t create many open shots. They’re dead last in the league in attempting open shots.
  2. They’re among the league’s worst teams so far this year in converting the open shots they manage to get.