Greg Finberg

Wizards reporter for | Editor @bulletsforever | Host of The Wizards Podcast | @Penn_State alum | Former: @DailyCollegian @PhillyInquirer

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@BrentDWinter @TheTraeYoung Who said it was his fault?

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FINAL | IND 114, WAS 101

The Wizards are going the wrong way. That's five straight losses. The same things (turnovers, rebounding, 3PT shooting) remain huge issues.

Three takeaways from a frustrating loss in a young season full of them.
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Watch on YouTube:
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The Washington Wizards have many issues. Coaching is certainly among them.

But it’s far from the only problem on a 4-8 team that can’t make threes, turns it over at an alarming rate and struggles on the glass.

New pod on a brutal loss in Indy:
https://t.co/BiegKNrfJ5

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@BrysonAkinsNBA It's not only about tonight. This team has underperformed all season. How is that not a coaching issue? Why isn't it on the coach to get his player in better spots to excel? It's the same issues hurting this team every night

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@BrysonAkinsNBA I didn’t say it’s only on him.

I said it isn’t just talent. It’s also coaching. It’s both.

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When you have a fully healthy rotation and lose your fifth straight game to a reeling 3-8 Pacers squad that's missing their best player, it's not just a talent issue.

It's a coaching issue.

The Wizards have a coaching issue.

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That's a 12-0 Pacers run to open the fourth quarter.

You would think a team on a four-game losing streak would come out with more fight after tying the game entering the fourth.

But no. More of the same for the Wizards.

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The Wizards have played terrible and yet they're tied at 77 entering the fourth quarter.

Anthony Davis and Kyshawn George carried the offense in that quarter. Trae Young made two big shots, but his shotmaking remains an issue and his defense has been quite bad tonight.

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The same issues continue to hurt the Wizards. And it seems like nothing has changed.

The Pacers already have 12 offensive rebounds. The Wizards have 11 turnovers that have led to 17 Pacers points.

Frustrating is an understatement.

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HALF | IND 55, WAS 50

Turnovers (10) and offensive rebounds (9) continue to plague the Wizards, whose interior defense has been awful. Tre Johnson (13 PTS) with a huge bounce-back half.

Washington has played awful. And yet it somehow remains a very winnable game.

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Tre Johnson has found his rythym.

He's already got 10 PTS off the bench behind a deep three, two mid-range jumpers and three free throws.

Wizards lead, 34-29.

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The Wizards' 10 second-chance points have masked another poor shooting start — 32% FG and 30% 3PT so far.

Tre Johnson has 5 PTS on 2-4 FG, which is a welcome sight. Bilal Coulibaly, however, has missed two wide-open threes.

Wiz trail, 26-25 after Q1.

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@Jboch__ Slow starts have plagued them all season

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Wizards starters vs. Indiana:

Trae Young
AJ Dybantsa
Kyshawn George
Anthony Davis
Alex Sarr

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@yazkall He’s certainly a huge factor. Was so good those first three games

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Big game tonight for the Wizards, who are looking to avoid a five-game losing streak.

Need others to step up. Can’t be so reliant on AD to carry the offense like he’s done this season.

Defensive effort must be better as well. Have let up on that end in recent games.

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@trejohnsonszn I unfortunately am not

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@Al252512 👀

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@9markel6 Can’t have 1 bench point in the first half