**HAPPY PASSOVER!**
[A song for the current mood – I’ve got a little list!](https://youtu.be/9KoF9jdaE_M)
**Teams:**
1. The Wizards are now on a 34-45.
2. 3 games remaining – tonight, April 5th, 2023 vs. the Hawks on the road – the Wizards’ last road game of the season, April 7th, 2023 vs. the Miami Heat & April 9th, 2023 vs. the Rockets – back-to-back home games (almost all games start really early – 1 PM ET)
3. The Wizards are currently 18-21 at home games & 16-24 at road games.
4. The Wizards are now 18-24 in the year 2023 (17W & 24 L) – from 16-21 to 34-45.
5. The Wizards are now 6-15 since the All-Star break.
6. The Wizards are now 14-19 since the trade with Rui Hachimura (14 W & 19 L).
Before the trade, the Wizards were 17-13 (17 W & 13 L) with him (in games he played), and 3-13 (3 W & 13 L) in games he wasn’t playing.Overall, the Wizards were a 20-26 record before this trade.
7. It’s the last game of the season the Washington Wizards with the Cherry Blossom jerseys.
8. The season series between the two teams ended up in a 3-1 To the Bucks.
9. The Wizards lost their last 3 meetings vs. the Milwaukee Bucks after winning them [118-95](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202301010MIL.html) on January 1st, 2023 (no Giannis, Holiday, and Middleton).
It’s funny when you think about it:They didn’t have their trio in the first meeting, and we (the Wizards) didn’t have our trio in tonight’s meeting – now we’re squared up!
10. All of the series meetings between the two teams happened in the same year (2023) – from January 1st, 2023 to April 4th, 2023.
It’s the first time since the 2007-08 season that all of the FOUR meetings between the two teams happen in the same year (January 4th, 2008 to April 2nd, 2008). [See here.](https://www.landofbasketball.com/head_to_head_gl/wizards_vs_bucks_game_log_season.htm)
11. The Wizards lost 8 out of their last 10 games, and 11 losses out of their last 14 games.
12. Tonight was the 225th regular season head-to-head meeting between the two teams.
13. The historical head-to-head matchup during the regular season – Washington Wizards vs. the Washington Wizards: 95-130 to the Milwaukee Bucks.
14. The Bucks won 4 out of their last 5 games, including 7 out of their last 9 games.
15. Milwaukke Bucks scored the most points vs. the Wizards this season in the first 3 quarters, scoring 114 points vs. the Wizards’ 97 points.
16. Both teams were 50.7% from the field & from 3PT in the first 3 quarters:
The Bucks were 39/72 FG (54.2%) & 20/34 3PT (58.8%), while the Wizards were 38/75 FG (50.7%), and 10/18 3PT (55.6%).
The funny thing, both teams were horrible from the free throw line as well – 16/26 FT by the Bucks (61.5%) vs. 11/17 FT (64.7%) by the Wizards.
17. The Milwaukee Bucks scored 140+ points for the 5th time this season (!!!), while it was the 2nd time this season the Wizards let an opponent to score 140+ points, and the 2nd most the an opponent scored against the Wizards this season ([128-141 L to the Nuggets on December 14th, 2022)](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212140DEN.html).
18. 140 points is the most points that were scored against the Wizards this year (2023).
19. The Wizards scored exactly 128 points in both losses that the opponent scored 140+ points against them.
20. The Wizards scored 128 points – the 5th highest they scored this season (again) – both cases were losses.
21. The Bucks are now 17-2 in games they score 128 points or higher this season (2 loses came when they scored 129 points & 130 points).
It’s also the first time an opponent scores exactly 128 points against the Bucks this season.
22. The Bucks were 54.8% (23/42) from the 3 tonight – a season-high (their season-best was 51.6% on 16/31 3PT vs. the Rockets on October 22nd, 2022 – [125-105 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202210220MIL.html)).
It’s also their highest 3PT% since March 22nd, 2021 – 24/39 3PT (61.5%) vs. the Pacers, in which they scored 140 points as well – [140-113 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202103220MIL.html).
23. The Bucks scored 23 3-pointers tonight, which means it counted for 69 points (nice!).
24. The Bucks were 58.6% (17/29) from the FT on a crazy shooting night – their 7th worst this season.
25. 54.8% is the 2nd highest 3PT% scored against this season.The highest is 59.5% (22/37) in the [118-132 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303180WAS.html) to the Kings on March 18th, 2023.
26. 58.6% (17/29) from the free throw line is the lowest an opponent was against the Wizards this season, and the first game this season an opponent scores below 60% FT vs. the Wizards this season.
27. The Bucks had 18 turnovers tonight – tying their 5th highest this season, and tying the 2nd highest amount of turnovers opponents had vs. the Wizards this season.
They also had as twice as many turnovers as the Wizards (9 turnovers).
28. It’s the 29th time this season the Bucks get 50 rebounds or more in a single game.
29. The Wizards had only a single player with 9 rebounds tonight (Huff), while the Bucks had 4 players with 9 rebounds or more (Giannis, Crowder, Holiday & Portis).
30. The Wizards took 99 field goal attempts – tying their 5th best of the season.
31. The Wizards took 99 field goal attempts or more 5 times this season, and 4 of them came since March 5th, 2023.
32. The Wizards took the most field goal attempts this season vs. the Milwaukee Bucks during the season series & the rest aren’t even close!
Out of the top 16 games with the highest FGA by the Wizards, 4 of them are occupied by Bucks
The Bucks are 1st, 4th, 9th & 16th on that list!
The Wizards took 94 FGA on January 1st, 2023 – [118-95 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202301010MIL.html) \- 16th most FGA this season.
The Wizards took 97 FGA on January 3rd, 2023 – [113-123 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202301030MIL.html) \- 9th most FGA this season.
The Wizards took 108 FGA on March 5th, 2023 – [111-117 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303050WAS.html) \- 1st most FGA this season.
The Wizards took 99 FGA on April 4th, 2023 – [128-140 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202304040WAS.html) \- 4th most FGA this season (tonight).
A total of 398 FGA in 4 games, and therefore averaging 99.5 FGA per game vs. the Bucks this season – the 2nd highest FGA average as well (We had 105 FGA (2nd) & 95 FGA (13th) vs. the Lakers so it sums up to 200 FGA divided by 2 games gives 100 FGA average for 2 games.
33. **None of the Wizards player who played tonight had fewer than 8 points tonight! In fact, 7 of them had 10 points or more, & 2 of them scored 20 points or more.**
34. The Bucks had 4 players 35 years or older playing last night (days are of last night’s game):
Brook Lopez (35 & 3 days – happy birthday).
Joe Ingles (35 & 184 days).Wesley Matthews (36 & 172 days).
Goran Dragon (36 & 333 days already at the game.He’ll have a birthday in about a month – May 6th).
5 players 32 years or older if you include Jae Crowder (32 & 272 days).
Though, none of them is older than Taj Gibson who didn’t play last night – 37 years old & 284 days (as of yesterday), not even the dinosaurs themselves!
35. The Wizards dominated the paint vs. the Bucks!
They had 74 points in the paint vs. 50 points in the paint by the Bucks, but the Bucks had the upper hand in 2nd chance points – 19 2nd chance points vs. 9 2nd chance points by the Wizards.The Wizards had 16 FASTBREAK PTS vs. 9 FASTBREAK PTS by the Bucks.
**Players:**
Career and season highs for a single game – (format Career high (previous career-high)):
**Wizards:**
1. Johnny Davis had a career-high of 20 points tonight (16) – his first 20+ points game in his career!
2. Johnny Davis had career-high 11 points in the 1st half (he had 10 points in the last game vs. the Knicks).
3. Johnny Davis had a career highs tonight of 9 FGM (6), 17 FGA (15), 4 assists (3), 36:30 minutes played (30:13) and 2 steals (1).
4. It’s the 3rd time he breaks his career highs in the last 10 days, and in the last 5 games!He is also broke his career-high in points, assists & minutes in all these instances, for the 2nd straight game as well!
He had 15 points, 2 assists & 29:52 minutes played career highs in the [104-114 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202303260TOR.html) to the Raptors on March 26th, 2023.
He had 16 points, 3 assists & 30:13 minutes played career highs in the [109-118 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202304020NYK.html) to the Knicks on April 2nd, 2023
He had 20 points, 4 assists & 36:30 minutes played career highs tonight in the [128-140 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202304040WAS.html) to the Milwaukee Bucks on April 4th, 2023.
5. Corey Kispert had 3 dunks in a single game – a career-high.
6. Jordan Goodwin had a career highs 9 assists (7) & 16 FGA (13).
7. Kendrick Nunn had season highs of 24 points (he had 23 points with the Lakers & the most he had with the Wizards was 13 points until tonight).
5 made 3s (4), 9 FGM with the Wizards (5) – he also has one 9 FG game with the Lakers.17 FGA (16 FGA with the Lakers & 13 with the Wizards), and 7 rebounds (6).
8. Jay Huff had career highs in almost everything possible:
17 points (5),5 FG (1), 10 FGA (2, last season).Three 3-pointers made (0) – his first 3-pointers in the NBA were tonight!6 3PA (1)Two 2PM (1), 4 2PA (4).4 FTM (3), 5 FTA (3).
9 rebounds (3), 7 defensive rebounds (3), 2 offensive rebounds (1, last season).5 personal fouls (1).26:51 minutes played (8:03, last season) – that’s more than what he played in his previous 4 games, combined, as he had 15:08 minutes this entire season (4 games).
9. Xavier Cooks had career highs of:8 points (2), 4 FGM (1), 5 FGA (1), 2 turnovers (1), 3 personal fouls (1) & 26:24 minutes (5:03) – that’s more minutes than he played this entire season, combined, in 6 games (exactly 22 minutes until tonight)
10. Quenton Jackson had career highs of:10 points (4), 2 FGM (1), 5 FGA (4), 6 FTM (2), 6 FTA (2), 4 assists (1) & 22:48 minutes played (17:54, in the last game vs. the Knicks)
**Bucks:**
1. Jae Crowder had a season-high of 19 points tonight (15).
That’s the most he scored since March 6th, 2022 ([122-132 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202203060MIL.html) to the same Bucks he plays for these days).
2. Jae Crowder also had a season-high of 7 FGM (5), 11 FGA (9), 4 3-pointers made (3) and +16 plus/minus (+13).
Fun fact I noticed:
He played 23:32 minutes tonight vs. the Wizards, the 3rd highest he had this season.Would you be able to guess against which team he played the most minutes this season?
The 1st & 2nd highest amount of minutes he has this season is against them – I put it at spoiler for you:
* >!24:35 minutes vs. the Phoenix Suns on March 14th, 2023 – 116-104 W – 2nd season highest MP.!<
* >!24:37 minutes vs. the Phoenix Suns, on Febraury 26th, 2023 – 104-101 W – season-high in MP. Phoenix Suns were his former team in case you forgot & he had some issues with them.!<
**More interesting fun facts & stats (including some season career highs – X something in a single season):**
**Wizards:**
1. The Wizards were missing no less than 6 players tonight: Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Kuzma, Monte Morris, Deni Avdija & Delon Wright.
2. Bradley Beal missed his 29th game of the season after reaching his 50th game of the season – missing his 6th game straight.
Kyle Kuzma missed his 15th game of the season, including 14 out of his last 27 games – missing his 8th straight.
Both players missed together 7 consecutive games after tonight.
Monte Morris missed his 17th game of the season.
Kristaps Porzingis missed his 14th game of the season, the 6th time due to Non-Covid Illness.
Delon Wright missed his first game since December 22nd, 2022 vs. the Utah Jazz ([112-120 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212220UTA.html)), playing 45 consecutive games, after playing 5 games at the start of the season before missing 29 consecutive games due to an injury.
3. Deni missed his 3rd game of the season and is also expected to miss the game the following day due to [left elbow bursitis](https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/1643285117207470081).
It’s the first game he missed after 44 straight games, since December 23rd, 2022 – [125-111 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212230SAC.html) over the Kings.
Deni is now tied with Daniel Gafford as the Wizards’ Iron Man (most games played this season – 76 games played).
The last time Deni missed a game, it was also 2 games straight he missed in back-to-back games.The game was on December 22nd, 2022 vs. the Utah Jazz ([112-120 L](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212220UTA.html)), and the game was on December 23rd, 2022 [125-111 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212230SAC.html) over the Kings.It’s also the first game Deni missed this year (2023).
4. Corey Kispert was in the starting lineup for the 42nd (NICE) time this season.
Davis started for the 2nd time this season & 2nd straight, Goodwin for the 5th time this season & Anthony Gill for the 6th.
It’s the first time Johnny Davis started in front of the home crowd.
5. [Johnny Davis with a poster dunk on Jrue Holiday!](https://streamable.com/bqw2q9)**HIS FIRST DUNK IN HIS NBA CAREER! OMG!**
6. Corey Kispert with a career-high for dunks in a season, with his 13th, 14th, and 15th dunks of the season (12 dunks in his rookie season – last season). [13th dunk](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=183&GameID=0022201179&Season=2022-23&flag=1&title=Kispert%201%27%20Running%20Dunk%20(6%20PTS)%20(Nunn%201%20AST)), [14th dunk](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&GameEventID=395&GameID=0022201179&Season=2022-23&flag=1&title=Kispert%201%27%20Dunk%20(8%20PTS)%20(Davis%202%20AST)) & the 15th dunk [THIS IS THE PUTBACK DUNK!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfO-YqmQPYI)!
7. Corey Kispert scored 12+ points in his last 6 games.
8. Corey Kispert scored 10+ points in 37 games this season – a career-high for 10+ points game for in a single season (He had 30 games like it last year in 77 GP).
He was also more efficient at it – 37 10+ points games in 71 GP, so far.
9. It was Johnny Davis 25th game of his NBA career!
10. Johnny Davis scored 10+ points in 4 out of his last 5 games!
11. Johnny Davis had his 1st & 2nd dunk of his career tonight.
12. Corey Kispert scored 12+ points in his last 6 games.
13. Kendrick Nunn scored 11+ points in his last 4 games.
14. Kendrick Nunn had his first free throw attempt & made since March 18th, 2023 (8 games ago).
15. Corey Kispert has yet to miss a single game since his absence in the first 8 games due to a groin injury, he is the Wizards’ player with the most consecutive games played without missing a single game – 70 games after tonight’s game!
16. Corey Kispert didn’t score a 3-pointer for the first time in 22 games! It’s the 7th time he hasn’t scored a 3-pointer this season in a single game, and he came to this game with 5 consecutive games scoring 3 3-pointers or more (27/51 – 52.9%).
17. Anthony Gill scored in each of his last 9 games, including each of 16 out of the last 17 games – between 2 to 8 points (8 points tonight).
18. Johnny Davis scored a 3-pointer in 5 games straight is a career-high!
19. Johnny Davis scored in each of his last 11 games – a career-high.
20. Jordan Goodwin had his 12th 10+ points game of the season with 14 points tonight.
21. Out of 71 GP this season by Kispert, he was 0% from 3PT only 7 times – including tonight 0/4 (0%), & 15 times between 0% to 20%, 8 times shooting 33% from 3PT out of 18 games shooting between 20%+ to 40% Overall, he has 39 games shooting 40% or higher this season.I can’t wait for him to be 40% from 3PT for his 40th 40%+ 3PT% game of the season!
22. Daniel Gafford had his 33rd game of the season with 10+ points (15 points tonight).
**Bucks:**
1. Giannis had his 6th triple-double of the season – 28 points on 9/16 FG (56.3%), 10/17 FT (58.8%), 11 rebounds (no Off. Rebs), 10 assists (8 TOV), 2 steals, & 1 block in 32:48 minutes.
2. Giannis took the same amount of free throws his team made tonight (17).
3. Giannis accounted for 58.6% of his team free throws – like their free throw percentage tonight (because the team as a whole made 17 free throws).
He also had similar percentages – Giannis was 10/17 FT (56.6%) while his team was 58.6% from the FT.
4. Jrue Holiday was one rebound short of a triple-double as well – 26 points on 12/21 FG (57.1%), 2/6 3PT (33.3%), 0/1 FT, 9 rebounds (3 Off. Rebs), 10 assists & 2 turnovers in 30:05 minutes!If he were to make a triple-double, it would have been his 5th triple-double of his career & 1st of the season.
5. Jrue Holiday tied his season 2nd best in rebounds, with 9 rebounds tonight.
He also had 3 offensive boards, and he has offensive rebounds in 47 out of his 66 games he played this season – HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE FOR A GUARD.
6. Bobby Portis had his career 2nd best with 20 rebounds tonight (he had 21 rebounds on November 5th, 2022 – [108-94 W](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202211050MIL.html) over OKC
7. Bobby Portis didn’t have a game in his career with 20 rebounds or more until this season (he has 2 now).In fact, his career-high in rebounds was 16 rebounds until this season (surpassed it twice with his 20+ rebounds games).
8. Bobby Portis had his 37th double-double of the season.
9. Bobby Portis got 37 double-double out of 39 games he had with 10 rebounds or more.
10. **Brook Lopez didn’t have a single rebound tonight & 20 points, 1 block, 1 steal, 5 blocks & 2 turnovers on 8/11 FG & 4/7 3PT (+- +18) in 30:19 minutes.**
**His 5th career game with 0 rebounds, 4 times in the regular season & once in the playoffs.**
**4-1 winning record.**
**0 rebounds is a season-low, and it’s the first time since November 21st, 2019 (**[**137-129 W**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201911210MIL.html) **over the Trail Blazers), that he didn’t have a single rebound in a single game!He also had another one the same season, in the** [**123-91 W**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201911010ORL.html) **over the Magic on November 1st, 2019.**
**It’s the first time since March 7th, 2018, that he got 20+ points & 0 rebounds – in the** [**108-107 W**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201803070LAL.html) **over the Magic with the Lakers.**
**He also had 0 rebounds in the** [**87-98 L**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201103260ATL.html) **to the Hawks as a Nets’ player.**
**His list playoffs game with 0 rebounds was on May 8th, 2019 -** [**116-91 W**](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201905080MIL.html) **over the Celtics (with the Bucks).**
11. **Brook Lopez is the first center in NBA’s history to record 30+ minutes & 0 rebounds multiple times, according to Statsmuse.**[**Source**](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/center-with-30-minutes-in-a-game-and-0-rebounds-in-a-game)**. Thanks to** u/doss88 **from** r/nba **for it.** [**His post**](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/12c4yxy/brook_lopez_is_the_only_center_in_nba_history_to/)**.**
12. Brook Lopez had his 25th 20+ points game of the season.
13. Brook Lopez had his 12th game of the season with 5 blocks or more! He didn’t have any blocks in only 12 out of 77 games this season.
14. Pat Connaughton had his 5th game of the season with 0 points, playing only 5:40 minutes (I didn’t notice if he got injured or not).
15. By the way, I think [Wessley Matthews](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/matthwe02.html) is the best player in the history in the NBA to not win ANY AWARD (so far, in his career).
No 1st, 2nd or 3rd teams, no defensive teams, no MVP, NO DPOY, NO 6th man, no most PPG award, no most REBS, no most STL, BLK.
No all-NBA rookie team & no rookie of the year.No championships, no conference championship award.It could change this season with the Bucks, after 13 years.
That was some exotic food I’d say!
Peace.
by MrBuckBuck
