(Not so) Fun facts & stats from the Wizards’ 108-112 L vs. the New York Knicks

[Regression towards the mean – interesting thing for you folks to see about](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tSqSMOyNFE)
[Tonight was also Friday the 13th.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th)

Teams:

1. The Wizards are now on an 18-25 record.
2. The Wizards are currently an 11-9 record at home & 7-16 on road games.
3. It’s the 3rd Wizards’ home game out of a streak of 4 straight ones.
4. It’s the 1st meeting this season (Out of 4 games) between the Wizards & the Knicks – they’ll meet again on the upcoming Thursday.
5. **The Wizards lost 4 out of their last 5 games.**
6. The Knicks won 6 out of their last 7 games after previously losing 5 straight games.
7. **The Wizards are now on a 9-5 record with Delon Wright (9 W & 5 L).**
8. **The Knicks don’t have any player who shoots above 39% from the 3PT area.**
**The Ukrainian Svi Mykhailiuk is 6 from 10 this season (60%) but barely plays.**
The Wizards have Corey Kispert & Jordan Goodwin who shot over 40% from 3PT (Above 41.3% to be more precise).
9. **The Knicks dominated the paint: 52 points in the paint vs. the Wizards’ 28 points in the paint**
10. **The Wizards had just 9 fastbreak points vs. the Knicks’ 19 fastbreak points. In 2nd chance points the Wizards had 12 points vs. the Knicks’ 11 points.**
11. **The Wizards were 38.7% from the FG tonight (36/93) – 2nd worst FG% game for the Wizards this season** [(The worst this season, so far, was on November 4th, 2022 vs. the Brooklyn Nets – 86-128 L)](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202211040WAS.html)
12. **The Wizards went 20+ times to the free-throw line in 4 out of their last 5 games (Including tonight), and 8 out of their last 10 games (6-4 record – 6 W & 4 L).**
13. **Both teams were horrendous in the 1st quarter: The Wizards were 8/30 from FG (26.7%), 2/13 from 3PT (15.4%) & great 3/3 FT (100%) vs. the Knicks 8/27 FG (29.6%), 2/9 3PT (22.2%) & 1/4 FT (25%). Despite that, the Wizards led only by 2 points.**
14. **Both teams shot horribly – The Wizards were 36/93 from FG (38.7%) & 13/42 3PT (31.0%) vs. the Knicks 41/92 (44.6%) & 8/29 3PT (27.6%). The Wizards did well from FT – 23/26 FT (88.5%) vs. the Knicks 22/31 (71.0%).**
15. **Both teams had just 7 turnovers each – 2nd lowest for the Wizards this season (for the 3rd time) & the 2nd lowest amount of turnovers for an opponent vs. the Wizards (for the 2nd time).**
16. **After 19 straight games, an opponent had below 9 turnovers vs. the Wizards (The Hornets had only 4 turnovers on December 2nd, 2022, in the** [116-117 L to them](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212020CHO.html)**)**
17. In the next game of the Wizards vs. the Warriors (MLK day), about 200 Israelis will gather to watch the game live in Tel Aviv.

Players:

1. Bradley Beal missed tonight his 19th game this season, so far, playing 24 out of the Wizards’ 43 games, so far.
2. **It’s the 9th time this season that Gafford & KP are playing together in the starting lineup.**
3. **Kuzma with a season-high in points – 40 points tonight – one point away from tying his career-high in points** [(41 points as a Laker, in the 113-100 W over the Pistons on January 9th, 2019)](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201901090LAL.html?__hstc=205977932.7556084f491841725db0909ac27c7fd1.1668738247685.1669992195980.1671233765945.4&__hssc=205977932.3.1673663527218&__hsfp=3323699150)**. It’s also his 5th time this season scoring 30+ points.**
**He did it on 14/27 FG (51.9%), 4/10 3PT (40%) & 8/9 FT.**
**Along with 7 REBS (1 Off.Reb), 7 assists (3 TOV) & a block in 40:05 minutes. -1 in the plus/minus.**
4. **Kuzma also had 18 points in the 4th quarter – 6/10 FG (60%), 2/3 3PT (66.7%) & 4/5 FT – he played the whole 4th quarter.**
5. **KP & Kuzma combined for 30 out of the Wizards’ 32 points in the 4th quarter – Kuzma with 18 points, KP with 12 points on 3/6 FG (50%), 3/4 3PT (75%) & 3/4 FT (75%). Rui had the remaining 2 points – 1/4 FG (0/3 3PT).**
6. **Kuzma made his 100th 3PT of the season at 9:46 remaining in the 2nd quarter.**
[See here.](https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=FG3M&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0022200634&PlayerID=1628398&RangeType=0&Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612764&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game) He eventually reached his 103rd 3PT of the season.
7. **The Wizards are now with 0 W & 4 L when Kuzma takes 27+ field goal attempts in a single game, and 1-5 (1 W & 5 L) when he is taking 25+ field goal attempts in a single game.**
8. **8 free-throws made & 9 free-throw attempts are both a season-high for Kyle Kuzma.**
9. **Kuzma reached tonight, for the season, 100+ 3PT made, 300+ 3PA, 100+FT, 900+ points, 300+ rebounds, 160+ assists**
10. **KP, Goodwin & Rui combined for 12/45 from the field (26.6%) & 6/20 from 3PT (30%).KP was 6/19 FG (31.6%) & 4/8 3PT (50%), Goodwin was 2/12 FG (16.7%) & 1/5 3PT (20%), Rui was 4/14 FG (28.6%) & 1/7 3PT (14.3%).**
11. Rui Hachimura had one of his worst games offensively – 9 points on 4/14 shooting (28.6%), 1/7 3PT (14.3%) & 0 FT.
12. Jordan Goodwin was also under-performing – 2/12 FG – 16.7%, 1/5 3PT (20%), 0/0 FT, 5 REBS (1 Off.Rebs), 3 assists, a steal & a block in 25:50 minutes.
**He also had the worst plus/minus on the team by far – minus 20 (The next worst is -4 by Gafford). The best one? Delon Wright – +14 in 24:33 minutes.**
13. **Deni is 1/15 (6.66%) from 3PT in his last 6 games, including tonight.**
[I guess the fact that Drew Hanlen came to the arena didn’t help much this time.](https://twitter.com/Hoop_District/status/1614024134886834182/photo/1)
14. **It’s also Deni’s 4th straight game scoring below 10 points after scoring 10+ points in 3 straight games previously.**
15. **Kispert had his 17th straight game with at least one 3-pointer – a new career-high – all of them were assisted as well.**
16. 16:40 minutes is the lowest amount of minutes Daniel Gafford played since December 17th, 2022 [(93-102 L to the Clippers)](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202212170LAC.html) \- he didn’t have a lower amount of minutes in the last 13 games.
17. Daniel Gafford player only 5:51 minutes in the 2nd half (Maybe due to an injury?)
18. [**Sadly, Julius Randle also had Daniel Gafford on a poster tonight.**](https://streamable.com/7gmuv0)
19. Anthony Gill didn’t play tonight despite coming from a career-high of 18 points.
20. It’s the 44th game Jordan Goodwin was listed as active for the game (played in 35 of them) out of 50 games possible in his two-way contract. The Wizards will need to make room for him if they are to convert his contract to a regular one until the end of the season – the Wizards already have 15 players in their roster & you are allowed to +2 T-W contracts as well.
21. **It’s Jordan Goodwin’s 4th time in the starting lineup!**
22. It’s the 4th time Mitchell Robinson is fouled out this season (6 personal fouls), in 3 of these cases the Knicks won.
23. **Julius Randle scored 20+ points in 11 out of his last 12 games.**
24. **Julius Randle with a 9 straight double-double (9 of them with 20+ points & 10+ rebounds).**
25. **Julius Randle with his 14th double-double in his last 15 games (!!!), after having only 10 double-double games in his first 27 games of the season.**
26. **Jalen Brunson was fantastic tonight for the Knicks (Sadly for us) – with 34 points on 12/24 FG (50%), 3/6 3PT (50%), 7/7 FT, 8 rebounds (season-high), 8 assists (for the 4th time this season), a steal, a block, a turnover & the best plus/minus of the game +19 in 40:23 minutes.**
27. **Jalen Brunson scored 34+ points in 3 out of his last 4 games.**
28. **Jalen Brunson had 8 rebounds tonight – a season-high for him (he had 3 times 7 rebounds).**
29. **It’s also the 9th time Jalen Brunson scores 30+ points in a single game this season (out of 40 games).**
30. **Jalen Brunson had a block tonight after 15 games in a row without having any! It is his 6th block of the season.**
31. **Immanuel Quickley with 13 games streak of scoring 11+ points, coming off a 3 games streak scoring 9 points or lower.**
32. [**Jericho Sims can fly**](https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/1613943960472358921)

Hoping for better luck next time!

Peace & love until next time.

by MrBuckBuck