WASHINGTON WIZARDS (41-24) at MINNESOTA …

2016-17 WASHINGTON WIZARDS GAME NOTES

WASHINGTON WIZARDS (41-24) at MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES (27-38)

Target Center ? Monday, March 13, 2017 ? 8 PM ET Game 66 ? Away Game 31 ? TV: CSN ? Radio: WFED 1500 AM

LAST GAME STARTERS

FORWARD #5 Markieff Morris Ht: 6-10, Wt: 245, Exp: 5 Age: 27, From: Kansas

14.3 pts, 6.7 rebs

FORWARD #22 Otto Porter Jr. Ht: 6-8, Wt: 198, Exp: 3 Age: 23, From: Georgetown

14.2 pts, 6.6 rebs

CENTER #13 Marcin Gortat Ht: 6-11, Wt: 240, Exp: 9 Age: 33, From: Poland

11.5 pts, 11.1 rebs

GUARD #3 Bradley Beal Ht: 6-5, Wt: 207, Exp: 4 Age: 23, From: Florida 23.2 pts, 3.6 asts, 3.1 rebs

GUARD #2 John Wall Ht: 6-4, Wt: 195, Exp: 6 Age: 26, From: Kentucky 23.1 pts, 10.8 asts, 4.5 rebs, 2.0 stls

QUICK HITS

BRADLEY BEAL Last game: (at POR) 26 pts, 6 asts, 1 reb, 1 stl, 33 min 2016-17 season: ? Led Wizards in scoring 25 times ? Has scored 20+ points 42 times, 30+ 13 times, 40+ 4 times ? Scored career-high 42 points (14-22 FG) against Phoenix (11/21)

MARCIN GORTAT Last game: (at POR) 15 pts, 15 rebs, 1 ast, 35 min 2016-17 season: ? Recorded 35 double-doubles ? NBA ranking...sixth field-goal percentage (..580)

MARKIEFF MORRIS Last game: (at POR) 13 pts, 11 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls, 2 blks, 43 min 2016-17 season: ? Led Wizards in scoring five times, in rebounding 13 times ? Scored 20+ points 12 times

OTTO PORTER JR. Last game: (at POR) 18 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 2 stls, 40 min 2016-17 season: ? NBA ranking...first in 3-point shooting (.455) ? Scored career-high 34 points (14-19 FG) vs. Boston (11/9) ? Recorded 11 double-doubles, career total is 16

2016-17 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Date 10/27 10/30 11/2 11/4 11/5 11/7 11/9 11/11 11/12 11/16 11/17 11/19 11/21 11/25 11/26 11/28 11/30 12/2 12/5 12/6 12/8 12/10 12/12 12/14 12/16 12/18 12/19 12/21 12/23 12/26 12/28 12/30 1/2 1/3 1/6 1/8 1/10 1/11 1/14 1/16 1/18

Opponent @ Atlanta @ Memphis vs. Toronto vs. Atlanta @ Orlando vs. Houston vs. Boston vs. Cleveland @ Chicago @ Philadelphia vs. New York vs. Miami vs. Phoenix @ Orlando vs. San Antonio vs. Sacramento @ Okla. City @ San Antonio @ Brooklyn vs. Orlando vs. Denver vs. Milwaukee @ Miami vs. Charlotte vs. Detroit vs. LA Clippers @ Indiana @ Chicago @ Milwaukee vs. Milwaukee vs. Indiana vs. Brooklyn @ Houston @ Dallas vs. Minnesota @ Milwaukee vs. Chicago @ Boston vs. Philadelphia vs. Portland vs. Memphis

All Times Eastern

Time/Result +/- Date

L, 114-99

-15 1/19

L, 112-103 (OT) -9 1/21

L, 113-103 -10 1/23

W, 95-92

+3 1/24

L, 88-86

-2 1/27

L, 114-106

-8 1/29

W, 118-93 +25 1/31

L, 105-94

-11 2/2

L, 106-95

-11 2/4

L, 109-102

-7 2/6

W, 119-112 +7 2/8

L, 114-111

-3 2/10

W, 106-101 +5 2/13

W, 94-91

+3 2/16

L, 112-100

-2 2/24

W, 101-95 (OT) +6 2/26

L, 126-115 (OT) -11 2/28

L, 107-105

-2 3/1

W, 118-113 +5 3/3

L, 124-116

-8 3/5

W, 92-85

+7 3/7

W, 110-105 +5 3/8

L, 112-101 -11 3/10

W, 109-106 +3 3/11

W, 122-108 +14 3/13

W, 117-110 +7 3/15

L, 107-105

-2 3/17

W, 107-97 +10 3/18

L, 123-96

-27 3/20

W, 107-102 +5 3/22

W, 111-105 +6 3/24

W, 118-95 +23 3/25

L, 101-91

-10 3/28

L, 113-105

-8 3/29

W, 112-105 +7 3/31

W, 107-101 +6 4/2

W, 101-99 +2 4/4

L, 117-108

-9 4/6

W, 109-93 +16 4/8

W, 120-101 +19 4/10

W, 104-101 +3 4/12

Opponent

Time/Result +/-

@ New York W, 113-110 +3

@ Detroit

L, 113-112

-1

@ Charlotte W, 109-99 +10

vs. Boston

W, 123-108 +15

@ Atlanta

W, 112-86 +26

@ New Orleans W, 107-94 +13

vs. New York W, 117-101 +6

vs. LA Lakers W, 116-108 +8

vs. New Orleans W, 105-91 +14

vs. Cleveland L, 140-135 (OT) -5

@ Brooklyn

W, 114-110 (OT) +4

vs. Indiana

W, 112-107 +5

vs. Okla. City W, 120-98 +22

@ Indiana

W, 111-98 +13

@Philadelphia L, 120-112

-8

vs. Utah

L, 102-92

-10

vs. Golden State W, 112-108 +4

@ Toronto

W, 105-96 +9

vs. Toronto

L, 114-106

-8

vs. Orlando

W, 115-114 +1

@ Phoenix

W, 131-127 +4

@ Denver

W, 123-113 +10

@ Sacramento W, 130-122 (OT) +8

@ Portland

W, 125-124 (OT) +1

@ Minnesota 8:00 p.m.

vs. Dallas

7:00 p.m.

vs. Chicago 7:00 p.m.

@ Charlotte 7:00 p.m.

@ Boston

7:30 p.m.

vs. Atlanta

8:00 p.m.

vs. Brooklyn 7:00 p.m.

@ Cleveland 7:30 p.m.

@ LA Lakers 10:30 p.m.

@ LA Clippers 10:30 p.m.

@ Utah

9:00 p.m.

@ Golden State 8:00 p.m.

vs. Charlotte 7:00 p.m.

@ New York 7:30 p.m.

vs. Miami

7:00 p.m.

@ Detroit

8:00 p.m.

@ Miami

8:00 p.m.

OVERALL DIVISION

WEST EAST STREAK

2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS

RECORD HOME

ROAD

41-24

26-9

15-15

6-5

3-2

3-3

16-8

11-3

5-5

25-16

15-6

10-10

Won 5

Won 1

Won 5

OT 2-3 1-2 1-1 Won 1

ROSTER/INJURY UPDATE

JOHN WALL

Last Game: (at POR) 39 pts, 9 asts, 2 rebs, 1 blk, 41 min

2016-17 season: ? NBA ranking...second in steals (2.0), second in assists (10.8) ? Recorded 43 double-doubles, most for East guard (seventh in NBA) ? Has six 15+ points, 15+ assists games - last vs. NOP (1/29) ? Scored career-high 52 points vs. ORL (2/6)

WIZARDS 2016-17 season: ? Wizards are 25-8 since 1/1, the most wins in the NBA ? Washington is 16-1 when holding its opponent under 100 points ? Carry a 18-7 record when starting five each score double figures ? Back-to-back months with 10 wins - Dec. (10-5), Jan. (11-4)

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# NAME 44 Bojan Bogdanovic 3 Bradley Beal 33 Trey Burke 13 Marcin Gortat 7 Brandon Jennings 28 Ian Mahinmi 9 Sheldon McClellan 1 Chris McCullough 5 Markieff Morris 32 Daniel Ochefu 12 Kelly Oubre Jr. 22 Otto Porter Jr. 31 Tomas Satoransk? 14 Jason Smith 2 John Wall

WASHINGTON WIZARDS ROSTER

Alphabetical

POS

DOB EXP

G/F

4/18/89 2

G

6/28/93 4

G

11/12/92 3

C

2/17/84 9

G

9/23/89 7

C

11/5/86 8

G/F 12/21/92 R

F

2/5/95 1

F

9/2/89 5

F

12/15/93 R

F

12/9/95 1

F

9/3/93 3

G/F 10/30/91 R

F/C

3/2/86 8

G

9/6/90 6

HT

WT

FROM

6-8

225 Bosnia and Herzegovina

6-5

207

Florida

6-1

191

Michigan

6-11 240

Poland

6-1

170

Oak Hill Academy

6-11 262

France

6-6 200

Miami (FL)

6-10 215

Syracuse

6-10 245

Kansas

6-11 245

Villanova

6-7

205

Kansas

6-8

198

Georgetown

6-7

210

Czech Republic

7-0

240

Colorado State

6-4

210

Kentucky

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Bojan Bogdanovic.... BOY-ahn bog-DON-O-Vich Marcin Gortat...................... mar-CHIN gor-TOT Danuel House.........................................Daniel Chad Iske............................................eh-skee Tomas Satoransk?.......Thomas sah-tore-RAN-skee

Maz Trakh................................................ Track Ian Mahinmi..................... yawn muh-HEEN-me Markieff Morris................................. mar-KEEF Daniel Ochefu.............................. oh-CHEF-foo Kelly Oubre Jr......................................ou-bray

Numerical

No.

PLAYER

1.................................. Chris McCullough

2............................................. John Wall

3.........................................Bradley Beal

5.................................... Markieff Morris

7................................. Brandon Jennings 9................................ Sheldon McClellan 12.....................................Kelly Oubre Jr. 13......................................Marcin Gortat

No.

PLAYER

14........................................Jason Smith

22....................................Otto Porter Jr.

28........................................Ian Mahinmi

31................................Tomas Satoransk?

32.....................................Daniel Ochefu

33.......................................... Trey Burke

44...............................Bojan Bogdanovic

Coaching Staff

HEAD COACH...........................................................................................................Scott Brooks (California-Irvine)

ASSISTANT COACHES.............................................................................................Tony Brown (Arkansas), Sidney Lowe (Saint Paul's), Chad Iske (Kansas),

Mike Terpstra (Pacific), Maz Trakh (Southern Utah), David Adkins (Radford)

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TONIGHT'S OPPONENT

2016-17 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

DATE

LOCATION

TIME/RESULT

1/6

Verizon Center

W, 112-105

3/13

Target Center

8 p.m.

PTS Beal (22)

-

WAS LEADERS

REB

AST

Gortat (10) Wall (18)

-

-

MIN LEADERS

PTS

REB

Wiggins (41) Dieng (11)

-

-

AST Rubio (7)

-

ALL-TIME SERIES

OVERALL HOME AWAY

OVERALL 30-22 19-8 11-14

STREAK Won 1 Won 1 Won 1

LAST WIN January 6, 2017 (112-105) January 6, 2017 (112-105)

March 2, 2016 (104-98)

LAST LOSS March 25, 2016 (132-129- 2OT) March 25, 2016 (132-129- 2OT)

February 25, 2015 (97-77)

WIZARDS

16 (105-89, Nov. 16, 2007)

129 (March 25, 2016- 2OT)

73 (March 2, 2004)

Gilbert Arenas (40, Jan. 8, 2005)

ALL-TIME SERIES FACTS

LARGEST MARGIN OF

VICTORY MOST POINTS LOW POINTS

HIGH SCORER

TIMBERWOLVES

35 (109-74, Dec. 26, 2004)

132 (March 25, 2016)

78 (Feb. 21, 2006)

Andrew Wiggins (41, Jan. 6, 2017)

WAS 109.2 106.6 .476 .461 .378

HOW THEY MATCH UP

MIN

WAS

PPG

104.7

.787

FT%

OPP. PPG 104.8

43.1

RPG

FG%

.465

23.9

APG

OPP. FG% .467

8.6

STL

3PG FG%

.349

14.2

TO

MIN .789 43.2 23.4 7.8 14.3

SERIES NOTES ? Washington and Minnesota are 5-5 in the last 10 meetings, including a 1-1 mark last season. ? Washington last swept the season series in 2008-09, going 2-0. ? Washington is 1-5 in the last six games in Minnesota, the only win coming last season.

CONNECTIONS ? FORMER TEAMMATES: Wizards Head Coach Scott Brooks coached T-Wolves C Cole Aldrich in Oklahoma City (2010-12)...Wizards F Kelly Oubre

Jr. (2014-15), T-Wolves Aldrich (2007-10), F Andrew Wiggins (2013-14) and G Brandon Rush (2005-08) all competed collegiately at University of Kansas...Aldrich was also teammates with Wizards F Jason Smith for the 2014-15 season in New York...Wizards C Ian Mahinmi was teammates with T-Wolves F Jordan Hill with Indiana in 2015-16...Wizards G John Wall (2009-10) and T-Wolves F Karl-Anthony Towns (2014-15) both competed collegiately at University of Kentucky. ? DMV AREA: T-Wolves G John Lucas III was born in Washington, DC...His father (John Lucas) was a member of the Washington Bullets from 1981-83.

PREVIOUS MEETING WIZARDS 112, TIMBERWOLVES 105 VERIZON CENTER | WASHINGTON, DC | JANUARY 6, 2017 John Wall had a season-high 18 assists and scored 18 points to help the Wizards beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 112-105. Andrew Wiggins had 41 points on 16-of-30 shooting, but it wasn't enough on a night the Wizards shot 58.2 percent (46 of 79). Bradley Beal had 22 points and Marcin Gortat hit all nine of his field-goal attempts and scored 19 points. Porter added 17 points and Markieff Morris had 15 for the Wizards. Karl-Anthony Towns added 18 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota. Gorgui Dieng added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Zach Lavine had eight points on 3-of-14 shooting.

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NEXT OPPONENT

DALLAS MAVERICKS Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 7 p.m. ET Verizon Center (Washington, DC) TV: CSN (Steve Buckhantz, Phil Chenier, Chris Miller) Radio: WFED 1500 AM (Dave Johnson, Glenn Consor)

2016-17 SEASON RESULTS VS. OPPONENT DATE................................................SITE................................ RESULTS 01/03/17......................................Dallas, TX.......................... L, 113-105 03/15/17................................ Washington, DC............................... TBD

LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME Mavericks 113, Wizards 105 January 3, 2017 | American Airlines Arena Harrison Barnes scored 26 points and Deron Williams added 21 as the Mavericks rallied to beat the Washington Wizards 113-105. Devin Harris had 17 points and Seth Curry 16 for Dallas. Harris and Curry all hit four 3-pointers as Dallas made 17-of-32 from long range. Six Mavericks scored in double figures, including Dirk Nowitzki, who started at center and chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds. John Wall led Washington with 27 points and Bradley Beal added 25 for the Wizards. Dallas trailed by nine points in the third quarter before rallying on the strength of 11-for-16 3-point shooting in the second half.

UPCOMING GIVEAWAY AND ARENA HAPPENINGS

GIVEAWAYS

Schedule Magnet Nov. 2 vs. Raptors

Bobblehead Mar. 3 vs. Raptors

Team Poster Mar. 5 vs. Orlando

ALTERNATE UNIS

Stars & Stripes

Blue Alternate Stars & Stripes

Jan. 18 vs. Grizzlies Feb. 6 vs. Cavaliers March 15 vs. Mavs

Throwback

Stars & Stripes

Throwback

Jan. 24 vs. Celtics Feb. 10 vs. Pacers March 22 vs. Hawks

Chinese Alternate

Throwback

Stars & Stripes

Feb. 2 vs. Lakers Feb. 13 vs. Thunder April 4 vs. Hornets

ARENA HAPPENINGS

Kids Day Feb. 26 vs. Jazz

Postgame Concert March 17 vs. Chicago

Youth Basketball Night / Czech Heritage Night March 5 vs. Magic

Military Night: Coast Guard March 15 vs. Mavericks

#WizThrowback March 22 vs. Hawks

Postgame Concert / Asian Heritage Night March 24 vs. Nets

THIS MONTH IN WIZARDS HISTORY

March 5, 1977.........................................................................................Wes Unseld became the 13th player in NBA history to grab 10,000 rebounds. March 5, 1975..................................................................................... Kevin Porter recorded 22 assists in a victory over the Atlanta Hawks (118-112). March 6, 1991........................................................................................................ Bernard King scored 50 points in a defeat to the Utah Jazz (104-93). March 8, 2005....... Antawn Jamison's league-high streak of 386 consecutive games played came to an end (tendinitis, right knee) at New York. March 11, 1980.............................................................................................................................................Wes Unseld scored his 10,000th career point. March 14, 1946.....................................................................................................................................................Wes Unseld born in Louisville, Kentucky. March 15, 2011.............................................................................................. JaVale McGee blocked 12 shots in a defeat to the Chicago Bulls (98-79). March 17, 2008...........................................................................................................Antawn Jamison named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. March 23, 1980....................................................................................Kevin Porter set the franchise record of 24 assists against the Detroit Pistons. March 24, 1969............................................................... Wes Unseld became the second rookie in NBA history to be named Most Valuable Player. March 25, 1963......................................................................................................................................................Team moved from Chicago to Baltimore. March 26, 1987......................................................................................... Manute Bol blocked 12 shots in a victory over the Boston Celtics (106-103). March 27, 1961............................................................................... Chicago Packers select Walt Bellamy with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft. March 29, 1970.......................................................... Wes Unseld sets the franchise playoff record with 34 rebounds against the New York Knicks.

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NOTES

TIP OFF ? Washington had its largest comeback of the season (21 points) at Portland (3/11), one of 11 of at least 20 points in the NBA this season ? Washington has seven more March road games to five home games - Wizards have four of six April games on the road ? Washington has an NBA best 25 games in which all five starters have scored 10+ points (Detroit has 16, Denver with 15) ? John Wall has 19 double-doubles in road games (third in NBA among guards), 24 in home games (fourth in NBA) ? Bradley Beal has made five 3-pointers in three straight games, longest active streak in the NBA (longest this season is four straight) ? Otto Porter Jr. has scored 15+ points 26 times this season (Wizards are 18-8) in those games, 10-4 when scoring 20+ points ? Markieff Morris had his ninth double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) and the game winner at Portland (3/11) ? Marcin Gortat recorded 700 rebounds for the fourth straight season, one of three to do so (Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan) ? Bojan Bogdanovic has scored 27+ points in three of the last seven games, including a season-high 29 at Phoenix (3/7) ? Washington is 36-8 when shooting better than .450 from the field and 20-5 when holding opponent under a .450 clip

WIZARDS RECORD WHEN

John Wall has...

Double-double 31-12

20+ points

25-14

10+ assists

29-13

3+ steals

14-7

Bradley Beal has... 20+ points 5+ assists

28-14 12-4

Otto Porter Jr. has...

3 three-pointers 17-3

20+ points

10-4

Markieff Morris has... 10+ pts & 5+ rebs 23-8 Shoots over .500 18-8

Marcin Gortat has... Shoots over .500 1+ block

34-15 27-10

Kelly Oubre Jr. has...

20+ minutes

26-10

10+ points

11-5

Jason Smith has...

10+ points

8-2

3 field-goals made 16-4

GOOD COMEBACK Washington has won 14 games (including four of the last five games) after trailing by double digits at one point, most recently at Portland (3/11, down 21). The last Wizards victory when trailing by at least 20 points was vs. Sacramento (3/14/2015, down 21, 113-97).

The 15-point comeback at Sacramento (3/10, 120-113 OT) ties the largest deficit overcome by Washington over the last 20 season; tying the win vs. Philadelphia (11/23/10, 116-114 OT) and vs. Phoenix (1/30/04, 105-100). That win also tied the second largest comeback in team history to start a fourth quarter (3/13/95, at Charlotte, 106-103). The largest being 18 points (2/13/79, at San Diego Clippers, 138-136 2OT).

Previous comebacks have been at Phoenix (3/7. down 11), vs. Orlando (3/5, down 17), vs. Philadelphia (1/14, down 13), vs. Chicago (1/10, down 18), at Milwaukee (1/8, down 12), vs. Milwaukee (12/26, down 10), at Chicago (12/21, down 13), vs. L.A. Clippers (12/18, down 11), vs. Charlotte (12/14, down 10), vs. Denver (12/8, down 14), at Brooklyn (12/5, down 16) and vs. Phoenix (11/21, down 10). The 14 comebacks are second most this season (Toronto has 17). The 14 is the most over the last 20 seasons in team history (13 in 2004-05).

EN FUEGO Washington is 35-12 (.745) over the last 47 games, including an 25-6 (.806) record in the last 31 and 7-3 (.700) over the last 10. The 35 wins since Dec. 5 is tied for the most in the NBA with Golden State and San Antonio. During that time the Wizards have shot .485 from the field (second in NBA) and averaged 111.6 points per contest (fourth in NBA). The 25-6 record since Jan. 6 is the most wins in the NBA (San Antonio with 22, Golden State and Miami at 21).

The Wizards are 39-16 (.709) since starting 2-8. Five of those defeats came on last-second shots vs. Cleveland (2/6), at Detroit (1/21), at Indiana (12/19), at San Antonio (12/2) and at Oklahoma City (11/30). Winning at Atlanta (1/27), Washington reached 10 wins in back-toback months (10-5 in Dec., 11-5 in Jan.) for the first time since 2006-07 (12-4 in Dec. 2006, 10-5 in Jan. 2007). The Wizards became the first team to start a season 2-8, or worse, then reach 15 games over .500 in NBA history (sixth team to go 10 over .500 after starting 2-8). Washington has been six games over .500 and six games under in the same season for only the second time in team history (1996-97). The Wizards are one of four teams in the East to have a winning record against both the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Washington won its 40th game of the season at Sacramento (3/10), the earliest the team has reached the 40-win mark since 2/23 of the 1978-79 season. The Wizards matched last season's win total (41) with the win at Portland (3/11). If Washington reaches 50 wins, it would be the first time since the 1978-79 season (54-28) and the fifth time overall. The Wizards .631 winning percentage is currently the fifth best in team history (Washington Bullets were .732 in 1974-75, en route to a 60-22 record).

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK Washington has won 10 straight games that are a part of a back-to-back (1/18-present). The five straight sweeps matches the Clippers (Oct.-Dec.) for the longest streak of back-to-back sweeps this season. Golden State (Nov.-Dec.) had a streak of four straight sweeps earlier this season. The Wizards are 16-10 in back-to-back games, with three more sets remaining.

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