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<\/a><\/p>\nWill Riley dunks during the Washington Wizards loss to the Miami Heat. (Photo by Issac Baldizon\/NBAE via Getty Images) NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Another impressive game from Will Riley, who scored 31 points on 12-17 shooting and had 5 steals. He even got a couple buckets using his elongated hesi-dribble. Seriously though, Riley scored in an array of ways, including crafty moves off the bounce to create space, finishing over size, attacking the paint, and hitting catch-and-shoot jumpers.Justin Champagnie had 12 points and 10 rebounds in 21 minutes. He shot 4-9 from the field, which is kinda impressive considering three of those misses were blocks by Heat big Kel\u2019el Ware.JuJu Reese grabbed nine rebounds in 11 minutes of action.Sharife Cooper had 20 points and 7 assists.On the first possession of the game, the Heat went to Bam Adebayo in the post and Washington triple-teamed him \u2014 something they didn\u2019t do until the fourth quarter of that 83-point night Adebayo had a few weeks ago.A question I jotted several times throughout the watch was why the Wizards kept trying to attack Bam Adebayo and Davion Mitchell in iso situations. These are two of the NBA\u2019s best defenders in those situations, and the Wizards players are not exactly accomplished one-on-one experts. I mean, Mitchell\u2019s nickname is \u201cOff-Night\u201d for a reason. Pick your spots, guys.Check out the possession at 6:45 of the first quarter for a demonstration of Riley\u2019s skill and craft. This was the play where he caught the ball in the corner against an aggressive ball-denial effort and went instantly into a spin into a dribble drive that got him a layup. I liked the decisiveness \u2014 just an instantaneous attack that left no time for a help defender to get there.I remain not a fan of Washington\u2019s penchant for whoever brings the ball up the floor going straight into a jumper after zero passes and running no actions. In transition or a trailing situation, a catch-and-shoot three is a great shot. Maybe this gives me \u201cOld Man Yells At Cloud\u201d status, but in a halfcourt setting against a defense that\u2019s back and matched up, I\u2019d prefer they run something instead of launching immediately.Plays like the one at 4:43 of the second quarter are why I still have hope that Bilal Coulibaly can become something special in the relatively near future. On that play, he drove left on Adebayo and got to a soaring lefty finish. It was an impressive play.I very much liked the set piece Washington ran to start the second half. Anthony Gill set a pindown for Riley. Bub Carrington then made an \u201centry\u201d pass to Gill, who followed Riley to the top \u2014 kind of a very high horns set \u2014 for a \u201cget\u201d action (Carrington followed his pass) dribble hand-off. Because Gill received the \u201centry\u201d so high, Miami\u2019s Mitchell had to go under the screen, and Carrington was left with a wide open three.<\/p>\n
Below are the four factors that decide wins and losses in basketball \u2014 shooting (efg), rebounding (offensive rebounds), ball handling (turnovers), fouling (free throws made).<\/p>\n
The four factors are measured by:<\/p>\n
eFG% (effective field goal percentage, which accounts for the three-point shot)OREB% (offensive rebound percentage)TOV% (turnover percentage \u2014 turnovers divided by possessions)FTM\/FGA (free throws made divided by field goal attempts)FOUR FACTORSWIZARDSHEATLGAVGeFG%55.2%67.2%54.5%OREB%30.4%27.0%26.0%TOV%8.3%12.9%12.7%FTM\/FGA0.1790.2900.207PACE10899.3ORTG125140115.7<\/p>\n
PPA is my overall production metric, which credits players for things they do that help a team win (scoring, rebounding, playmaking, defending) and dings them for things that hurt (missed shots, turnovers, bad defense, fouls).<\/p>\n