6 out of 16, you can't attack and defend! The Warriors will be beaten back to their original form, and their teammates will not accept you as the boss
The Wizards made a large-scale trade in the offseason, sending away the team's core Beal, and sending Porzingis to the Green Army, including Paul, who was obtained, and the team was also traded to the Warriors, completely becoming a candle-like existence, burning themselves and illuminating others, so that the strength of the Green Army, the Suns, and the Warriors was improved, and the chances of winning the championship were greatly increased.
The Wizards' series of operations in the offseason have made it clear that the team is going to rebuild in the new season, and they don't care about the record or anything, but they pay more attention to draft picks, but although the Wizards have nothing else to ask for in the new season, they still have an expectation, that is, Poole.
The Wizards traded Paul for Poole, which is an important step for the team, Poole helped the team win the championship in the Warriors, although the playoffs last season were not good, but the regular season also had a 20+ performance, showing a very good strength, the Wizards also saw his potential, hoping to play well in the team, and even become the cornerstone of the team.
The Wizards have high expectations for Poole, but his performance in the new season is really not good, and he has been struggling, but because it is a new team change and needs time to adapt, the Wizards are still waiting to see and play, and they can play against the Raptors, but they show Poole's incompetence.
The Wizards challenged the Raptors away from home, the team was inferior to the opponent in terms of strength and record, plus the away game, the possibility of winning the opponent was very low, but as soon as the game came up, the Wizards were the first to enter the rhythm, Kuzma and Jones fired repeatedly, attacking wave after wave, and quickly took a double-digit lead. Barnes and Sika scored back-to-back points to stop the bleeding from the Raptors, and then the Wizards' offense slipped and the team started to catch up, narrowing the gap to seven points in the first quarter.
But in the second quarter, the Raptors fell into a scoring drought, attacking again and again, while the Wizards were full of firepower, Kuzma, Kispert, and Gafford scored points one after another, and the scene was completely reduced to a one-sided situation, and the difference quickly exceeded 10 points, 20 points, and the Wizards stretched the advantage to 19 points in the first half.
Leading by 19 points, the Wizards took the absolute initiative in this game, as long as they stabilized in the second half, it was not a big problem to win the game! Entering the second half, the Wizards also understood that as long as they were stable, they slowed down the offensive rhythm on the court, did not give the Raptors a chance to counterattack and get up, and the difference between the two sides was always maintained at about 20 points! However, at the end of the third quarter, the Wizards made a mistake, allowing the Raptors to launch an 11-0 offensive and narrow the difference to single digits.
In the final quarter, the Raptors continued to fight back, relying on Sika's excellent performance, the team successfully tied the score in the last minute! At the critical moment, Sika hit a jumper, and Kuzma faced a chance to kill, but there was a mistake in stepping on the line, and the Wizards had no choice but to lose 107-111 and suffered a big reversal.
The result of this game was very disappointing for the Wizards, but the most disappointing thing was not the loss, but Poole's poor play.
As a key player cultivated by the team, Poole, who has unlimited firing rights, played 35 minutes in this game, and the result was 6 of 16, only 14 points, and there were 5 turnovers, and he took turns playing iron on the offensive end, and the offensive efficiency was extremely low, which completely dragged down the team's offensive rhythm! Not only is the offense not good, but Poole's defense is also very poor, and the leakage defense, the supplementary defense is not timely, and the single defense is eaten continuously, especially at the last moment, so that Sika can easily jump and win the Wizards.
6 out of 16, you can't attack and defend, and this performance is quite the boss of the team, and even your teammates don't accept you!
Since entering the new season, he has averaged 16.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, and has made 14.8 points per game, but the shooting rate is only 41.2%, and the 3-point shooting rate is also as low as 30.3%, and the average turnover per game has reached 2.8! In terms of net efficiency in the new season, it is only better than Jones and Harden, ranking third from the bottom in the league.
Poole, a veteran of the Warriors, was completely beaten back to his original form, and he also lost the trust of his teammates, and when he handled the ball at critical moments, his teammates began to look for Kuzma, instead of Poole, the so-called boss, Poole's future is also slowly losing its light under his poor play.