The quarterback dictates too high a pace and leads the league in ball losses • When he plays they are in a shocking balance of 12: 2, and without him a positive 3: 4 • In the US understand: Washington must find a way to win with Russell Westbrook on the field
Westbrook.
Leads the league in losses
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Russell Westbrook is one of the best players in the NBA, but it seems that the Washington Wizards are more successful without him.
The team that selected Danny Abdia in the last draft won tonight (Monday through Tuesday) for the sixth time this season, 101: 105 against the Chicago Bulls.
And climbed to a positive 3: 4 balance in games without Westbrook.
With Ras a partner, Washington has only managed to win twice and its team balance stands at a poor 12: 2.
The coordinator, who is used to putting together a diverse statistical line, leads the NBA League in a category that no one wants to lead - the amount of ball losses, with 4.9 such per game.
NBC Washington analyzed the phenomenon but mentioned that the balance with the star who came from Houston includes the start of the season in which he played while he is still recovering from an injury from which he suffered.
Three of the losses he played in came right after the “corona eruption break” that left the team with a rotation that was very lacking and not really competitive.
In addition, the Wizards' four wins without Russell were not against the strongest teams in the league, while the two wins in which he was a partner were against the Brooklyn Nets, twice.
"So is Washington a better team without Westbrook? Probably not," they wrote on the American website, adding: "The Wizards' ceiling with him is higher, it just seems that at the moment their floor is also lower with him. Washington must find a way to start winning with Westbrook. "Not competitive in some games. In their 10 biggest losses this season, Russell has played in nine."
NBC has suggested a number of possible causes for the phenomenon.
One of them is Westbrook's large number of losses, as a result of the high pace he dictates (109.4 passes for 48 minutes, the highest in the league).
On the other hand, when Smith's man is the Wizards' coordinator, one of the fastest players in the NBA, they are slower at 3.31 passers, and with Raul Net it is already 5.14 passers less.
Westbrook has played in seven of the nine games in which Washington has scored the most points this season, but he has also played in eight of the 10 games in which they have conceded the most from the second team.
Apparently the Wizards play better defense as the pace of the game goes down, without the leading center.
"These figures should be of concern to the professional team and management of the franchise," NBC concluded, adding: "Maybe Westbrook needs to change his style of play, and maybe the team needs to adapt to it. It is possible that the shared history with coach Brooks could play in their favor. "This is because he knows Russell and knows how to coach him. In any case, the gap in the balance with Westbrook and without it is a fact that cannot be ignored, and the potential of the Wizards as a team depends very much on finding the right balance."