If they managed to snatch the “play-in” and then the playoffs when they were in 13th place in the Eastern Conference at the end of March, the Wizards will not be able to achieve a new comeback against the Sixers.
Led 3-0, the franchise of Washington will be on vacation in the coming days (from tonight perhaps) since no team in the NBA has ever recovered such a deficit to win the series and only three (New York in 1951, Denver in 1994 and Portland in 2003) managed to push her to a Game 7.
Even if Bradley Beal seems to still believe it a bit, or at least doesn’t totally lower his head.
“I thought about it in the locker room: I was never led 3-0 and it is obviously hard”, he told NBC Sports. “We don’t want to give in to numbers and history. We must continue to take it day by day. The positive is that it has already happened in the past (in US sport, in MLB and NHL yes, but not in the NBA). It lifts morale, it allows you to stay positive. “
The back of the Wizards, affected in the hamstring of the left thigh at the end of the regular season, turns 30.3 points on average at 48% of success in the shoot (but an ugly 15% at 3-pts …) against Joel Embiid and his gang. He’s doing his best and Washington’s players can already be happy to have extended their season until a first round against the best team in the East. That’s what the All-Star wants to remember, even after three straight losses.
“I’m a big fan of the word ’embrace’ (which can be translated by the idea of accepting something). You have to do it for everything, for every situation ”, he believes. “We have to appreciate where we are at. This is my message: accept our situation. There is adversity, the team opposite is strong, but every day we have the opportunity to win. Monday’s game begins with our preparation, our game plan and how we can improve. “
| Bradley Beal | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2012-13 | WAS | 56 | 31 | 41.0 | 38.6 | 78.6 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.9 |
| 2013-14 | WAS | 73 | 35 | 41.9 | 40.2 | 78.8 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 17.1 |
| 2014-15 | WAS | 63 | 34 | 42.7 | 40.9 | 78.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 15.3 |
| 2015-16 | WAS | 55 | 31 | 44.9 | 38.7 | 76.7 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 17.4 |
| 2016-17 | WAS | 77 | 35 | 48.2 | 40.4 | 82.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 23.1 |
| 2017-18 | WAS | 82 | 36 | 46.0 | 37.5 | 79.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 22.7 |
| 2018-19 | WAS | 82 | 37 | 47.5 | 35.1 | 80.8 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 25.6 |
| 2019-20 | WAS | 57 | 36 | 45.5 | 35.3 | 84.2 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 30.5 |
| 2020-21 | WAS | 60 | 36 | 48.5 | 34.9 | 88.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 31.3 |
| Total | 605 | 35 | 45.6 | 37.7 | 82.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 22.0 | |
