Washington Wizards: 3 takeaways from 118-110 loss to Brooklyn Nets

Three-point shooting is still an issue

The Washington Wizards failed to shoot above 30 percent from three in any of the exhibition games leading up to the NBA restart. Against Brooklyn, they were back in the under-30 percent club. They finished the game 9/31 from three, 29 percent. And if it weren’t for Thomas Bryant’s career night from long range, they would have been even worse.

After a lackluster performance against Pheonix, Bryant bounced back in a big way. No part of his 30-point performance was more impressive than his outside shooting. Bryant went 4-6 from deep, but the rest of the team wasn’t so hot. Wizards not named Thomas Bryant shot 5-25 from three vs. Brooklyn, a lowly 20 percent clip.

The same thing happened against Phoenix, although it wasn’t Bryant making threes that game. Although the Wizards shot 36.4 percent from three vs. Phoenix, Jerome Robinson was largely to thank. Besides Robinson, who went 4-6 from three, the rest of the team went 4-16. So while the Wizards shot 36.4 percent from three that game, the Wizards minus Jerome Robinson shot 20 percent.

With Beal and Bertans unable to provide the firepower right now, the Wizards need to find someone, anyone, who can make threes consistently in the bubble.