Washington Wizards Dynasty [Live08] 2-6 / 3rd Recap Released

[Breine524]

hello! i'm reading NLSC for so long and playing nba live 08 for a long time, i got inspired from the previous dynasties that i've been reading so i decided to take a shot at making my own. this will be my first time to make a dynasty like this so criticism is very much welcome. i hope you will enjoy reading. any suggestions and comments are welcome.


Season Length: 82 games
Level: All-star
In-game Quarter Length: 10mins
Simulated Quarter Length: 10mins
Playoff Length: 7-7-7-7
Simulation Type: Regular
Shot Control: User

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[Breine524]

INTRODUCTION

i choose Wizards as the first team to use in my first dynasty because of so many reasons. one is the gun case of Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton. i'll start the 1st season with Arenas and Crittenton on the Injury List so expect a not so good team. as my first start. i'm going to play 15 games this season w/ recaps. i'm planning to put NLSC players into the rookies pool but i might need some help on those.

ROSTER

Starting Line-up
C: A.Blatche
PF: J.Singleton
SF: J.Howard
SG: M.Miller
PG: R.Foye

Bench
S.Livingston G
N.Young GF
J.McGee C
A.Thorton F
E.Boykins PG
Q.Ross GF
F.Oberto FC

Inactive List
G.Arenas G
M.Harris F
M.James G

[Breine524]

GAMES to WATCH

here are the 15 games i picked to play, i will write a recap after each games:
BLUE = Away
GREEN = Home

1. New York - Oct. 30 (recap)
2. Charlotte Bobcats - Nov. 3 (recap)
3. Orlando Magic - Nov. 5 (recap)
4. Oklahoma City Thunder - Nov. 13
5. New Jersey Nets - Nov. 19
6. Philadelpia 76ers - Nov. 21
7. Denver Nuggets - Dec. 6
8. Phoenix Suns - Dec. 8
9. Boston Celtics - Dec. 17
10. Los Angeles Lakers - Dec. 28
11. Minnesota Timberwolves - Dec. 30
12. Chicago Bulls - Jan. 6
13. Cleveland Cavaliers - Jan. 8
14. Atlanta Hawks - Jan. 23
15. Dallas Mavericks - Jan. 27

i choose them randomly, i hope that you will enjoy my recaps.

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NEWS / TRANSACTIONS

Nov. 5 - Josh Childress is back in the NBA, as a Trail Blazer.

[Breine524]

STANDINGS and GAME RESULTS

Season Record: 2-6
Current Place in Division: 5th
Current Place in Conference: 13th
Current Place in the League: 27th

Results:
Oct. 28 - @MIL - L 77-94
Oct. 30 - @NYK - W 115-99 (POTG: Shaun Livinsgton)
Nov. 1 - @NYK - L 79-82
Nov. 3 - vsCHA - L 98-96 (POTG: Raymond Felton)
Nov. 5 - vsORL - W 93-105 (POTG: Shaun Livingston)
Nov. 7 - vsGSW - L 85-83
Nov. 9 - vsPOR - L 92-87
Nov. 11 - vsSAC - L 95 - 82

Next:
Nov. 13 - vs OKC

[kb4]

Goodluck.

[dare]

Goodluck "kabayan"

[Breine524]

wow. thank you very much sir kb4 and sir dare! salamat kabayan! (thank you kabayan)

[Kenny]

Good luck with this dynasty. If I was to choose
any team from the east, I would choose the
wizards as well because there's so many
different directions you can go with this team.

So far the presentation is nice. I look forward
to seeing what your recaps are like

[Breine524]

thank you sir badreligionau! i'll try my best to keep this dynasty updated as possible.

[Breine524]

Shaun Livingston led the Wizards with 28 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals off the bench.

Oct. 30, 2007
Livingston carry Wizards to 115-99 win over Knicks
(boxscore)

NEW YORK -- Shaun Livingston led the Washington Wizards on their first victory with 28 points in their 115-99 victory over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks got 37 points and 19 rebounds from David Lee who got their first loss.

Tracy McGrady finished with 19 points for the Knicks, Al Harrington scored 17 points and Chris Duhon delivered 14 points and 11 assists but also finished with 7 turnovers and 5 fouls that made him rest until the end of the game.

Josh Howard finished with 17 points on 8/11 shooting, Fabricio Oberto got 12 points and 8 rebounds off the bench and Randy Foye finished with 12 points on 13 minutes of playing.

The Wizards finished the first quarter leading 24-23 behind Livingston's 8 points off the bench. At second quarter, both teams shows their shooting touch by changing basket after basket. David Lee scored 16 points in second quarter but still the Wizards' balanced attack keep them leading by three, 54-51. Howard and Earl Boykins had 6 points each in that quarter.

Entering the third quarter, the Knicks pulled a 6-2 run to capture a one point lead 57-56 with 8:34 on the clock before a hard foul of James Singleton on McGrady that gives a little tension on the game. McGrady made one of the free throws which gives them a two point lead. But Randy Foye feeds Singleton on a fast break that ties the ball game on 58-all. After trading of baskets, the Wizards are on fire by managing 12 point lead. 80-68 with 3:38 on the clock. At the end of the quarter, the Wizards outscored the Knicks 40-25 which gives them a comfortable 94-76 lead behind Livingston's 14 points who dominated Chris Duhon.

Early in the fourth quarter, Oberto, Singleton, Young, Ross and Boykins entered the ball game to give the starters a rest. And they dominated the game until the end.

NOTES:
- All Wizards scored not less than 3 points each
- Livingston had only one foul
- Quentin Ross entered the game only on fourth quarter
- Wizards had 13 steals to Knicks' 4

Player of the Game: Shaun Livingston

Top 5 Plays of the Game:
5. T-Mac blocks Nick Young
4. Randy Foye drives and scoops
3. Mike Miller finds James Singleton under the basket
2. Randy Foye broke the play to feed Oberto for a slam
1. Earl Boykins alley oop to Nick Young

*sorry guys the #3 and #2 vids are crashed. i deleted it in the folder while loading it on youtube. my bad, *

[Breine524]

1hr of playing plus 30mins plus of doing the recap, uploading the images and videos. whoa!

[Azzdogs]

Great to see Livingston playing so well.

[Breine524]

i just sub Foye with Livingston, and it turns out good. Duhon and House guarded him late in the first quarter but still he scored 8. that's why i used him every quarter.. my pg's (boykins, foye and livingston) outnumbered their pg's (duhon and house).

[Breine524]

Raymond Felton scores a fade away jumper over Mike Miller

Nov. 3, 2007
Bobcats Win behind Iron Man performance from Felton.
(boxscore)

WASHINGTON -- Despite of having 10 turnovers in the game, Raymond Felton led all the scorers with 23 points to give the Charlotte Bobcats (2-2) their 2nd win via 98-96 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center. Felton never sitted down on the game and played 40 minutes.

"Coach Brown wants me to rest early on the 3rd Quarter but I refused. I told him I want to play and I'm glad that he lets me play." said Felton. "Maybe I'll just take care of the ball on our next games." He added talking about his 10 turnovers.

Josh Howard scored 17 points for the Wizards (1-2) who lost their last 2 games. Earl Boykins added 11 points and 11 assists for his first double-double this season.

"They're a very talented team." said Washington coach Flip Saunders. "Especially Raymond (Felton) who played the whole game. He easily read our defenses and score."

Both teams played good offense and defense to each other which ties them up at 27-all after the first quarter. Entering the second quarter, Stephen Jackson got three quick fouls which cause him to sit for a while. After the 1st half, the Bobcats are leading by one point, 46-45.

The third quarter is the quarter of the Bobcats, Gerald Wallace, Larry Hughes and Felton played the whole quarter and manages to score 7 points, 5 points and 5 points respectively. Josh Howard played the whole quarter too for the Wizards but only manages to score 2 points. Wallace outplayed Howard and Al Thorton to give the Wizards a headache. The Bobcats led the game after the third quarter by six, 74-68.

After exchanging of baskets in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats quickly made a 8-0 run to extend their lead to 11 points 91-78 with 4:40 remaining in the clock. The Wizards put their 3-pointers in the game and cut down the lead into 5 points, 97-92 with 54 seconds remaining. After the Wizards' miss, the Bobcats got the possesion and keep the ball until the half-court. The Wizards decided to foul Felton but they are not in the penalty yet so they will have to foul again the Bobcats who will have to inbound the ball in order to stop the clock. But Wallace and Felton miscommunicated on the possesion which leads to Howard to steal the ball and run the court, Jackson chase and fouled him on his way to the basket with 18.8 on the clock. Howard made both of his free throws to cut down the lead of Bobcats, 97-94. Boykins immidiately fouled Hughes which sends the former Wizards to the line. Hughes missed the first shot and made the second to give them a four point lead, 98-94. After a time-out, the Wizards called isolation on Boykins who's guarding by Felton. Boykins got in and scores to cut the lead down to two 98-96 with 15 seconds on the clock. The Bobcats thought that the Wizards are just waiting for Felton or Hughes to get the ball that will get them to the line, but Boykins desperately steals the ball and brings the ball to the back court. Another isolation play was set for Boykins who drives hard to the basket but Tyson Chandler blocks his shot with 0.8 on the clock. The last play was again, set for Boykins but he missed the shot that gives the Bobcats the win.

NOTES:
- Only Javale McGee did not score for Wizards rotation
- Charlotte outnumbered the Wizards in Rebounds, managing to grab 50 boards against the 39 of Wizards
- Charlotte shoots 31% beyond the arc against 19% of the Wizards
- Stephen Jackson did not play in the 3rd Quarter because of foul trouble

Player of the Game: Raymond Felton

Top 5 Plays of the Game:
5. Howard fakes and fades
4. Livingston steals and lay up
3. Nick Young finds Thorton underneath
2. Gerald Wallace rebounds and dunks
1. Gerald Wallace facial dunk plus foul

[kibaxx7]

It's gonna be a nice challenge to play without Gilbert

[Lamrock]

Tough loss. The Wizards are a hard team to use with Gilbert. Nice recap, though Live 08 has awful graphics.

[Breine524]

Tough loss. The Wizards are a hard team to use with Gilbert. Nice recap, though Live 08 has awful graphics.

It's gonna be a nice challenge to play without Gilbert

yes, live 08 has awful graphics. bobcats' jersey is shinning while i'm playing.. it's hard to play them. i just can't go to howard every time as our go to guy, my other players need to step up. but i'm having fun and i'm loving the wizards. many of the players will be unrestricted free agent after the season, i might trade them early or let them consume the team's salary and hope for a good spot at draft. thank you for the comment sir lamrock and sir thierry. i'm happy to see you guys read my not-so-good dynasty.

[Clutch]

"but i'm having fun and i'm loving the wizards"

that's what matters man! tough loss to the 'Cats; i'd blame Boykins and his 3-15 lol

[Breine524]

"but i'm having fun and i'm loving the wizards"

that's what matters man! tough loss to the 'Cats; i'd blame Boykins and his 3-15 lol

thank you sir clutch!
haha. i just can't find a go-to-guy when josh howard sits and rest.. that 3-15 is enough to not rely on boykins too much.

[dare]

Nice recaps man but as Lamrock said live 08 graphics are awfull but It still a great game to play with some nice patches

[Breine524]

Nice recaps man but as Lamrock said live 08 graphics are awfull but It still a great game to play with some nice patches

thank you kabayan! you're recaps are still nicer than mine.. i will try my best to improve my writings.

[Breine524]

Nov. 5, 2007
Josh Childress is back in the NBA, as a Trail Blazer.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Before the Washington Wizards vs Orlando Magic game, the Portland Trail Blazers announced that they signed Josh Childress. The former Atlanta Hawks wingman played in the Euroleague before decided to sign with the Blazers.

"I'm excited to play again in the NBA." Childress said at the press conference held at the Rose Garden. "Starting or not, I don't care. The thing is I'm back now." he added.

Childress signed a 5-year deal that will earn him $8.50 million.

He's expected to play against New York on November 7. He will wear number 1.

[Breine524]

Mike Miller scored 12 points in the fourth quarter to help the Wizards

Nov. 5, 2007
Miller's late buckets help the Wizards escape Magic
(boxscore)

WASHINGTON -- Mike Miller's late baskets help the Washington Wizards beat the Orlando Magic via 105-93 victory at the Verizon Center.

"Coach said to me that don't hesitate to shoot if I'm open. Luckily my shots went in." said Mike Miller who was a former Magic.

Miller led the Wizards (2-3) after finishing 20 points on 15 minutes of playing. Shaun Livingston was named Player of the Game who finished with 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. Despite of having 2/11 in the field, he manages to convert 10 of his 12 free throws. Most of them was from Vince Carter.

Dwight Howard led all the scorers with 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Orlando Magic (3-2). But was controlled by the Wizards bigmen, limiting him to a 11/31 shooting.

Coach Flip Saunders shuffled the starting line-ups. Starting Javale McGee and Andray Blatche on Center and Power Forward position to match Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis, moving Josh Howard and Shaun Livingston to match Vince Carter and Jameer Nelson, and putting Al Thorton against Matt Barnes.

"I tried this line-up in practice and they had a good chemistry and energy. Let's see if they can bring that energy against Magic." said Saunders on a pre-game interview.

The game was close early in the first quarter until Magic take the lead 14-9 with 5:28 remaining behind Ryan Anderson's four quick points. The Magic controlled the quarter, outnumbered the Wizards on rebounds 19-8. Wizards can't stop Dwight Howard who had 10 points and 6 rebounds on the opening quarter. After the first quarter the Magic leads by eight, 30-22.

At the start of the second quarter, the Wizards rallied earlier. Scoring 8 quick points with a span of 54 seconds behind Shaun Livingston and Nick Young that tied the game 30-all. The Wizards got the momentum early on that made the fans on Verizon Center cheering for them. But Magic made a 7-2 run to take a five point lead 37-32 that silences the crowd. Both teams traded buckets that tied them again at 43-all, 2:40 on the clock. But with a solid effort from the Wizards' Bench, they got the lead after the first half, 51-47.

"Oh. They checked me a lot. Coach Stan said that let me do the work but everytime I got the ball they immidiately double team me." Dwight Howard said at the Halftime Interview who only got 5 points and 2 rebounds in the second quarter. "We'll see what Coach Stan plans."

The third quarter was a intense battle between the teams, the Wizards' running game against Dwight Howard's power. Changing basket after basket until 6:00 mark. But the Magic can't stop the running game of the Wizards which made them trailing by six points 65-59 with 4:19 on the clock. The Wizards dominated the game until the end of the third quarter, leading them by five, 71-66.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Wizards still keep their running game even though some of the players are tired. Coach Saunders rotate the roster wisely to keep their running game. The Magic closed the gap into three 83-80 with 5:34 remaining on the clock. But Mike Miller's hot hands made the Wizards to again by nine 100-91 that gave them the win.

NOTES:
- Wizards had a bad field goal percentage on the opening quarter with 7/22 shooting
- Vince Carter got his sixth foul with 56.2 remaining on the game
- Wizards bench outscored the Magic, 54-28
- Wizards won the rebounds and assists category with 55 boards and 24 dimes against 47 and 20 of the Magic

Player of the Game: Shaun Livingston

Top 5 Plays of the Game:
5. Earl Boykins lures the defenders and finds Singleton
4. Superman was blocked by Singleton
3. Livingston and Blatche, a little bit of Showtime
2. Oberto never gave up and chased down Jameer Nelson
1. Washington Wizards shows teamwork, sharing the ball to each other

[Martti.]

Like your recap-style. Sucks your just 2-6.

[Breine524]

i want to put a NLSC draftees next season but i don't what to do.. i know how to edit the names in DBF commander but i don't know when to change their ratings, during the scouting or after the draft / start of the next season? also i have a problem on the body-face color, i tried to put myself, i got my body skin but my face is white complexion. i don't know the code the will match my body skin color. it's hard to manually change the face from plyr001 to plyr999.