Ben DuBose

They turn the ball over more defensively.

Well, now the shots are falling again.

And Dave, you mentioned it.

He did so many things defensively tonight as well with the steals, the rebounds.

It just feels like his entire game is coming around.

And yeah, we can quibble over exactly how many minutes does he start as you come off the bench.

But in the big picture, the fact that a 21-year-old Reed Shepard is playing this well, that's the most important thing.

I think it's a game that even if the result against a bad Wizards team shouldn't make you feel that proud.

I only did the fist pump because somebody got mad at me the other night for not doing it.

I do think you should be pretty proud and read shepherd.

I think that's the big takeaway.

And I think they've also got to use Reid in this way, especially over the next couple of weeks with the injuries starting to pile up elsewhere.

Amin Thompson left early.

It looked like, you know, he went in with a tight quad that we know he missed a game with last week.

And it looked like that on the bench, we're still waiting to hear from Ine Udoka postgame, but he was grabbing at his right ankle.

Didn't look too serious, was walking without assistance, but was a little bit of a limp.

Went to the locker room early.

And so you've had two lower leg issues for men.

Javari Smith Jr.

is supposed to be back Thursday, but he's missed the last two games with the ankle sprain.