Film study: What is the Wizards’ offense missing?

Before Thursday night’s barnburner of a loss to the Pistons in double overtime, the vibes around the Wizards, and their offense in particular, were nearing a free fall. The Wiz have the league’s 26th-ranked offense, even after the onslaught against Detroit.

There were, to be sure, positive signals to glean. Alex Sarr played by far his best game of the season, knocking down four threes. Trae Young showed more scoring juice, shooting 17 free throws and hitting a buzzer-beater to force OT. Sarr and Anthony Davis connected on a rare lob in overtime.

But the underlying issues behind the bricktastic 4-9 start will take longer to solve. The Wizards barely shoot any threes, and miss most of the ones…