Second-by-Second Analysis of Wizards’ Failed Inbounds Play in Loss to Nets

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Washington Wizards lost a close game in Brooklyn after a botched final inbounds play. This time it was a five second call with Washington trailing 101-98 with 8.8 seconds remaining.

The play was particularly odd because there did not appear to be any inbounds options for Tomas Satoransky prior to the five second violation. Let’s break it down second-by-second in a segment I like to call, “What was Bradley Beal Waiting For?”

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Everything seems fine so far. The referee hands Tomas Satoransky the ball and all the action is on the far side of the court.1 Second

Otto Porter starts a curl from the corner that will eventually take him into the lane…