2012–13 Washington Wizards season explained

Team:	Washington Wizards
End Year:	2013
Wins:	29
Losses:	53
Division:	Southeast
Division Place:	3
Conf Place:	11
Coach:	Randy Wittman
Owners:	Ted Leonsis
Arena:	Verizon Center
Television:	CSN Mid-Atlantic, The CW Washington, TBD TV
Radio:	106.7 The Fan
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	WAS

The 2012–13 Washington Wizards season was the 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th in the Washington, D.C. area. Jason Collins was on this team when he became the first active NBA player to publicly come out as gay.^[1]

Key dates

• June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place in Newark, New Jersey.
• July 1: The free agency period begun.

Draft picks

See main article: 2012 NBA draft.

Round	PickO	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Bradley Beal	SG		Florida
2	32	Tomáš Satoranský	SG		Liga ACB (Spain)

Pre-season

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| October 7| @ Charlotte| | Bradley Beal, Martell Webster (18)| Chris Singleton (9)| Shelvin Mack (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
6,213| 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2| October 11| New York| | Jordan Crawford (17)| Martell Webster (10)| Bradley Beal, Jannero Pargo (5)| Verizon Center
9,627| 0–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 13| @ Cleveland| | Three players (14)| Shavlik Randolph (9)| Jordan Crawford (7)| Quicken Loans Arena
10,140| 1–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4| October 15| @ Brooklyn| | Martell Webster (18)| Emeka Okafor (6)| Three players (3)| Barclays Center
14,219| 1–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| October 17| @ Toronto| | Trevor Booker (12)| Earl Barron (8)| A. J. Price (8)| Air Canada Centre
11,750| 1–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 6| October 20| @ Milwaukee| | Trevor Booker (22)| Trevor Booker, Emeka Okafor (7)| A. J. Price (11)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
9,967| 2–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 7| October 24| @ Miami| | Martell Webster (23)| Jan Veselý (11)| Jannero Pargo (6)| Sprint Center
16,143| 3–4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 8| October 26| @ San Antonio| | A. J. Price, Jan Veselý (13)| Earl Barron (10)| Jordan Crawford, Shelvin Mack (4)| AT&T Center
17,842| 3–5

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1| October 30| @ Cleveland| | Jordan Crawford (11)| Earl Barron (8)| A.J. Price (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 0–1

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 2| November 3| Boston| | Jordan Crawford (21)| Trevor Booker (10)| Pargo, Price & Webster (4)| Verizon Center
20,308| 0-2|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 3| November 7| @ Boston| | Beal, Seraphin & Webster (16)| Kevin Seraphin (9)| A.J. Price (7)| TD Garden
18,624| 0-3|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 4| November 9| Milwaukee| | Bradley Beal (22)| Trevor Ariza (8)| A.J. Price (9)| Verizon Center
14,531| 0-4|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 5| November 10| @ Indiana| | Okafor & Beal (17)| Emeka Okafor (8)| A.J. Price (14)| Conseco Fieldhouse
12,036| 0-5|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 6| November 13| @ Charlotte| | Trevor Ariza (19)| Crawford & Okafor (9)| A.J. Price (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,139| 0-6|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 7| November 14| @ Dallas| | Jordan Crawford (21)| Trevor Booker (6)| Jordan Crawford (7)| American Airlines Center
19,560| 0-7|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 8| November 17| Utah| | Jordan Crawford (20)| Emeka Okafor (14)| Jordan Crawford (8)| Verizon Center
16,210| 0-8|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 9| November 19| Indiana| | Bradley Beal (18)| Trevor Booker (8)| Shaun Livingston (4)| Verizon Center
14,426| 0-9|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 10| November 21| @ Atlanta| | Kevin Seraphin (21)| Trevor Ariza (15)| A.J. Price (7)| Philips Arena
11,338| 0-10|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 11| November 24| Charlotte| | Martell Webster (21)| Chris Singleton (12)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Verizon Center
13,077| 0-11|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 12| November 26| San Antonio| | Jordan Crawford (19)| Kevin Seraphin (7)| A.J. Price (7)| Verizon Center
13,879| 0-12|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13| November 28| Portland| | Jordan Crawford (19)| Kevin Seraphin (10)| A.J. Price (6)| Verizon Center
14,114| 1-12|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 14| November 30| @ New York| | Jordan Crawford (17)| Kevin Seraphin (10)| Jordan Crawford (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,033| 1-13

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 15| December 4| Miami| | Jordan Crawford (22)| Kevin Seraphin (10)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Verizon Center
17,761| 2-13|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 16| December 7| @ Atlanta| | Kevin Seraphin (19)| Kevin Seraphin (7)| A.J. Price (6)| Philips Arena
13,067| 2-14|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 17| December 8| Golden State| | Jordan Crawford (22)| Jordan Crawford (7)| Jordan Crawford (8)| Verizon Center
15,176| 2-15|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 18| December 11| @ New Orleans| | Jordan Crawford (26)| Nenê (10)| Beal & Crawford (20)| New Orleans Arena
10,076| 3-15|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 19| December 12| @ Houston| | Bradley Beal (20)| Nenê (9)| Bradley Beal (6)| Toyota Center
13,351| 3-16|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 20| December 14| L. A. Lakers| | Cartier Martin (21)| Martin, Nenê, & Seraphin (8)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Verizon Center
20,308| 3–17|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 21| December 15| @ Miami| | Bradley Beal (19)| Emeka Okafor (10)| Jordan Crawford (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,724| 3-18|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 22| December 18| Atlanta| | Jordan Crawford (27)| Earl Barron (14)| Jordan Crawford (11)| Verizon Center
15,123| 3-19|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 23| December 19| @ Orlando| | Nenê (20)| Emeka Okafor (12)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Amway Center
16,893| 3-20|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 24| December 21| @ Detroit| | Jordan Crawford (20)| Martell Webster (9)| Jordan Crawford (7)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
13,489| 3-21|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 25| December 22| Detroit| | Jordan Crawford (21)| Emeka Okafor (14)| Jordan Crawford (6)| Verizon Center
13,104| 3-22|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 26| December 26| Cleveland| | Crawford & Okafor (17)| Okafor & Webster (10)| Shelvin Mack (7)| Verizon Center
13,846| 3-23|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 27| December 28| Orlando| | Jordan Crawford (27)| Nenê & Okafor (11)| Crawford & Temple (6)| Verizon Center
15,789| 4-23|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 28| December 29| @ Chicago| | Bradley Beal (14)| Emeka Okafor (18)| Mack & Temple (5)| United Center
22,447| 4-24

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 29| January 1| Dallas| | Bradley Beal (22)| Emeka Okafor (11)| Shelvin Mack (6)| Verizon Center
14,456| 4-25|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 30| January 2| @ Indiana| | Jordan Crawford (20)| Okafor & Seraphin (9)| Crawford & Temple (7)| Conseco Fieldhouse
11,182| 4-26|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 31| January 4| Brooklyn| | Bradley Beal (24)| Okafor & Temple (7)| Garrett Temple (11)| Verizon Center
16,006| 4-27|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 32| January 6| @ Miami| | Kevin Seraphin (14)| Emeka Okafor (9)| Garrett Temple (7)| American Airlines Arena
20,228| 4-28|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 33| January 7| Oklahoma City| | Beal & Webster (22)| Emeka Okafor (12)| A.J. Price (5)| Verizon Center
16,917| 5-28|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 34| January 12| Atlanta| | Beal & Price (16)| Nenê & Okafor (10)| John Wall (4)| Verizon Center
15,331| 6-28|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 35| January 14| Orlando| | Emeka Okafor (19)| Emeka Okafor (11)| Wall & Price (6)| Verizon Center
14,648| 7-28|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 36| January 16| @ Sacramento| | Bradley Beal (26)| Nenê & Webster (9)| John Wall (10)| Power Balance Pavilion
11,611| 7-29|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 37| January 18| @ Denver| | Bradley Beal (23)| Trevor Booker (8)| John Wall (12)| Pepsi Center
16,523| 8-29|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 38| January 19| @ L. A. Clippers| | John Wall (24)| Emeka Okafor (12)| John Wall (6)| Staples Center
19,188| 8-30|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 39| January 21| @ Portland| | Nenê & Webster (24)| Emeka Okafor (13)| Martell Webster (6)| Rose Garden
17,366| 9-30|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 40| January 23| @ Utah| | Martell Webster (15)| Emeka Okafor (17)| John Wall (8)| EnergySolutions Arena
18,158| 9-31|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 41| January 25| Minnesota| | Jordan Crawford (19)| Emeka Okafor (8)| John Wall (5)| Verizon Center
14,095| 10-31|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 42| January 26| Chicago| | Nenê (16)| Emeka Okafor (16)| John Wall (7)| Verizon Center
20,308| 11-31|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 43| January 28| Sacramento| | Emeka Okafor (23)| Emeka Okafor (15)| John Wall (6)| Verizon Center
13,422| 11-32|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 44| January 30| @ Philadelphia| | Nenê (16)| Emeka Okafor (17)| John Wall (6)| Wells Fargo Center
15,101|11-33

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 45| February 1| @ Memphis| | Nenê (14)| Emeka Okafor (10)| Wall & Nenê (6)| FedExForum
15,017| 11-34|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 46| February 2| @ San Antonio| | John Wall (21)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (9)| AT&T Center
18,581| 11-35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 47| February 4| L. A. Clippers| | Martell Webster (21)| Emeka Okafor (14)| John Wall (8)| Verizon Center
16,246| 12-35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 48| February 6| New York| | John Wall (21)| Nenê (10)| John Wall (9)| Verizon Center
18,263| 13-35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 49| February 8| Brooklyn| | Nenê (20)| Nenê (11)| John Wall (9)| Verizon Center
19,614| 14-35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 50| February 11| @ Milwaukee| | Bradley Beal (28)| Nenê (13)| John Wall (10)| Bradley Center
13,842| 15-35|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 51| February 13| @ Detroit| | Emeka Okafor (20)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (9)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
11,095| 15-36|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 52| February 19| Toronto| | Bradley Beal (25)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (6)| Verizon Center
13,923| 15-37|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 53| February 22| Denver| | Emeka Okafor (17)| Emeka Okafor (13)| John Wall (10)| Verizon Center
16,527| 16-37|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 54| February 23| Houston| | Bradley Beal (21)| Emeka Okafor (11)| John Wall (11)| Verizon Center
20,308| 17-37|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 55| February 25| @ Toronto| | Bradley Beal (20)| Emeka Okafor (13)| John Wall (7)| Air Canada Centre
16,705|18-37|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 56| February 27| Detroit| | Trevor Ariza (22)| Chris Singleton (8)| A.J. Price (8)| Verizon Center
14,298| 18-38

|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 57| March 1| New York| | Bradley Beal (29)| Bradley Beal (11)| John Wall (6)| Verizon Center
20,308| 18-39|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 58| March 3| Philadelphia| | Martell Webster (16)| Emeka Okafor (16)| John Wall (6)| Verizon Center
17,370| 19-39|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 59| March 6| @ Minnesota| | John Wall (19)| Emeka Okafor (14)| John Wall (7)| Target Center
13,233| 19-40|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 60| March 8| @ Brooklyn| | John Wall (16)| Emeka Okafor (9)| A.J. Price (4)| Barclays Center
17,732| 19-41|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 61| March 9| Charlotte| | Trevor Ariza (26)| Emeka Okafor (10)| John Wall (6)| Verizon Center
16,357| 20-41|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 62| March 12| @ Cleveland| | John Wall (27)| Emeka Okafor (11)| John Wall (14)| Quicken Loans Arena
14,689| 20-42|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 63| March 13| Milwaukee| | John Wall (23)| Nenê (13)| John Wall (10)| Verizon Center
14,506| 21-42|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 64| March 15| New Orleans| | John Wall (29)| Trevor Booker (13)| John Wall (9)| Verizon Center
14,942| 22-42|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 65| March 16| Phoenix| | Martell Webster (34)| Emeka Okafor (10)| John Wall (11)| Verizon Center
16,882| 23-42|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 66| March 18| @ Charlotte| | John Wall (25)| Emeka Okafor (9)| Nenê (7)| Time Warner Cable Arena
10,141| 23-43|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 67| March 20| @ Phoenix| | John Wall (19)| Nenê (8)| John Wall (8)| US Airways Center
14,819| 24-43|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 68| March 22| @ L. A. Lakers| | Trevor Ariza (25)| Garrett Temple (6)| John Wall (16)| Staples Center
18,997| 25-43|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 69| March 23| @ Golden State| | Cartier Martin (23)| Kevin Seraphin (6)| Garrett Temple (6)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 25-44|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 70| March 25| Memphis| | John Wall (47)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (8)| Verizon Center
17,868| 26-44|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 71| March 27| @ Oklahoma City| | John Wall (18)| Emeka Okafor (10)| John Wall (12)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 26-45|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 72| March 29| @ Orlando| | John Wall (35)| Emeka Okafor (13)| Martell Webster &
Garrett Temple (3)| Amway Center
17,998| 26-46|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 73| March 31| Toronto| | Bradley Beal (24)| Emeka Okafor (10)| John Wall (10)| Verizon Center
14,360| 27-46

|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 74| April 2| Chicago| | John Wall (27)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (9)| Verizon Center
17,319| 28-46|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 75| April 3| @ Toronto| | John Wall (20)| Emeka Okafor (8)| John Wall (5)| Air Canada Centre
15,783| 28-47|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 76| April 6| Indiana| | John Wall (37)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (5)| Verizon Center
19,360| 29-47|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 77| April 7| @ Boston| | John Wall (16)| Emeka Okafor (9)| John Wall (10)| TD Garden
18,624| 29-48|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 78| April 9| @ New York| | John Wall (33)| Emeka Okafor (8)| Nenê (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,033| 29-49|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 79| April 10| Miami| | A.J. Price (23)| John Wall (9)| John Wall (11)| Verizon Center
20,308| 29-50|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 80| April 12| Philadelphia| | John Wall (24)| Nenê (10)| John Wall (7)| Verizon Center
18,476| 29-51|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 81| April 15| @ Brooklyn| | John Wall (18)| Trevor Booker (13)| John Wall (12)| Barclays Center
16,774| 29-52|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 82| April 17| @ Chicago| | A.J. Price (24)| Kevin Seraphin (9)| Garrett Temple (5)| United Center
22421| 29-53

Injuries and surgeries

On September 28, 2012, the Wizards announced that John Wall would be sidelined for about eight weeks after being diagnosed with the early stages of what could become a stress fracture in his left knee. No surgery was required, but Wall had to begin rehabilitation immediately.^[2]

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 79 || 77 || 26.0 || .477 || || .571 || 8.8 || 1.2 || .6 || 1.0 || 9.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 79 || 8 || 21.8 || .461 || || .693 || 4.4 || .7 || .3 || .7 || 9.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 76 || 62 || 28.9 || .442 || .422 || .848 || 3.9 || 1.9 || .6 || .2 || 11.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 61 || 49 || 27.2 || .480 || .000 || .729 || 6.7 || 2.9 || .9 || .6 || 12.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 57 || 22 || 22.4 || .390 || .350 || .790 || 2.0 || 3.6 || .6 || .1 || 7.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 57 || 11 || 16.2 || .382 || .194 || .571 || 3.2 || .6 || .7 || .4 || 4.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 56 || 46 || 31.2 || .410 || .386 || .786 || 3.8 || 2.4 || .9 || .5 || 13.9|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 56 || 15 || 26.3 || .417 || .364 || .821 || 4.8 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .4 || 9.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 51 || 36 || 22.7 || .407 || .325 || .703 || 2.4 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .3 || 5.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 51 || 4 || 11.8 || .500 || .000 || .308 || 2.4 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 2.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 49 || 42 || 32.7 || .441 || .267 || .804 || 4.0 || 7.6 || 1.3 || .8 || 18.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 48 || 14 || 18.5 || .491 || .000 || .556 || 5.0 || .8 || .7 || .3 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 43 || 12 || 26.2 || .415 || .345 || .821 || 3.1 || 3.7 || .6 || .1 || 13.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 41 || 3 || 16.9 || .381 || .397 || .714 || 2.4 || .5 || .5 || .1 || 6.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 17 || 4 || 18.8 || .364 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.2 || 2.2 || .6 || .1 || 3.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 11 || 1 || 11.1 || .351 || || .400 || 3.9 || .3 || .5 || .5 || 2.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 7 || 2 || 20.1 || .400 || .308 || .500 || 2.3 || 3.3 || .9 || .0 || 5.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 7 || 0 || 14.6 || .250 || .150 || 1.000 || .9 || 2.0 || .0 || .1 || 3.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 6 || 2 || 9.0 || .167 || || 1.000 || 1.3 || .3 || .3 || .7 || .7|}

Transactions

See main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via draft Bradley Beal Via free agency Earl Barron Steven Gray Jannero Pargo A. J. Price Shavlik Randolph Martell Webster Via trade Trevor Ariza Emeka Okafor

Players Lost Via trade Rashard Lewis Via free agency Morris Almond Othyus Jeffers Roger Mason, Jr. James Singleton Waived Andray Blatche

Trades

June 20, 2012

To Washington Wizards Trevor Ariza Emeka Okafor

To New Orleans Hornets Rashard Lewis The 46th pick in 2012

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Cartier Martin	July 12	Washington Wizards (re-signed)
A. J. Price	July 24	Indiana Pacers
Martell Webster	August 29	Minnesota Timberwolves
Brian Cook	September 19	Washington Wizards (re-signed)
Earl Barron	September 19	Atléticos de San Germán
Steven Gray	September 19
Shavlik Randolph	September 19	Piratas de Quebradillas
Jannero Pargo	October 1	Atlanta Hawks

Subtractions
Player	Date signed	New team
Roger Mason, Jr.	August 3	New Orleans Hornets
Morris Almond	August 19
James Singleton	September 18
Othyus Jeffers	October 1	Phoenix Suns

Notes and References

1. News: NBA player Jason Collins comes out as gay. April 29, 2013. BBC. April 29, 2013.
2. Lee, Michael (September 28, 2012). John Wall out eight weeks because of stress injury in right knee, The Washington Post. Retrieved October 25, 2012.