Like Poole and kuz have been none to stay healthy and play most of there games, so I feel like there could be a good chance that we beat teams like the suns when the rest beal and booker, or the 76ers when they rest Embib and we already know LeBron is gonna be load managed so we could have a decent chance there as well.
Kuz and Poole being in the games is likely a good thing for losses. These data points from an article in Bullets Forever encapsulate that point perfectly:
“Kuzma and Poole wasted a bunch of possessions with questionable shot selection, and in Poole’s case sloppy turnovers. The two combined to produce 44 points in the 48 possessions they used. Their teammates combined to produce 69 points in 54 possessions used. They combined for a 91 offensive rating (points produced per possession x 100). Their teammates: 128. League average so far this season is about 110. Here’s another way to think about it: Kuzma and Poole combined to use 47% of the team’s possession to produce 38.5% of the team’s points.”