There was a lot that went wrong with the Wizards in their season-opening loss to the Atlanta Hawks. It was part spacing on offense, allowing dribble penetration defense and compounding turnovers. Coach Scott Brooks pointed out all of these things Saturday after the team practiced at FedEx Forum in Memphis, as well as calling for more from his guards when it comes to the dirty work.

The Wizards were pounded on rebounds (53-40) and second-chance points (20-6) by the Hawks because of Dwight Howard (11 points, 18 rebounds). They play the Grizzlies on Sunday, a team noted for its size, rebounding and inside presence because of Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph (CSN, 7:30 ET).

"We still have to rebound committee with our perimeter players," Brooks said. "You look at their minutes, some only had one rebound. That's not good. We have to be able to rebound as a team. I want everybody boxing out, putting body on body, enjoying that physical contact that the game brings. Don't shy away from it."

In 22 minutes, Kelly Oubre (a backup small forward who plays on the perimeter) had one rebound.

In 24 minutes, limited by foul trouble, Bradley Beal had zero rebounds.

In 20 minutes off the bench, Marcus Thornton had one rebound.

In 30 minutes, John Wall had three rebounds.

There were too many instances when Marcin Gortat (team-high 11 rebounds) was the only one in the middle competing for the ball coming off the rim. Brooks supported this point of view that the perimeter defense was at fault because it compromised Gortat's ability to keep Howard off the boards.

Supporting bigs Andrew Nicholson (seven rebounds, 19 minutes) and Jason Smith (five rebounds, nine minutes) did a more than adequate job when they were on the floor.

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