The Wizards don’t play again until Saturday night, when the Orlando Magic come to Verizon Center.
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The volume of Randy Wittman’s voice rose right along with his anger.
Beal, All-Star point guard John Wall and the Wizards have business of their own to tend to in advance of free agency, first and foremost proving that they are a force to be reckoned with in the East. And that’s with or without any additional superstar help, and no matter what kind of external hype is swirling around them. “For whatever reason – no disrespect to Paul [Pierce] or Kevin Seraphin, the guys that we lost last year, they weren’t first-team all-defensive players – we have basically the same team and we’re not defending as good as we were last year or the previous years. And that’s because we turned the ball over and gave them those opportunities, and that puts a lot of stress on your defense”. We’ve got guys that play 27 minutes and get one rebound. I’m not saying he’s going to keep his current average of 20/20 going all season, but he just has to get it to the All- Star break!
Heat 101, Lakers 88 – Chris Bosh scored a season-high 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Hassan Whiteside had 19 points and 15 rebounds in only 27 minutes of work, and host Miami pulled away in the second half. Then, and only then, will we get a full understanding of what the future holds for Durant and his hometown team. And that’s on me.
Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City’s 125-101 win over the Washington Wizards because of a left hamstring strain and did not return to play in the second half. “But if you’re giving up nearly 130, you have no chance”. He has signed Nike deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, made millions cry with his MVP speech in May of 2014 and become one of the game’s most relatable and popular talents.
“We know what we’re supposed to do as a team”, Westbrook said. “We’re just giving guys easy freedom to run and flow anything they want to on offense”. “Does he play for Washington or does he play for OKC?”, Beal said.
Russell Westbrook dropped 22 points and 11 assists, but was somehow the Thunder’s third-leading scorer.
Before the win over the Suns, Oklahoma City suffered losses to the Houston Rockets (110-105), Toronto Raptors (103-98), and the Chicago Bulls (104-98).
There was more. Wittman called his team “soft”.
The crowd finally made itself heard at one point late in the game.
Eries Kanter added nine points and six rebounds.
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“Yeah it’s definitely my fault. I’ve got to take the blame”, Gortat said. “There’s a little bit too much emphasis on that type of stuff, but it’s part of the game”. I’ll worry about that when I get there.
