Pre-Game Post

D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Bucks, Game 62

►Rashad Mobley | Mar 8, 2014

The Wizards’ have two unique challenges waiting for them in the next two games. Tonight, they are matched up against the NBA’s worst team in the Milwaukee Bucks (12-49 with a...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Jazz, Game 61

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 5, 2014

When the Wizards faced the Jazz in Utah on January 25, coming off a big win in Phoenix, it was their fifth attempt on the season to pull above the...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Grizzlies vs Wizards, Game 60

►Adam McGinnis | Mar 3, 2014

Washington hosts the Memphis Grizzlies tonight in the nation’s capital. The Wizards are riding a season-high six-game winning streak and NBATV recognized them on Sunday as their “team of the week.”...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at 76ers, Game 59

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 1, 2014

Tonight is the final meeting between Washington and their closest-in-proximity NBA foe, the Atlantic Division’s Philadelphia 76ers. It also happens to be the night of Allen Iverson’s jersey retirement. As CSN’s...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Raptors, Game 58

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 27, 2014

This is Washington’s last chance to punch back at the team which has son’d them this season with a 3-0 sweep thus far. But why would you want to punch...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Magic, Game 57

►John Converse Townsend | Feb 25, 2014

Wizards vs. Magic will feature dream matchups across the board… Gortat vs. Vučević. Booker vs. Harris. Ariza vs. Harkless. Beal vs. Oladipo. Wall vs. Nelson. The Wizards have the edge in...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Cavaliers, Game 56

►Conor Dirks | Feb 23, 2014

Wizards and Cavaliers. Henceforth there will be unilateral vitriol and arbitrary rivalry tags. The Cavaliers had their six-game winning streak snapped by Toronto, and the Wizards are a mere game from their...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Pelicans, Game 55

►John Converse Townsend | Feb 22, 2014

Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans are in D.C. tonight. The “Pellies” are the very bottom of the Southwest Division, with a 23-30 record. The Wizards are hanging on to the...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Hawks, Game 54

►Conor Dirks | Feb 19, 2014

Oh, to be a young man with money in Atlanta. The last time we checked into ATL, John Wall was throwing quite the party on the eve of a game with the...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Raptors, Game 53

►Rashad Mobley | Feb 18, 2014

All-Star weekend, with all its pomp, circumstance, dancing and entertainment, is now a memory, and those happy feelings are replaced with the stark realities of second-half playoff runs—particularly for the Raptors and the...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Rockets, Game 52

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 12, 2014

Without much deliberation, we’re going to get right into the goods… Joining TAI today is Mitchell Felker of the ESPN TrueHoop Houston Rockets blog, Red 94. Head over there to check...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards at Grizzlies, Game 51

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 11, 2014

In Memphis, TN his evening, the Washington Wizards will take on Gilbert Arenas’ former team. Wait, that doesn’t sound right. But, it is true. Arenas’ last NBA appearance came 639 days ago...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Kings, Game 50

►Conor Dirks | Feb 9, 2014

Wizards and Kings: Origins of a Legacy of a Hardwood Dynasty: the Musical. This is one of those NBA matchups that sounds like a cross between a children’s quasi-comedy like A Kid...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Cavaliers, Game 49

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 7, 2014

If a rivalry never existed, can it truly die? As long as LeBron James is in the NBA and as long as Gilbert Arenas is still popping up on TMZ every...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Spurs, Game 48

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 5, 2014

You know the drill. Playing the Spurs is like a drill. Sgt. Gregg “3G” Popovich gets his troops in action and boots on the ground, while the opposing Wizards tend to...
D.C. Council Opening Statements: Wizards vs Trail Blazers, Game 47

►John Converse Townsend | Feb 3, 2014

Yeeaaaaaah, it’ll be this season’s first meeting between the two clubs. They’ll meet again, in Portlandia, on March 20. The Wiz went home winners after the last two meetings (11.28.2012...