Pre-Game Post | Wizards Blog Truth About It.net - Part 4

Pre-Game Post | Wizards Blog Truth About It.net - Part 4

Opening Statements: Wizards vs Pacers, Game 72

►Chris Thompson | Mar 25, 2015

By now you’ve probably heard or read what Randy Wittman had to say after Washington’s massively disheartening loss in Sacramento on Sunday, when he finally took off the mask and revealed himself...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Warriors, Game 71

►Conor Dirks | Mar 23, 2015

A party line is often presented with an unrealistic single-mindedness, a clarity that belies a more complicated reality that would be inappropriate for public-facing discourse. When a party leader takes the podium, followers take heed, but...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Kings, Game 70

►Troy Haliburton | Mar 22, 2015

After getting caught California dreaming by the Clippers on Friday night, the Wizards will look to get back on track against the pesky Kings. The last time the Wizards and Kings...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Clippers, Game 69

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 20, 2015

What have the Clippers been up to? Well, since the beginning of February: Lost 4 in a row; won 4 in a row; lost 2 in a row; won 3 in...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Jazz, Game 68

►John Converse Townsend | Mar 18, 2015

At this point in the season, we have a good idea of who these Wizards are. Take it away, Chris ‘Thompson.’ It’s not that they play 48 minutes of high-level NBA...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Blazers, Game 67

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 16, 2015

The Portland Trail Blazers kick-started a five-game road trip with a dismantling of the struggling Toronto Raptors on Sunday evening. Portland has won seven of their last eight games overall, after...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Kings, Game 66

►Troy Haliburton | Mar 14, 2015

When you receive an unexpected blessing, it’s probably best to not ask questions. Just appreciate the good favor in stride. That is exactly the position that the Wizards find themselves in...
Should I Worry About DeMarcus Cousins and Be Annoyed that George Karl is in Sacramento?

►Sean Fagan | Mar 14, 2015

Mark Twain once stated in regard to New England weather patterns: “If you don’t like it, just wait a few minutes.” Twain could have just as easily have been referencing the...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Grizzlies, Game 65

►John Converse Townsend | Mar 12, 2015

The Wizards play the Memphis Grizzlies in D.C. tonight. If you’re at all tuned in to #BasketballTwitter, then you don’t need me to tell you that the Grizz are resting Marc...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Hornets, Game 64

►Troy Haliburton | Mar 9, 2015

A false sense of entitlement usually breeds unrealistic expectations, and the Wizards are learning a hard lesson in hubris. After unexpectedly winning a playoff series against the Chicago Bulls last season,...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Bucks, Game 63

►Bryan Frantz | Mar 7, 2015

At the beginning of the season, the Wizards were generally considered a team on the rise that had already begun their ascent into eventual title contention. At the same time, most...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Heat, Game 62

►Chris Thompson | Mar 6, 2015

Teams: Wizards vs Heat Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Venue: Verizon Center, Chinatown, Washington D.C. Television: ESPN CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WNEW-FM 99.1 Spread: Wizards fav’d by 4.5 points. Tonight’s Wizards-Heat tilt at Verizon Center actually doesn’t have...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Bulls, Game 61

►Kyle Weidie | Mar 3, 2015

Bitter rivals? Not quite. Rivals? You could make a good argument. Just bitter? That would accurately describe the relationship between the Washington Wizards and the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls are smarting...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Pistons, Game 60

►Kyle Weidie | Feb 28, 2015

Teams: Wizards vs Pistons Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Venue: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia Television: CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WTEM-FM 99.1 Spread: Wizards favored by 4 points. What comes after a must-win? Who knows. The Wizards are beyond...
Opening Statements: Wizards at 76ers, Game 59

►Troy Haliburton | Feb 27, 2015

If you’ve never lived by the 3, are you already dead? “Live by the 3, die by the 3″ is a basketball adage that should now be considered as antiquated as...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Timberwolves, Game 58

►Bryan Frantz | Feb 25, 2015

Teams: Wizards at Timberwovles Time: 8:00 p.m. ET Venue: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Television: CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WTEM-FM 99.1 Spread: T’Wolves favored by 1.5 points. Four in a row. Nine of the last 11. Sixteen of the last 27....
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Warriors, Game 57

►Adam Rubin | Feb 24, 2015

So it turns out all those roster holes from the off-season (3-point shooter; bench playmaker; perimeter defender; stretch-4) didn’t disappear during the first half of the campaign. For all the (deserved)...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Pistons, Game 56

►Rashad Mobley | Feb 22, 2015

Teams: Wizards at Pistons Time: 3:30 p.m. ET Venue: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI Television: CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WTEM-FM 99.1 Spread: Wizards favored by 1.5 points. Less than 48 hours after suffering their worst home loss in nearly...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Cavs, Game 55

►Chris Thompson | Feb 20, 2015

You will be pardoned for suspecting that fate arranged tonight’s Wizards-Cavs tilt at Verizon Center, and not, you know, whoever makes the NBA schedule. You may especially be forgiven for feeling...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Raptors, Game 54

►Conor Dirks | Feb 11, 2015

What a day to be alive. The Wizards play the Raptors for second place in the Eastern Conference tonight, in the last game for both teams before the All-Star Break. Although, Washington’s chances...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Magic, Game 53

►Troy Haliburton | Feb 9, 2015

The Wizards, for one game, were able to seal the leaks in their sinking ship. They snapped their five game losing streak with a commanding 114-77 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, but...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Nets, Game 52

►Conor Dirks | Feb 7, 2015

Against the backdrop of a five-game losing streak, a holodeck training exercise that was cute at first but has since suffered from a malfunction and now the phasers are set to kill, what...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Hornets, Game 51

►Chris Thompson | Feb 5, 2015

Teams: Wizards at Hornets Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Venue: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC Television: CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WNEW-FM 99.1 Spread: Wizards favored by 2 points. It can be difficult, as a sports fan, to avoid speaking—and...
Opening Statements: Wizards at Hawks, Game 50

►Rashad Mobley | Feb 4, 2015

Teams: Wizards at Hawks Time: 7:30 p.m. ET Venue: Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA Television: CSN Radio: WFED-AM 1500/WNEW-FM 99.1 Spread: Hawks favored by 5.5 points. When the Wizards lost three consecutive games earlier this season,...
Opening Statements: Wizards vs Hornets, Game 49

►Chris Thompson | Feb 2, 2015

Tonight the Wizards host the Charlotte Hornets at the Verizon Center. There was a while there, after last season’s All-Star break but before the 2014-15 season had done much more than...

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