Tag: washington wizards
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Hawks Even the Series in D.C.
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . What a difference a couple of days make. On Friday night, Paul Pierce was calling "game" and keeping the Wizards' dream of glory sans John Wall alive but last...
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Paul Pierce, the Wizard
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . OK, let's play a quick game of truth, truth, lie. One of the following statements is untrue: 1) Will Bynum hit a pair of clutch free throws to give...
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NBA Playoffs Stock Watch: Part 3
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . It's Friday, and that means that the weekly NBA Playoffs Stock Report is in folks! Up: Tim Duncan Even at 39 years old, Duncan is still one of the...
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Without Wall the Wizards Fall
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . If you tear down the Wall, the Wizards are defenceless -- at least that's the theory coming out of Game 2 in Atlanta. The Wizards' star point guard, John...
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NBA Playoffs Stock Watch
Image Courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr The 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs are nearly a wrap AND it's Friday, so that means it's a perfect time for my weekly evaluation of whose stocks are on...
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The Wonderful Wizards of D.C.
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The No. 1 seeded Atlanta Hawks face the Brooklyn Nets in a pivotal Game 5 tonight in Atlanta. Now, that's a sentence you wouldn't have thought you'd be reading...
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Toronto Raptors Now Extinct, What's Next?
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . And just like that, as their name suggests, the Toronto Raptors are extinct. Although the series itself was painless enough, being swept in four games, Sunday night's match was...
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Sweep the North: Wizards Take 3-0 Lead
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . A week ago these two team's seasons were much of a muchness: fast starts, burnt out by All-Star break, and downhill ever since. Limping to the Playoffs, a first...
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That's Better: Wizards Dominate Raptors
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr< /em>. If Game 1 was sinful, then Game 2 was an apology to the Basketball Gods and the Toronto Raptors were the sacrificial lamb. After opening up an early lead,...
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Kyle Lowry: Playoff Jitters or Trying Too Hard?
Teddy Geiger once asked a very melodic question : "Did anyone try too hard?/ Well, I guess I did." Kyle Lowry did too. In Game 1, on Saturday afternoon, the Raptors point guard tried so...
