Jazz pull away in fourth to keep Wizards winless
WASHINGTON -- Al Jefferson scored 21 points, Gordon Haywood added 15 in his first game as a reserve this season, and the Utah Jazz kept the Washington Wizards winless with an 83-76 victory on Saturday...
View ArticleWizards fall to Jazz, tie a franchise-worst 0-8 start
Follow @ckpeay Despite playing a tired Utah Jazz team on the second night of a back-to-back, and a couple of tweaks to the starting lineup, it wasn’t enough to get the Wizards into the win column. The...
View ArticleJazz vs. Wizards: Utah drops Washington to 0-8
WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards had the perfect opportunity for a first victory, facing a struggling and tired Utah Jazz team ready to go home after nearly a week on the road. Instead, the night...
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The losing play and overall lack of production left Coach Randy Wittman with little choice but to make a change. Somehow, that meant Jan Vesely would get his first start of the season for the...
View ArticleWashington Wizards fall to 0-10 with 101-100 overtime loss at Atlanta
ATLANTA — The Washington Wizards roster has been fluid this season, seemingly changing from one game to the next. The one constant had been the results — all losses, each defeat taking its own painful...
View ArticleWizards vs. Trail Blazers: Washington withstands late surge to pick up first...
After a franchise-record 12 losses to open the season, the Washington Wizards showed that winning can be an excruciating experience as well. The Wizards blew 15-point fourth-quarter lead and put fans...
View ArticleWizards blown out by Spurs, still winless at 0-12
Follow @ckpeay Nene was nowhere to be found. The Washington Wizards 6-foot-11 center wasn’t on the inactive list, but he wasn’t at the end of the bench, either. After playing more than 48 minutes...
View ArticleNotebook: Jazz 83, Wizards 76 (NBA - National Basketball Association)
Notebook: Jazz 83, Wizards 76 Posted Nov 17, 2012 11:09 PM By Rich Dubroff, For NBA.com THE FACTS:Al Jefferson scored 17 of his 21 points in the third quarter to lead the Utah Jazz over the winless...
View ArticleWizards vs. Hawks: Washington’s 10th straight loss in Atlanta saps momentum...
ATLANTA — Back in the building where they ran off the court last month believing that they had won, only to find out a few minutes later that they had lost, the Washington Wizards were seeking a...
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John Wall, the cornerstone of the organization, will be sidelined for eight weeks with knee injury, thus depriving Wizards fans of seeing one of the brightest young point guards in the league. Bradley...
View ArticleWizards fall to Warriors, 101-97
Follow @ckpeay Riding a two-game home winning streak, the Washington Wizards hosted the Golden State Warriors on Saturday at Verizon Center, hoping to extend the streak to three. Their luck didn’t...
View ArticleAl Jefferson scores season-high 34 points as Jazz beat Wizards 114-100
SALT LAKE CITY - Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points, including 26 in the first half, and the Utah Jazz beat the Washington Wizards 114-100 on Friday night. The Jazz, who had lost five of six,...
View ArticleJefferson helps Jazz shoot down Wizards
SALT LAKE CITY - Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points, including 26 in the first half, and the Utah Jazz beat the Washington Wizards 114-100 on Friday night. The Jazz, who had lost five of six,...
View ArticleJefferson scores 34 as Jazz beat Wizards 114-100
Al Jefferson scored a season-high 34 points, including 26 in the first half, and the Utah Jazz beat the Washington Wizards 114-100 on Friday night. The Jazz, who had lost five of six, broke it open in...
View ArticleWizards vs. Hawks: Washington squanders 16-point lead as Joe Johnson rallies...
Since Nene arrived from the Denver Nuggets, the Washington Wizards have looked like a scrappy, competitive team capable of pulling out some wins — but aside from Nene’s debut in New Jersey, the team...
View ArticleWizards vs. Pistons: Washington’s rally, John Wall’s resurgence not enough...
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — If Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace’s free throw percentage were a batting average, it would still make him a marginal hitter. So, with the Washington Wizards desperately...
View ArticleWizards vs. Raptors: Short-handed Washington falls to Toronto, 99-92
TORONTO — Nene and Trevor Booker were both seated on the bench, wearing identical walking boots on their left feet and seemingly matching gray suit jackets, as the Washington Wizards took on the...
View ArticleWizards vs. Cavaliers: Depleted squad falls, 94-84, in season opener
CLEVELAND – When the Washington Wizards ushered out a starting lineup on of Bradley Beal, A.J. Price, Emeka Okafor, Trevor Ariza and Trevor Booker, they couldn’t have sent a clear message about how...
View ArticleBradley Beal leads Washington Wizards in preseason loss to New York Knicks
The Washington Wizards are trying to bring along Bradley Beal slowly with the hope of not overwhelming the rookie with too much responsibility and pressure. Coach Randy Wittman brought him off the...
View ArticleBradley beal scores 18, but Washington Wizards struggle in 100-88 loss to...
CHARLOTTE — The frigid air inside a nearly empty Time Warner Cable Arena, and no nervous energy, had Bradley Beal struggling to breathe at times during his first preseason game with the Washington...
View ArticleWizards vs. Warriors: Golden State holds off late rally to drop Washington...
The Golden State Warriors that paid their lone visit of the season to Washington on Saturday night could easily be called the Golden State Could’ve Been Wizards, with the team featuring so many...
View ArticleWizards vs. Celtics: Rally falls short in Washington’s home opener
When the new-look Washington Wizards were introduced to fans in the home opener on Saturday at Verizon Center, John Wall stood on one end of the bench in a gray suit, with a blue tie and matching...
View ArticleWizards vs. Bobcats: Loss in Charlotte is most deflating of season, and...
Charlotte Bobcats rookie forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was pushing the ball up the floor, weaving through open space, a white blur sprinting past a sea of red, white and blue. Bradley Beal slid in...
View ArticleWizards vs. Jazz: Washington has no answers in blowout loss at Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – The Washington Wizards were trailing by 22 points Friday night when Jordan Crawford and John Wall were alone on a fast break and Crawford tossed an underhand lob to Wall for a...
View ArticleWizards vs. Mavericks: Washington becomes lone winless NBA team with 107-101...
DALLAS — The Washington Wizards could’ve easily given up and wondered what they had done to offend the basketball gods who appear to continue to punish them at their weakest moments and pile on misery...
View ArticleWizards vs. Hornets: Jordan Crawford fills in at point guard as Washington’s...
NEW ORLEANS – With John Wall and A.J. Price both back in Washington recovering from various ailments, Coach Randy Wittman was forced to begin an experiment of using the backup shooting guard as...
View ArticleWizards roll past Magic
Emeka Okafor had 19 points and 11 rebounds, leading six players in double figures for Washington in a 120-91 victory against the Orlando Magic on Monday night for the Wizards' third straight win. The...
View ArticleNotebook: Jazz 92, Wizards 88 (NBA - National Basketball Association)
(Source: NBA - National Basketball Association) Notebook: Jazz 92, Wizards 88 Posted Jan 24, 2013 12:56 AM Andrew Aragon, for NBA.com THE FACTS: For the most part, the Utah Jazz looked like a team with...
View ArticlePaul Millsap helps Jazz hold off Wizards 92-88
SALT LAKE CITY — Paul Millsap had 16 points and 15 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz hold off the Washington Wizards 92-88 on Wednesday night. The Jazz led by 22 points in the second quarter and 15...
View ArticleWizards vs. 76ers: Washington loses consecutive games with John Wall,...
PHILADELPHIA — The initial jolt that John Wall’s return provided appears to have subsided with the Washington Wizards replacing confidence with confusion and excitement with poor execution. The...
View ArticleWizards vs. Timberwolves: Washington falters late in 87-82 loss to Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS – The last time Randy Wittman was at Target Center as a head coach, his Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a 23-point blowout loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and he was unemployed two days...
View ArticleWizards vs. Raptors: Bradley Beal returns and scores a game-high 24 in...
The Washington Wizards usually pick hilarious music to introduce visiting teams and with the Toronto Raptors in town, the song of choice was the theme from the old children’s show about a happy...
View Article2012-13 Washington Wizards Preview
John Wall, the cornerstone of the organization, will be sidelined for eight weeks with knee injury, thus depriving Wizards fans of seeing one of the brightest young point guards in the league. Bradley...
View ArticleWizards vs. Pistons: Washington powerless to stop second straight loss to...
The rescue unit could be the well-dressed foursome that marched from the locker room to the bench in unison shortly after the Washington Wizards tipped off against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday. But...
View ArticleWizards vs. Clippers: Washington rally falls short as Los Angeles wins, 94-87
LOS ANGELES — The Washington Wizards already have wins over Miami and Oklahoma City but were looking to add a third elite team to their list of upset victims this season. And they were within position...
View ArticleJazz pull away in 4th, keep Wizards winless, 83-76
WASHINGTON -- Al Jefferson scored 21 points, Gordon Haywood added 15 in his first game as a reserve this season, and the Utah Jazz kept the Washington Wizards winless with an 83-76 victory on Saturday...
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