Wizards Lose to Wolves, 89-82

Another dispiriting loss for the Wizards summer leaguers Friday night, as they fell, 89-82, to a Timberwolves team led by electric guard Jonny Flynn, promising rookie Wayne Ellington, and yes, Oleksiy Pecherov. The ending was fairly exciting; after trailing by seven with about two minutes left, the Wiz got two Javaris Crittenton layups and two sweet-as-Bubble-Mint Andray Blatche jumpers to draw within three with less than 40 seconds left. Pecherov then launched an errant three-pointer with plenty of time left on the shot clock, giving the Wiz a prime chance to tie and leading to some heckling from Brendan Haywood, who was sitting in the front row. "Oh, I was laughing hysterically," Haywood said after the game. "I told him, he no longer plays for the Washington Wizards, so he can't take shots like that any more. When you're up three with 35 seconds to go, you can't take a