A day after Head Coach Randy Wittman and the players held a team meeting to discuss Washington's disastrous and embarrassing 0-12 start to the NBA season, the Wizards finally got their first win of the season, beating the visiting Portland Trail Blazers [6-8] 84-82 in front of a half empty Verizon Center. Washington is the last NBA team to win a game this year.
It looked like the Wizards might get their first win of the season easily, as they kept pace with the Blazers early before taking control of the game in the third and early in the fourth quarter. The game was tied at halftime and Washington struggled early in the third quarter before coming on and outscoring the Blazers 25-16 in the third, helped by Jordan Crawford's shooting. However, that's when the wheels fell off. Washington led 79-64 with nine minutes left in the fourth quarter before giving up the next 16 points to turn a likely win into dogfight. The Wizards went about six minutes without scoring a poi...
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PLAYERS:
Randy Wittman,
Jordan Crawford,
Emeka Okafor,
Damian Lillard,
J.J. Hickson,
Chris Singleton,
LaMarcus Aldridge,
Trevor Ariza,
Kevin Seraphin,
A.J. Price,
Bradley Beal
TEAMS: Portland Trail Blazers
TEAMS: Portland Trail Blazers
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