Wizards Fade In the Stretch
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After playing solid basketball most of the night, the Wizards succumb to a late New Jersey run and fall, 109-106.
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The Washington Wizards (26-15) have reached the halfway point of the NBA season on pace for their best record in 26 years, and all is harmonious inside a franchise that usually ranks among the league leaders in bitterness and dissension.
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Brendan Haywood, above, and the Wizards are stripped of a nine-point fourth quarter lead and come up lame in overtime as the Knicks escape Verizon Center with a 113-100 victory Tuesday.
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Gilbert Arenas scores 30 points but misses five of seven free throws in the final minutes as the Wizards fall in Orlando, 108-101, Friday.
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The Wizards have hit several bumps in the road, but recent performances of less-heralded players such as Andray Blatche, Darius Songaila and Calvin Booth have shown the team's depth.
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The Washington Wizards are off to their best start in 30 years despite a messy performance against a last-place team.
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Larry Hughes scored 20 points and Gilbert Arenas added 17 to lead the Washington Wizards to a 106-87 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday night.
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The Rockets send the Wizards into the all-star break on a low note by blowing out Washington, 123-93, Tuesday behind 34 points from Tracy McGrady and 23 from Yao Ming.
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After lacking ball movement and discipline in Saturday's loss to the Lakers, the Wizards look to rebound at home against Seattle, which has lost 14 in a row on the road.
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Larry Hughes scores on a driving layup as time expires to give the Wizards a 105-103 victory over the Bucks to improve to 21-13.
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The all-star break can't arrive fast enough for the slumping Wizards but the still must first survive a difficult four-game, West Coast road trip.
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The Wizards have lost 16 straight times to the Heat, but with Miami missing stars Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, Washington has a great chance to end the losing skid.
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The Wizards begin the second half of their season hoping that Gilbert Arenas can shake out of his slump and Antawn Jamison returns quickly.
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Playing without Caron Butler and Antonio Daniels, the Wizards put a scare into the best team in the West before succumbing to the Suns, 108-107, Sunday in Phoenix.
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The Wizards, playing without point guard Gilbert Arenas, fail to contain Paul Pierce and Gary Payton in a 108-103 loss to Boston.
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That sudden surge by the New York Knicks? Over, emphatically. Antawn Jamison scored 32 points and Caron Butler added 22 while stretching his made free-throw streak to an NBA season-high 54 Friday night, leading the Washington Wizards to a 111-98 victory over New York, which had won its previous three games.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Taylor Twellman regained his scoring touch last night, but the Revolution squandered the lead in falling, 2-1, to the Kansas City Wizards, their first loss since July 4.