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The New York Knicks came to the Verizon Center tonight riding a five game winning streak and featuring a 31-15 record, second only to the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference. None of that mattered ...

  Alex Brandon/Associated Press In the battle of big men tonight, Nene badly out-dueled All Star Brook Lopez, leading the Washington Wizards to a convincing 89-74 victory over the ...

TREVOR ARIZA He was billed as a top defender when the Wizards traded for him in the offseason and he's lived up to that billing, as one of the top 20 or 30 defensive players in the NBA. ...

... That is not the sort of team that makes a lot of news before the NBA trade deadline.  The one player the Wizards appear to be aggressively trying to move is Jordan Crawford, the shot-jacking, ...

... Bradley Beal? The team loves him, he's been playing great, his upside is far higher than Redick's and, not long ago, the Wizards picked Beal with the third overall selection in the NBA Draft. What's ...

The Washington Wizards have traded guard Jordan Crawford to the Boston Celtics, a possibility we addressed here earlier today.  UPDATE: Per Yahoo! Sports, the Wizards have traded Crawford ...

... of that team, winning 119-113 after surviving a furious 4th quarter comeback. Last night, Washington hosted the high-scoring Houston Rockets, second in the NBA in points this season to the OKC Thunder.  ...

DC Pro Sports Report: We lead off with our roundup of this past weekend's Wizards action. It was a fun two games and we've got the words and video to prove it.  Rant Sports: Sharing ...

... the next play to reduce Washington's lead to 87-81 with 15 seconds left. Martell Webster took the in-bounds pass and was fouled immediately and sent to the line. Webster, 19th in the NBA in free throw ...

I was a guest on NewsTalk with Bruce DePuyt this morning to discuss the recent improvement by the Washington Capitals, the big-time surge by the Washington Wizards and assess the standards for a successful ...

The 18-37 Wizards welcomed the 34-20 NY Knicks to the Verizon Center tonight, hoping to win a second straight game against the Knicks and continue their strong run after going 7-5 in February, Washington's ...

... quarter. [Webster leads the NBA in 4-point plays, a weird stat if I ever saw one.] Wizards led 26-22 at the end of the first quarter, but Beal, leading the team with 6 points, looked bothered by his ...

Check out the death stare John Wall gives to someone [hint: former super-agent David Falk] after hitting the game-winning jumper with 4 seconds left in last night's 90-87 win at home over the Philadelphia ...

ESPN 980 is reporting that the Washington Wizards will play a preseason game with the Chicago Bulls in Brazil next year. The means Wizards big man Nene would get to play in the first NBA game to be ...

The Washington Wizards went into Minnesota trying to get their first sweep of the Minnesota Timberwolves since 2008-09, but they fell short without rookie guard Bradley Beal, who missed the game ...

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall scored 27 points, dished 14 assists, grabbed 7 rebounds and even blocked a shot, but it wasn't enough as he received no help from the bench and the ...

JOHN IS WALLIN'! The Washington Wizards built a 20-point lead at home against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks tonight, blew it all in the 3rd quarter and then came back with a dominant 4th ...

... hot start by rookie Anthony Davis, like Wall, a first overall pick in the NBA Draft. Davis played well whenever he was on the court, but foul trouble limited him to 16 minutes. In that time he scored 16 ...

Washington Wizards point guard John Wall has been named NBA Player of the Week for the Eastern Conference.  The award coincides with the best 4-game stretch of Wall's career, in ...