I thought about ranting over this team some more a week or so ago, but what is the point really? I can no longer summon the fire to be angry at this team any more. It no longer surprises me at how badly this team can play.

On the other hand, like you said, this team didn’t give up and kept it close to the very end. Somebody should have called the fire department, because Caron Butler almost set the arena ablaze in the second half. And I thought that the defense played really well, too. Despite the miserable second quarter, the Wiz managed to hold Orlando to only 16 points, so it wasn’t as if they were shooting the lights out either (credit the defense, at least some). There were some positives to look at as the Wizards now enter an easy part of the schedule (finally!).

wtf still no explanation. Pity the young Wizards who emerge unconfident and undeveloped from our system of coach-player psychological warfare. I mean how many times can you move a player from starter to bench to DNP in the same year. Damnit!

we should take heart from any positives that we can take from games against the top teams in the Association.

The Wizards played pretty good defense against an Orlando team that usually just kills them inside and outside.

On a night when Antawn Jamison shot poorly (5-17) and the Wizards scored only 6 points in the 2nd Quarter – they still made it a game, coming within 3 points with a little over a minute left.

Nick Young, Crittenton and McGuire all played significant minutes.

was where the Wizards lost the game…. and to be perfectly honest, it was Blatche and Young that were the culprits; going 2 for 8 with 3 turn overs in the Quarter.

Of course, blame could be spread around to the whole team, as 9 players played in the 2nd Quarter, and with Blatche and Young going 2-8, the rest of the team went 0-9 with 4 more Turn Overs.

For most of the period, Butler and Jamison were not on the floor at the same time….