Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease links:

• The Wizards got destroyed in the last seven minutes of last night's game against the defending champion Heat, losing 99-71, but something tells me that most D.C.-sports fans couldn't care less. Here's some recaps, anyway: [Us | WashingtonWizards.com | AP | Washington Post | CSN Washington | Wiz of Awes | SB Nation Tampa Bay | Hot Hot Hoops | Miami Herald | South Florida Sun-Sentinel (gamer, sidebar) | Heat Index | Hoopdata box score | Popcorn Machine]
• Garrett Temple was pumped last night to show his former team that he belongs in the NBA. [Wizards Insider]
• Unfortunately for Temple, LeBron James doesn't think his shoe belongs on an NBA court. [Yahoo! Sports]
• Postgame interviews. [Beal | Martin | Webster]
• So the Wizards lost to the best team in the Eastern Conference, big deal. Can't get much tougher than that, right? Oh... [AP]
• D.C. currently has two franchise players with gimpy knees. Mike thinks Wizards fans can feel a little better about their guy.
• John Wall's return injected some energy into the Wizards' practice on Saturday. [Wizards Insider]
• Nick Young answers some extremely Nick-Youngy questions. [The Point Forward]
• #EpicVale.
• Roundup of Sunday's NBA scores. [SB Nation]
• Ian Thomsen checks in on the state of the NBA season. Good read. [SI]
• Hockey is back, and it's no coincidence that NHL fans probably feel a lot like NBA fans did last winter. [SB Nation]
• Please led Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard get into a fight during a game. P.L.E.A.S.E. [NY Daily News | The Point Forward]
• Sounds like the Celtics are looking to make a deal. [CSN New England]
• But probably not for DeMarcus Cousins. [SB Nation]
• In the least surprising news of eternity, the Rockets have suspended Royce White. [AP | The Point Forward]
• Is the NBA ready for Bobby Brown? No, no it is not. [Yahoo! Sports]