Open thread: Regular season game 71

Wiz, under.

I don't know whether to watch the game or not. I'm in a bad basketball depression right now - depressed over arenas not playing, webber retiring, losing last night. I don't think I can handle a loss right now. Philly and Toronto both won tonight as well.

Wiz, over

The Sonics pounded the Blazers, which motivated them to pound the Wizards, which will hopefully motivate the Wizards to pound the Sonics.

I'm glad I didn't turn that game off.  Mason really bailed us out.

Hard to like anything from that game, especially the first three quarters, but at least they closed it out. Last night's shellacking and tonight's performance have me worried. At least Roger Mason came up big.

Erica and I are at Bandits bar across the street from the KeyArena, where we just saw the Wiz live (there were three other Wiz fans in our section, Section 210), and we cheered as Roger Mason (who?) and Darius Songaila (?!) bailed us out after a dismal two-and-a-half quarters.

We'll get Erica's take in a second. Here what I saw happen: Nearly three quarters of lousy defense (they let the Sonics tear them up down low) and hand-it-off-hand-it-off all-perimeter offense to nowhere. Antawn and Brendan H. were sloppy with the ball and not getting rebounds.

Jordan obviously leaned into them about pumping up the defense to will energy back into the the team...and will the win. He also, obviously, told them to launch some threes to get back in the game. They answered on both counts. What up  Roger Mason? I counted 4 threes.

And once they roared back on Mason 's shooting and the hyper defense (again Songaila!) and took over in the fourth: Butler and Jamison were able to hold down the fort for the win.

Pretty disheartening (not ready for the playoffs with this lackadaisical play) but they won.

Erica?

I totally concur about the game - it shouldn't have been nearly so close. Lazy playing by the Wiz in the first 3 quarters; sloppy shooting, sluggish defense.

The HOT DOGS, however, were awesome--crisp casings, nice condiment selection, warmed buns. YUM! My salted pretzel with cheese sauce was also delicious. Only one question: How long until the city/state/feds outlaw open trays of relish, tomatoes, and lettuce, which are a) totally unsanitary (which, you know, whatever) and b) really easy to poison? Just askin'. But otherwise, AWESOME game.