Magical Pixels, Wizards vs. Pelicans: Sure, the Wizards won, BUT JAN VESELY Y'ALL!!

Welcome to the Jan Vesely Edition of Magical Pixels. Not sure we'll ever get a chance to do this again, so here goes.

Vesely had 12 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench against the Pelicans, and his plus-13 was double that of any of his teammates. Still, this wouldn't normally be an eye-catching performance from an NBA player, but this is Jan Vesely, folks.

As you might imagine, #Wizards twitter lost it's mind, especially given that Vesely's points tend to be either a) spectacular like an alley-oop, or b) wildly unexpected , like a natural-looking hook shot. Yesterday was no exception, and everyone got very excited.

It helped that the rest of the team played well. Trevor Ariza led the team with 21 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds. John Wall had 20 points, six assists and shot 3-of-4 from three. Bradley Beal chipped in 17 points and four assists. Marcin Gortat had another double-double, with 11 points and 14 boards.

But enough of that noise. Back to Vesely...

KEY LINKS

Road team recaps: BF StoryStream | Washington Post (gamer, Ariza sidebar) | AP | CSN Washington (recap, sidebar) | Wiz of Awes | Ted's Take | Wizards.com | Monumental Network

Home team recaps: The Bird Writes | The Times-Picayune (gamer, sidebar) | The Advocate | Bourbon Street Shots

Game highlights

Postgame interviews: Randy Wittman | John Wall | Trevor Ariza | Bradley Beal

KEY STATS

A brief departure from #AirWolFest...

47.6 - The Wizards' three-point shooting percentage against the Pelicans.

TWEETS OF THE NIGHT

HEY EVERYONE, LOOK AT JAN VESELY DOING THINGS. #wizards https://t.co/boVuzqQlCs

— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) January 9, 2014

We need a nickname for Jan’s hook shot. Perhaps Honza Civic?

— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) January 9, 2014

I ain't no joke, Jan V. for President. #wizards https://t.co/ctLIlIpZB3

— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) January 9, 2014

Jan Vesely should retire tonight

— PAT RILEY (@ROY_HOLLADAY) January 9, 2014

Jan Vesely nearly crushed the whole basket on that dunk. Randy Wittman even hopped. An excited John Wall high-fived & cursed #wizards

— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) January 9, 2014

#WittmanFace after that JAAAAN dunk @WizardsXTRA @BulletsForever pic.twitter.com/1YzzMEaU05

— Wizkid (@wizkidforever4) January 9, 2014

VIDEO/GIF OF THE NIGHT

Bask in it, Wiz fans.

GAMETHREAD COMMENT OF THE NIGHT

We don't always go with the most rec'd comment, but when one received four-times as many rec's as the next closest comment, you kinda have to go with the people. And man, they picked a good one.

GAMETHREAD ROLLCALL

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1	Wall_Hopeful	87
2	souldrummer	59
3	SladeKillah	40
4	imperialme	36
5	DCrez	35
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7	DCeee	27
8	gregjohnson1229	27
9	JimmyWall	22
10	thewiz06	22
11	LRJ	22
12	Banode	20
13	Tbonebullets	19
14	LeHalfrican	18
15	little stevie colter	18
16	Big Purp	18
17	Durant	16
18	ZonkerBL	14
19	abdou77	13
20	KINGWIZ86	13
21	BackScreenLob	12
22	KonartistNupe	11
23	DMV Cock	9
24	johnwallposterizes	8
25	Asdesas	8
26	17squall	8
27	hotplate	8
28	Gators2015_BB3	7
29	HijackedD	7
30	KurisuDevil	6
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37	Clutchcity202	3
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41	DeadheadSkins	3
42	wync	2
43	Jordo	2
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45	Im_So_DC	2
46	Hausernberg	2
47	rsilbe	2
48	Jormond Wall	2
49	Llamaman	2
50	Jared Wildberger	1
51	endos2000	1
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