The Wizards lost to the Mavericks, 116-104. Wesley Matthews scored 28 of his 36 points in the second half which was all Mavs. John Wall also left the game early due to bumping knees with Jeremy Evans in the fourth quarter.
Let's get to videos, links, and more.
Videos
Randy Wittman's press conference is embedded above. Other players' videos are linked below:
Links
Here are some recaps from around the web.
Roll Call
62 users commented 875 times in our first half, second half, and postgame threads. BEALiever had the most comments of everyone, but here's how all of you did.
| # | Commenter | # Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEALiever | 102 |
| 2 | Wall_Hopeful | 98 |
| 3 | novadada | 76 |
| 4 | Hands11 | 61 |
| 5 | elliotlevy2 | 51 |
| 6 | Lossless | 51 |
| 7 | JW2BB3 | 39 |
| 8 | Craig_ | 37 |
| 9 | Newjamarcus | 35 |
| 10 | WhyKnotUs | 29 |
| 11 | NatP | 28 |
| 12 | Illmatic12 | 19 |
| 13 | abala | 16 |
| 14 | wizardsfan2139 | 16 |
| 15 | wiz20 | 14 |
| 16 | TheBackCourt | 13 |
| 17 | rvWizPH | 13 |
| 18 | cheergirl | 13 |
| 19 | qthaballa | 12 |
| 20 | Wiz-kid | 11 |
| 21 | MisterWu | 11 |
| 22 | Hector12 | 9 |
| 23 | Nickdogggmoneycash | 8 |
| 24 | hotplate | 8 |
| 25 | jayxelo | 7 |
| 26 | .hambonejackson | 7 |
| 27 | TilltheBitterEnd | 6 |
| 28 | Albert Lee | 6 |
| 29 | DCallday | 5 |
| 30 | 12AaronJones21 | 5 |
| 31 | CharGrayJ | 5 |
| 32 | mdd1970 | 5 |
| 33 | Robert Flom | 5 |
| 34 | Hypemaster | 4 |
| 35 | ChillVillain | 4 |
| 36 | DCKRS | 4 |
| 37 | goodtimes1999 | 3 |
| 38 | LRJ | 3 |
| 39 | TerpsDMV3 | 3 |
| 40 | oneiroi | 3 |
| 41 | ThatOneGuyCpr | 3 |
| 42 | nesby8 | 2 |
| 43 | L.W. | 2 |
| 44 | Rook6980 | 2 |
| 45 | ATrueNigerian | 2 |
| 46 | JimmyWall | 2 |
| 47 | Bullets Fever | 2 |
| 48 | KappakidToo | 1 |
| 49 | little stevie colter | 1 |
| 50 | BackScreenLob | 1 |
| 51 | whitewn | 1 |
| 52 | Houseofguards | 1 |
| 53 | John Wall Stan | 1 |
| 54 | N4Norman | 1 |
| 55 | Jonesy540 | 1 |
| 56 | The Hoops Guru | 1 |
| 57 | yop32 | 1 |
| 58 | melody1951 | 1 |
| 59 | 17squall | 1 |
| 60 | Umair K | 1 |
| 61 | Dragon Luffy | 1 |
| 62 | MCDMV | 1 |
Insightful comments
I'll share abala's comment which was in both the second half and postgame threads:
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I know things aren't looking too hot lately, so make sure that we keep things in perspective though I get that we are often in the moment when things are going well and not-so-well with the Wizards.
As long as the Wizards remain around .500 or so while being as depleted as they are, they aren't in bad shape standings-wise. But I do get that at some point, it will be panic time.
Where do we go from here?
The Wizards play the Heat tonight on the road, so there's no rest for the weary.