Bullets Forever - Wizards vs. Kings: Washington wins third straight game by double digits"Ain't No Luck"https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48097/BulletsForever-fv.png2015-03-15T12:10:39-04:00http://www.bulletsforever.com/rss/stream/79785862015-03-15T12:10:39-04:002015-03-15T12:10:39-04:00Marcin Gortat's group photo is even bigger than you thought<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/PawelStalmach/status/577048335216992256">Marcin Gortat's group photo is even bigger than you&nbsp;thought</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>We showed you one picture where <a href="http://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/15/8217627/wizards-marcin-gortat-polish-heritage-night-2015" target="new">Marcin Gortat went in the stands</a> and stood alongside a group of Polish fans. This picture also includes Cheerleaders Gdynia and the Polish soldiers who were in attendance of Saturday's Wizards game against the Kings. Best group photo ever indeed.</p></p></div>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/15/8218571/marcin-gortats-group-photo-is-even-bigger-than-you-thoughtAlbert Lee2015-03-15T11:49:24-04:002015-03-15T11:49:24-04:00The Wizards' win over the Kings was historic<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/577125311818641408">The Wizards' win over the Kings was&nbsp;historic</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>It's a great accomplishment to win a game after being down by 18 points at halftime. But to win the game by 16 points after being down by 18 at halftime? Congratulations.</p></p></div>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/15/8218507/the-wizards-win-over-the-kings-was-historicAlbert Lee2015-03-15T02:15:51-04:002015-03-15T02:15:51-04:00Wizards host Polish Heritage Night in style
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<p>Dignitaries, celebrities, and Polish fans in D.C. had a chance to see Marcin Gortat and the Washington Wizards beat the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, March 14 at Verizon Center.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Wizards</a> hosted Polish Heritage Night on Saturday, where <span>Marcin Gortat</span> scored 13 points in a 113-97 win over the <a href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Sacramento Kings</a>. But there were also other notable events surrounding that day.</p>
<h4><b>Polish dignitaries and soldiers were in attendance</b></h4>
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<p>Among people expected at Wizards Polish heritage night: ambassador of Poland to US & Polish actress Izabella Miko, who was in Coyote Ugly.</p>
— Jorge Castillo (@jorgeccastillo) <a href="https://twitter.com/jorgeccastillo/status/576502408341274626">March 13, 2015</a>
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<p>Standing ovation for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Polish?src=hash">#Polish</a> soldiers - veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan at Polish Heritage Night <a href="http://t.co/2XUEdui5RH">pic.twitter.com/2XUEdui5RH</a></p>
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolishEmbassyUS/status/576902856118272000">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>On a night like this, I fully expected that <a target="_blank" href="http://washington.mfa.gov.pl/en/about_the_embassy/waszyngton_us_a_en_ambassador/">Ryszard Shneff</a>, the Polish Ambassador to the United States would be there. But seeing Polish soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was a pleasant surprise. The soldiers certainly deserved their standing ovation.</p>
<h4><b>Actress Izabella Miko was there</b></h4>
<p>Okay, you probably knew that Miko was going to be there from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/14/8214493/wizards-vs-kings-gamethread">Kings GameThread</a>. But she also did a live interview with Comcast SportsNet's Chris Miller.</p>
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<p>At the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonWizards?src=hash">#WashingtonWizards</a> game doing live interviews for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolishHertiageNight?src=hash">#PolishHertiageNight</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBA?src=hash">#NBA</a> supporting <a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> <a href="http://t.co/YAHgAA6JZV">pic.twitter.com/YAHgAA6JZV</a></p>
— Izabella Miko (@IzabellaMiko) <a href="https://twitter.com/IzabellaMiko/status/576913075997130752">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/IzabellaMiko">@IzabellaMiko</a> is proud to be Polish and a Marcin Gortat fan <a href="https://t.co/qw99Ko5X8h">https://t.co/qw99Ko5X8h</a></p>
— Bullets Forever (@BulletsForever) <a href="https://twitter.com/BulletsForever/status/576906879793790976">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>I'll admit that the Vine I put out wasn't the best clip of her interview with Miller. But overall, she was proud to be Polish and to support Gortat, who is more popular there than he is here in D.C.</p>
<p>And by the way, if you don't know what role Miko played in the movie Coyote Ugly, she played Cammie, one of the Coyotes who catches the main character's (Piper Perabo played the lead character) eye. Here's a video clip (Rated PG-13ish so you know).</p>
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<h4><b>Cheerleaders Gdynia performed before, during, AND after the game!</b></h4>
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<p>This is a popular cheerleading group which actually performed at a couple <a href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Phoenix Suns</a> games in the past. On Saturday, Cheerleaders Gdynia performed before the game (embed is above from Monumental Network or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos/cheerleaders-gdynia-3-14-15">click here</a>) and during timeouts:</p>
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<p>Fantastyczne uczucie! Dziękujemy bardzo za trzymane kciuki! Let's go <a href="https://twitter.com/WashWizards">@WashWizards</a> <a href="http://t.co/gIvjJKJudK">pic.twitter.com/gIvjJKJudK</a></p>
— Cheerleaders Gdynia (@CheersGdynia) <a href="https://twitter.com/CheersGdynia/status/576891586753212416">March 14, 2015</a>
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<p>They also took a picture with the Wizard Girls backstage,</p>
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<p>"<a href="https://twitter.com/WizardGirlsNBA">@WizardGirlsNBA</a>: Excited to have Cheerleaders Gdynia here the way from Poland for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolishHeritageNight?src=hash">#PolishHeritageNight</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WizKings?src=hash">#WizKings</a> <a href="http://t.co/qH7lLeQE6r">pic.twitter.com/qH7lLeQE6r</a>"</p>
— Cheerleaders Gdynia (@CheersGdynia) <a href="https://twitter.com/CheersGdynia/status/576881209587998721">March 14, 2015</a>
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<p>AND they even had an encore performance for Polish fans who got to meet Gortat after the big win!</p>
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<p>Another great performance of <a href="https://twitter.com/CheersGdynia">@CheersGdynia</a> exclusively for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Polish?src=hash">#Polish</a> fans participating in mtg w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> <a href="http://t.co/13fmaJcCyB">pic.twitter.com/13fmaJcCyB</a></p>
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolishEmbassyUS/status/576938684471197696">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>To learn more about Cheerleaders Gdynia, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truthaboutit.net/2015/03/polish-heritage-night-with-the-wizards-and-cheerleaders-gdynia.html">check out this feature</a> from Truth About It's Bartosz Bielecki. This feature also includes an interview with <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Olcia85">Aleksandra Wójcik</a>, who was an Olympian during the 2004 Athens Games and is a member of Cheerleaders Gdniya.</p>
<h4><b>Gortat had a huge audience for his postgame Q&A with Polish fans</b></h4>
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<p>Polish fans roll deep! <a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> taking time to speak with them after tonight's victory. <a href="http://t.co/fpEFoeYJaL">pic.twitter.com/fpEFoeYJaL</a></p>
— Dan Nolan (@DanPNolan) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanPNolan/status/576931186011959296">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>After the game, Gortat answered questions to a group of several hundred Polish fans. This was his toughest one:</p>
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<p>"How did you get to be so tall?": <a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> confronted with really difficult questions during Q&A session <a href="http://t.co/bXXqi13urI">pic.twitter.com/bXXqi13urI</a></p>
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolishEmbassyUS/status/576933841350299648">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>Gortat signed autographs and took pictures with the fans -- along with Izabelle Miko based on what I saw in this tweet.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IzabellaMiko">@IzabellaMiko</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolishHeritageNight?src=hash">#PolishHeritageNight</a> <a href="http://t.co/MWrtHM4oJD">pic.twitter.com/MWrtHM4oJD</a></p>
— tiffany gryszko (@TGryszko) <a href="https://twitter.com/TGryszko/status/576955372818341888">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>Finally, this is the best group photo ever!</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Polish?src=hash">#Polish</a> Heritage Night conclusion: check out our family photo with <a href="https://twitter.com/MGortat">@MGortat</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolskaNocNBA?src=hash">#PolskaNocNBA</a> @Washwizzards <a href="http://t.co/Woi3BHdAkj">pic.twitter.com/Woi3BHdAkj</a></p>
— Embassy of Poland US (@PolishEmbassyUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolishEmbassyUS/status/576941106753093632">March 15, 2015</a>
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<p>All-in-all, Polish Heritage Night was a huge success, since fans saw the Wizards win and see Gortat contribute in a positive way as well.</p>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/15/8217627/wizards-marcin-gortat-polish-heritage-night-2015Albert Lee2015-03-14T21:48:07-04:002015-03-14T21:48:07-04:00Wizards Twitter trolls the Kings, literally<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/576914386868150272">Wizards Twitter trolls the Kings,&nbsp;literally</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>That's pretty funny, haha!</p></p></div>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/14/8217119/wizards-twitter-trolls-the-kings-literallyAlbert Lee2015-03-14T21:33:50-04:002015-03-14T21:33:50-04:00Wall leads Wizards to a 113-97 comeback win
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<p>Just when you thought it was over, John Wall and Paul Pierce showed us that it isn't over until it's over. Wizards win!</p> <p>WHAT A WIN!</p>
<p>Just when I thought that this game was about to be an unacceptable blowout, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/">Wizards</a> made a big run in the second half when they put the foot on the gas and never let go. The end result is a 113-97 win.</p>
<p>Washington was down by as many as 21 points early in the third quarter after being down 64-46 at halftime. <span>But in that period, they clamped down on defense, <span>John Wall</span> scored 15 points, and <span>Paul Pierce</span> added 12 more to turn that deficit around to an 85-84 game once those 12 minutes were up. Later on in the fourth quarter, the Wizards ultimately took the lead for the first time in that game, while the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/">Kings</a> looked hapless and never recovered.</span></p>
<p><span>DeMarcus Cousins</span> scored 21 first half points and was dominant in the first half. However, he got rattled as the Wizards focused their defense more on him, and he ultimately fouled out of the game. Not before delivering some Chick Fil A sandwiches of course. Meanwhile, the Kings as a whole only made 4 of 19 shots, or 21.1% of their shots in that quarter, while the Wizards made 50% of their shots, which included four made three pointers.</p>
<p>Even though the Wizards blew out the Kings, I still have to say that the first half was disappointing. They never led in the first half and allowed Sacramento to make nearly 60% of all their shots. But fortunately, they were able to come around this time. I guess it doesn't hurt that the Kings also managed to give up a major lead away for the second consecutive night.</p>
<p>And some more quick notes:</p>
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<li><span>Wall scored 31 points to lead all scorers and dished 12 assists. </span></li>
<li><span>In addition to all, five more Wizards players scored in double digits in the win (Paul Pierce, <span>Marcin Gortat</span>, <span>Kevin Seraphin</span>, <span>Rasual Butler</span>).</span></li>
<li><span>The Wizards made 13 three pointers in this game, a season high.</span></li>
<li><span>The Wizards now won three games in a row, all by double digits</span></li>
<li><span>This is the Wizards' 23rd <a href="http://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/1/14/7526767/washington-wizards-papa-johns-discounted-pizzas-statistical-analysis-wiz50" target="_blank">#WIZ50 win</a> of the season.</span></li>
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<p>Anyways, that's enough from me. Let's celebrate this win. Perhaps the Wizards are finally turning a corner after a disastrous February.</p>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/14/8216715/wizards-vs-kings-final-score-john-wall-comebackAlbert Lee2015-03-14T21:18:43-04:002015-03-14T21:18:43-04:00John Wall tells the referees what way the Wizards are going<iframe class="vine-embed" src="https://vine.co/v/O9LtPMMAne9/embed/simple" width="480" height="480"></iframe>
<div class="source source-img"><p><p>John Wall sacrifices his body for the team.</p></p></div>
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<div class="source source-img"><p><p>Okay, not really, but Wall scored 15 points in the third quarter, including two corner threes from the left side. This shot turned around an 18 point deficit to an 85-84 game at the end of the third quarter.</p></p></div>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/14/8216943/john-wall-is-a-corner-three-point-specialistAlbert Lee2015-03-14T20:09:42-04:002015-03-14T20:09:42-04:00Wizards vs. Kings halftime score: DeMarcus Cousins leads Sactown to a 64-46 lead<iframe src="https://vine.co/v/O9LKQHPm2bI/embed/simple" width="600" height="600"></iframe>
<div class="source source-img"><p><p>That play pretty much is an exclamation point for the Kings who are blowing out Washington right now. Boogie has 21 points after two quarters, while Andre Miller has 7 assists, and Derrick Williams has 12 more points.</p></p></div>
https://www.bulletsforever.com/2015/3/14/8216809/wizards-vs-kings-halftime-score-demarcus-cousins-leads-sactown-to-aAlbert Lee