Stories tagged "washingtonwizards"

November was not the kindest month for the 2-12 Washington Wizards, nor was it a kind time for fans. Will December be any easier?

Despite cutting down a 17 point lead for a 98-98 tie with about a minute left in the fourth, the Atlanta Hawks pulled away tonight on their way to a 102-98 victory over the Washington Wizards.

Ten days prior, the Washington Wizards gave up an 8-0 run to the Atlanta Hawks at the end of the fourth, resulting in a 91-87 road loss. With a new head coach in Ed Tapscott, and a home-court advantage, Washington will look to redeem themselves on the...

The Washington Wizards fell into early foul trouble against Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in last night's Thanksgiving Day special, and despite a 19-point half for Caron Butler, Washington would go on to lose the game, 105-90, Orlando.

Wizards fans, we have an exciting match-up tonight in which rookie reserve JaVale McGee will go head-to-head (and hopefully not in the Butler-Pietrus kind of way) against superman reincarnation, Dwight Howard.

But the best line of the night belonged to high-scorer Caron Butler, who said compared new coach Tapscott to President-elect Barack Obama. “Yeah, he’s light-skinned. He has a law degree. He stands for change, he uses big words, he’s new in the di

The Washington Wizards ended a five-game losing streak tonight with a huge 124-100 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors.

The Washington Wizards fired Coach Eddie Jordan yesterday and replaced him with Ed Tapscott, a long-time confidant of GM Ernie Grunfeld. It remains to be seen

The Washington Wizards will play out their first game of the season without former Head Coach Eddie Jordan tonight, after the Wizards organization released him yesterday due to a rocky 1-10 start to the season.

Why did the Wizards fire Eddie Jordan 11 games into the season? [By the way, Jordan's pal and head assistant Mike O'Koren was also fired. Randy Ayers was promoted to head assistant coach.]