The Wizards were able to pull out another win on Monday night, their third in four games since the All-Star break. This time however, they faced a bit of adversity.
Playing in front of what was as an energetic crowd, at least by 2009-10 Wizards standards, the Wizards saw one of the stars from their trade acquisitions go down to a left knee injury, and as Coach Saunders said after the game, it came right as Josh Howard was starting to get going too.
But this group as it has for the little time they have been together, rebounded and fought their way to a solid victory over a good Chicago Bulls team. Things got a bit dicey at the end of the game and Derrick Rose did his best impression of Michael Jordan in the clutch, trying to put the Bulls on his back, but Chicago just couldn't capitalize at the end.
The Wizards were led yet again by the new go-to guy in Andray Blatche who finished with a solid 25pts and 11rebs on 8 of 13 shooting in just over 41 minutes of play. After the game Blatche continued to show off that 1000 megawatt smile that seems to have come about in the last couple of weeks.
Asked about Blatche's play after the game, Saunde ...
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