In doing my preparation for tonight's Wizards game against the Sacramento Kings, I could not help but notice a lot of the similarities these two teams have in common. Very rarely will we go through the season and find teams that are statistically worse in most categories than the Wiz Kids, however tonight is one of those games. So bust out the fireworks and pop some champagne because I expect this to be a close game and we all knows what happens in close games!

Kevin Seraphin doesn't play!

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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
7:00 PM ET
TV: Comcast SportsNet HD
Steve Buckhantz, Phil Chenier  
Radio: 106.7 The Fan - http://bit.ly/5yZqu8
Dave Johnson, Glenn Consor
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In any composition or journalism class, one of the main rules of writing is that a writer should always group things in threes. For the Wizards, they need to use this rule as well. In order to be competitor in the Association, the Wizards need three things; three-point shooting, a triple-post offense, and most importantly a "big three".

The Wizards have struggled to score this season, and a lot of that has to do with three-point shooting. Averaging only 4.5 out of an attempted 14.6 three-pointers attempted, the Wizards rank 28th in three-point percentage. It's going to be imperative for Washington to acquire a big-name scorer over the summer. Offense has got to come somewhere and I believe with the pieces the Wizards have, it's possible to pick up a Jordan Farmar, JJ Reddick, or a Marvin Williams.

While we're on offense, I want to throw an idea out there. I know it's predominantly been a Lakers concept, but I think the Wizards could benefit from running the triple-post (or "triangle") offense. With a player like John Wall, it's going to be hard to run this offense all the time as Wall is consistently pushing the ball up the court. But whenever the Wizards face a half-court offense, I think it could prove beneficial to the team. It opens up a lot of options for Javale McGee who often takes ill-advised shots. It would allow him to get set up much better and also provides for a swing-out to a consistent three-point shooter.

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Monday, February 20th, 2012
9:00 PM ET
TV: Comcast SportsNet Plus HD
Steve Buckhantz, Phil Chenier  
Radio: 106.7 The Fan - http://bit.ly/5yZqu8
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Minus the Utah game, the Wizards have been playing some inspired basketball lately. They've trashed the Pistons and the Trail Blazers, kept it close against Miami, and except for a 4th quarter lapse, they kept it pretty close in Lob Angeles, too.

The Utah game was a setback, however. Funny how the scores never accurately represent the game. Losing by 14, the Wizards looked tired, miserable, and borderline amateurish. The Wizards have had three days to rest and hopefully can close off the first half of the season with wins in Phoenix and then back home against Sacramento. If they can do this, I'm predicting a relatively solid second half of the season.

After two consecutive subpar performances and losing five of his previous six games, Utah Jazz all-star center Al Jefferson was due for a monster game.

I guess whatever higher deity he prays to answered his call.

Unfortunately for the Wizards, the game in which Jefferson unloaded all his frustration fell on the night they were in town. Big Al immobilized the Wizards’ front court defense with 34 points and 12 boards, nailing 70% of his 23 shots.

I don't know who kidnapped my Wizards and sent this new team down, but I like it and I don't want them to leave.

Outside of the end of the 3rd quarter and the collapse in the 4th against the Clippers, The Washington Wizards have been doing everything that I've been wanting to see out of this team since the start of the season. John Wall is attacking the basket and cutting down on his turnovers, JaVale McGee is back to his double-double clip, Nick Young is making the outside shots, and most importantly, Kevin Seraphin and Rashard Lewis have found the part of the court that suits them best: The end of the bench right next to the mascot.

I've been using this road trip specifically to see how the Wizards match up against the "semi-elite" teams in the NBA and now I'm extremely confident that this team can go up against any team in this league.

Let's face it, any teams not named Toronto and Charlotte are elite compared to the Wiz Kids. Oh yeah, let's add Oklahoma City to that list as well ;)

Back to business. If you woke up Thursday morning and saw the box score of the Wizards and Clippers game, you'd probably think this was a blow out. An 18 point loss on the road in lob city against the high-flying Clippers who absolutely destroyed the Wizards at Verizon center not too long ago. You were probably expecting to see Mo Evans and Kevin Seraphin have 20 minutes each, John Wall with a low scoring total and assist ratio, and every single negative stat you could think of.

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Friday, February 17th, 2012
9:00 PM ET
TV: Comcast SportsNet Plus HD
Steve Buckhantz, Phil Chenier  
Radio: 106.7 The Fan - http://bit.ly/5yZqu8
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The NBA All-Star Weekend is really a magical weekend for every fan of the NBA. In my opinion, the NBA is the only professional sporting league that gets their All-Star break right. From the allure of the street-ball like All-Star game, to the wows of the Slam Dunk Competition, there’s something for everybody…

Everybody except the Washington Wizards.

Last year’s second place winner of the Slam Dunk Competition, Washington’s own Javale McGee, was snubbed by the NBA for this year’s dunk contest. And with Blake Griffin (snobbishly, in my opinion) declining participation in this year’s contest, too, fans are more than likely going to be subjected to another snore-fest of a dunk competition.

For the second game of a back to back, and third road game in four days, the Wizards hung in there with one of the best teams in the NBA. Although, they let the game get away from them at the end of the third quarter and throughout the fourth, the Wizards played a commendable game. Randy Wittman has these guys playing with confidence and intensity. In the first half the Clippers seemed surprised at the fight in the Wizards, especially coming off of the drubbing they gave the Wiz just a few weeks ago in the Phone Booth.

In the first quarter Nick Young came out of the gates looking really tight. It seemed as if he was trying too hard to impress his friends and family in attendance.  After coming off a 35 point game the night before he wanted to follow it up with another lights out performance in front of his home crowd.