Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

Up next: Hot Knicks at Garden The timing could be better. The Wizards (29-48) face four playoff teams in their final five games of the season, starting Tuesday against the hottest team in the NBA, the New York Knicks (50-26). They then will come back to the District on Wednesday to host the...

Howard Ulman

Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

Brandon Bass, poor shooting prove Washington's undoing BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce returned from injuries, and the Boston Celtics dominated the Washington Wizards -- thanks to Brandon Bass, the soft-spoken forward who rarely gets a play called for him. But when he's open, his...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Apr 7, 2013

The members of the 1977-78 Washington Bullets returned to the District over the weekend to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their NBA championship. But they aren't in unanimous support of the late season run by the current Wizards, the kind of stretch that has become as much of a tradition...

Craig Stouffer

Published: Sat, Apr 6, 2013

The scoreboard said "Bullets" with retro numbers for the score and the game clock. But on a night when the Washington NBA franchise celebrated its past, John Wall reminded a nearly full Verizon Center, and yet another playoff bound opponent, that the present team isn't to be overlooked....

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Thu, Apr 4, 2013

A.J. Price knew the percentages, and he knew the Chicago Bulls did, too. So when Price got the ball on the wing and faked a pass to the corner for Trevor Ariza, a slightly bigger perimeter threat than himself, Daequan Cook had no choice but to bite. He did, hard. That left Price open for his...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

The Wizards started the season with John Wall sidelined by a stress injury in his left knee, and they'll end it with a similar injury to rookie shooting guard Bradley Beal. The team announced shortly before the Wizards played on the road against the Toronto Raptors that Beal will miss the...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013

Wizards land last blow in physical contest It's the part of the season where playoffs teams take their foot off the gas and players on lottery-bound teams run up their individual numbers with reckless abandon. But that wasn't the case at Verizon Center, where the Wizards got into a backyard...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

Most nights this season Jan Vesely has been dressed and gone well before reporters arrive inside the Wizards' locker room after games. The contributions of the sixth pick in the 2011 NBA Draft have been rare enough that when he does stick around for the media, he's inevitably asked about how...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, Apr 1, 2013

Washington fighting Toronto, Philadelphia for that spot As well as the Wizards have played since John Wall returned to the lineup, the playoffs were never more than a fairy-tale idea for a team that bottomed out at 4-28 on Jan. 6, just before his return. They're 23-18 since, and even if they...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Mar 31, 2013

Rookie guard hits six 3s in a rout of the Raptors Everything is better for the Wizards at home. They play better. They feel better. With only nine games left in the season, they're still trying to get better. With a 109-92 victory over Toronto before 14,360 at Verizon Center, the Wizards...