Hawks 105, Wizards 99

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Why did I even put the score as the headline of this post? It’s just not about the results anymore — even though tonight the Wizards (21-41) did stay within some kind of striking distance of the Hawks (41-23) for the entire game.

But after a contest in which Andray Blatche hit the 30-point mark for the third time since the All-Star break (the fourth this season) and got his ninth double-double, and in which JaVale McGee had a career-high 20 points, had 9 rebounds, and matched Dwight Howard with 8 dunks, a one-game season-high in the NBA this year, it’s time to talk about more than simply their increased production.

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