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Collective effort leads to first win at Capital One Arena.

The Wizards played some impressive basketball last night and they got their third win and first stomp of the season. Channeling my inner Drew Gooden...What’s a stomp win? It’s a win where you...

The competitive portion of the Wizards 2020-21 season isn’t over, but the end is visible from here. At 2-8, they’re tied with the Detroit Pistons for the league’s worst record despite playing the...

The Washington Wizards guard has experienced contact there repeatedly since the beginning of the season.

With Bradley Beal out due to the league’s COVID-19 protocols, Russell Westbrook sidelined with a sore quad, and Thomas Bryant injured in the game’s opening minutes, opportunities abounded for the...

The Wizards were defeated by the Heat 128-124 on Saturday night at Capital One Arena in the first of three consecutive home games.

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images After yet another herculean effort by Bradley Beal, who scored 41, his 24th-career 40-point tally, the Wizards (2–7) fell to the Boston Celtics (7–3) 116–107 in the final match of a four-game road trip. Boston came out strong — racing to an 8–0 lead — after Beal committed two turnovers, but the Wizards’ star atoned for any errors by scoring eight of the team’s first 13 points and 14 of 28 at the end of the first quarter. Also of no...

All-star Bradley Beal matches Gilbert Arenas’s franchise record, but Washington’s late push runs out of gas in a 141-136 loss.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Seth Curry returned a positive test for COVID-19 on Thursday as his team's NBA clash with the Brooklyn Nets got underway, US media reported.

By the Numbers: Wizards get their first win of the season Share this story Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images After a five-game skid to open the season, the Wizards stomped on the depleted Minnesota Timberwolves 130-109 for their first win of the year. It was a feel-good game for nearly everyone on the roster. The game wasn’t as close as even the 21-point final margin might suggest — the Timberwolves closed the gap in garbage time. With 31 points on 20 shots, 3-5 shooting from thr...