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Wizards point guard John Wall, center, is fourth in the NBA in assists this season — averaging 8.6 per game.
Wizards Learn to Share Washington’s second in assist-to-turnover ratio during February Wizards John Wall pushed the ball up the floor and Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo slid over to cut off his path to the basket. Wall whirled the ball behind his back, left to right, to coerce Oladipo and Tobias Harris into leaving their feet as he got to the rim. With the defense committed to him, Wall whipped the ball over to a wide-open Trevor Booker, who buried a jumper to give the Wizards a 17-point lead in the third quarter of their 115-106 win over the Magic on Tuesday. After such a sweet pass, Booker said he knew he couldn’t let down Wall by shooting a brick. Wall concurred.
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“I know he had to hit that J,” Wall said, loud enough for Booker to hear him on the other side of the locker room. Wall started chuckling and Booker laughed as well. The mood is generally upbeat after wins, but even better when players are more engaged. And in their first game since Nene sprained a ligament in his left knee, the Wizards won with a formula that they will have to maintain if they want to have any success in his absence. They had four 20-point scorers for the first time in nearly four years and had 24 assists to just 12 turnovers. “We all were feeling it,” Bradley Beal said after scoring 21 points. “We did a great job of just moving
the ball together. We were making shots. We were having fun out there.” Through the month of February, the Wizards have done their best to focus on ball movement and management, resulting in the second winning month of the season — no matter what happens when the team travels to Toronto today. “We’ve really solidified this month,” coach Randy Wittman said. The Wizards (29-28) have won four straight games and have the league’s second-best assist-to-turnover ratio this month – 1.98-to-1 — trailing only the Charlotte Bobcats. “Just shows how we can play when we move the ball and we share and you’ve got different guys you’ve got to worry about,” Wall said. “Just pace and playing as a team. Everybody is getting touches and getting shots.” MICHAEL LEE (THE WASHINGTON POST )
Veteran Addition: Drew Gooden has signed a 10-day contract with the Wizards. The veteran forward joined Washington at Wednesday’s practice and will be available for today’s game against the Toronto Raptors. The Wizards were in need of frontcourt depth after losing forward Nene to a sprained left MCL. Nene is expected to be sidelined about six weeks. Gooden hasn’t played since he was designated as an amnesty player by the Milwaukee Bucks last summer. (AP)