Knicks fall to struggling Wizards, 119-112

The cellar dwellers of the Eastern Conference take to the court at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia when the 1-9 Sixers play host to the 2-7 Washington Wizards.

Brooks liked much about Wall’s game. The next several games they play will be crucial toward their already dwindling postseason hopes.

“We’ll see how he feels tomorrow, but I don’t anticipate any issues”, Brooks said. The Sixers are the first game in the back-to-back, the game Wall usually plays, but there’s always a chance they could change that schedule.

For the Wizards, John Wall had a game-best 27 points while Markieff Morris chipped in 19 and Otto Porter 15 with 13 rebounds.

Wall had been eager to test himself, and was confident he passed the test.

“Right now I’m trying to play at a high level every night”, Porter said.

Despite the late fourth quarter charge, Rose didn’t necessarily like what he saw from his teammates. He’ll be up against Derrick Rose, a matchup he certainly won’t want to miss, so expect a good one tonight between these two all-star point guards. “We’re a different team when we have all of our guys together”. So it’s still early in the year. “And we’ve got to believe that we’re a great team and just play with some confidence”. The Wizards have had their way with the Knicks over the last three seasons, winning five straight in NY and 9 out of 10 overall.

“Some of that is guys are wide open”. They also have a new head coach in Jeff Hornacek, who has been tasked with getting the Knicks back to the postseason. “I thought we looked a little shook by them on offense”.

Wizards: Beal sat out his third straight game with a right thigh injury and is questionable for Thursday night’s game against the Knicks. C Joakim Noah was assessed a technical foul midway through the third quarter. The Hawks have won six straight.

The Sixers have question marks heading into their own back-to-back situation with a road game at the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow night interrupting a 10-in-12-games home stand that begins with the Wizards. After signing a max contract over the summer, Bradley Beal’s shooting percentage, scoring, rebounding and assist averages have all dipped, and he’s now nursing a hamstring injury. It was his fifth career ejection but second in as many games, and Wall was also fined $25,000 on Wednesday for inappropriate actions toward an official when he was tossed from the Wizards’ loss to Houston on Monday.

On the other hand, Washington team have only won 2 matches of this season, 1st defeated Atlanta team & then makes their 2nd win of the season after defeating Boston team by (118-93).