Wall helps Wizards snap skid against Knicks

Otto Porter flies in for the jam. Carmelo Anthony scored 19. If Wall doesn’t go, rookie Tomas Satoransky (12 points, 9 assists on Saturday) would likely start in his place.

Morris tried to will the Wizards to a win.

With games Wednesday at Philadelphia and Thursday at home against the Knicks, Brooks hasn’t decided which Wall will sit out. Nevertheless, with John Wall back in the starting lineup and Bradley Beal likely back from the tweaked hamstring injury, it is as much of a must-win contest as a November game can be.

Ian Mahinmi, sidelined since undergoing left knee surgery on October 15, could be back on the practice court for the Wizards next week, according to Brooks. For a player who realizes on his three point shot like Beal those numbers are a cause for concern.

Porter earned plenty of credit from the Celtics (3-4) for his energy all over the court. If they want to get back into the postseason this year, they’ll need to figure out their issues and do it sooner than later, before they fall too far out of the race. This team has talented players, and should be able to score easily on most teams.

John Wall had 23 points and 11 assists to help the Wizards win for just the third time in 11 games.

The Wizards sank a season-high 15 triples on 60 percent shooting from deep in a match they took control after trailing early in the first quarter. “I don’t think we have a timetable on it”, coach Jeff Hornacek said. There’s a few of them that were contested, but we looked like we were a little exhausted from last night and we weren’t getting all the way up on the guys. And Wall made sure to remind Jennings of his behavior in a preseason game when he taunted free agent Casper Ware by excessively clapping in his face to taunt him.

“I don’t like to miss games”.

“The process restarts itself if you have symptoms when you start the different levels of exercise, so he’s had to restart a few times already”, Stevens said.

The Wizards were doomed to lose from the start of the game. The team held a pregame moment of silence for Greg Ballard, a member of the 1978 National Basketball Association champion Bullets who died Wednesday at age 61.

This may just have been an expression of disappointment from Gortat as his squad now sits on the 14 spot in the Eastern Conference standings with a 2-7 record. NY coach Jeff Hornacek is hopeful F Lance Thomas (sore left ankle) can return to the lineup early next week. Last night, it was a stretch in the first half when they fell behind by 24 that put them in a hole they couldn’t climb out.