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Key Legislature: Wizards 110 vs Knicks 117 — Washington’s Defense Could Use an Assist

TAI’s Key Legislature… The game’s defining moment, its critical event, the wildest basketball thing you ever saw, or just stuff that happened. Wizards vs Knicks, Regular Season, Game 2, Oct. 31, 2015, by Kyle Weidie (@truth_about_it).

Defense was predominantly the scary issue for Washington in their Halloween home opener versus the Knicks on Saturday night. Coach Randy Wittman won’t concede otherwise.

“The commitment to defend is just not there and that’s the bottom line,” he said afterward. “We can talk about a lot of different other things and make excuses, but to score 110 points at home and lose by seven, that’s what it boils down to.