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Wizards Get Reprieve from Turmoil By Winning Simple in Atlanta

Kelly Oubre Jr. on John Collins pic.twitter.com/yUPLUk9mtv

— Wobrie Curry (@World_Wide_Wob) January 28, 2018

The Wizards won themselves a ballgame on Saturday night. The plan they executed was simple, even if perhaps not replicable against most other teams not named the Atlanta Hawks. The 129-104, going-away win could be the confidence-builder the team needs, or it could simply be a blip on the radar. It was good for Washington to remind the interested observer — and themselves — what they were capable of again.

Here’s what happened:

— The Wizards started disadvantaged due to John Wall sitting out with unknown, inexact, indeterminate and indefinite knee issues bothering him again.