On a night where both teams struggled from the field, the Wizards used their offensive rebounding to put the game away. It was actually a pretty boring game. The Bulls just seemed to lack energy and flow particularly given that their season was on the line. Even their fans seemed to lack any energy. The Wizards weren't great but they did enough to pull out the win. Give Gortat, Nene, and Booker a lot of credit for picking up several offensive rebounds late in the game to ice it for the Wiz. Chicago looked beat in the fourth quarter. They really looked like they had had enough of the Wizards and understood who was the better team.
Wizards get a couple of well deserved days off as they await their opponent for Round 2. If the Hawks beat the Pacers tonight, we end up having home court advantage against them in the second round. Frankly, the way the Pacers have been playing the last month (what happened to Hibbert?), the Pacers might be the easier draw. In any event, the Wizards played very well in the first round and I don't see any signs of this team letting up or being satisfied with what they have accomplished thus far.
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