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Wizards affiliate Capital City Go-Go advances to 2nd round of G League playoffs

By Matt Weyrich

Capital City Go-Go advances to 2nd round of G League playoffs originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   The Capital City Go-Go is moving on to the conference semifinals of the NBA G League playoffs after guards Jordan Goodwin (22 PTS, 10 AST) and Joel Ayayi (21 PTS, 10 REB) led the Wizards affiliate to a 129-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks’ College Park Skyhawks on Tuesday night.

Four starters scored at least 20 points while backup guard Cassius Winston chipped in with 18 off the bench in just nine minutes. The fourth-seeded Go-Go never trailed in the game, setting up a second-round matchup with No. 1 Raptors 905. The first round, conference semifinals and conference finals are all win-or-go-home, single-elimination games. If the Go-Go makes it to the NBA G League Finals, a best-of-three series would await. However, Toronto’s affiliate finished 24-8 in the regular season, the best record in the G League this year. The Go-Go went 21-10, clinching the first playoff berth in the franchise’s young history. Tip-off for the team’s second-round matchup is scheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBA TV.

Wizards, D.C. basketball greats pay tribute to late Bill Russell

By Mike DePrisco
Wizards pay tribute to late Bill Russell originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe sports world lost one of the greatest athletes in American sports history Sunday when Bill Russell passed away at the age of 88. Shortly after the news of his passing broke, tributes poured in across the basketball world. As an 11-time NBA champion with the Celtics, two-time NCAA champion, five-time NBA MVP and civil rights activist during the 1960s, Russell's impact reached far beyond Boston. Current and former Washington Wizards players as well as D.C. basketball icons were not excluded from the outpouring of support for Russell on social media. Georgetown basketball legend Patrick Ewing and former Bullets guard Phil Chenier highlighted those who shared kind words online.  Throughout his playing career, Russell helped lead the Celtics to 11 championships in a 13-year span, including eight in a row from 1959-66. He became the first Black coach in North American sports in 1966, when the Celtics named his player-coach. In 1969, he became the first Black coach to win a championship. Russell played in 21 winner-take-all games games during his basketball career, from college, to the Olympics and then the NBA. His teams went 21-0 in those games. Russell went 10-0 in Game 7s in the NBA.
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