Washington Wizards News

Having supreme confidence in your abilities has to be a prerequisite to becoming a professional athlete.

The Celtics play game 82 of 82 at the TD Garden Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards, and while they're not vying for a playoff spot, tonight's game has huge lottery implications.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, right, goes up for a dunk as Denver Nuggets forward Jan Vesely, of the Czech Republic, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Do you want to be a great girlfriend? Well, Aussie singer-rapper Iggy Azalea knows just how to be one.

The Phoenix Suns ' expectation-defying campaign won't end with a playoff berth, but nobody associated with the upstart club will be disappointed for long.

He's been in charge for 519 of 'em. Won only 190. That winning percentage of .366 makes him the sole owner of last place among the 90 men who have coached at least 400 games since the league started in 1946.

His .366 winning percentage ranks him last among anyone who has coached at least 400 games since the league began in 1946.

With a 110-100 defeat in Toronto Monday night, the Milwaukee Bucks locked up the worst record in the NBA this season, and thus the most ping pong balls in the much-anticipated NBA draft lottery.

With the 2013-14 NBA season rapidly coming to a grinding halt, seldom-used Chicago Bulls guard Jimmer Fredette finally got his chance to produce in head coach Tom Thibideau 's rotation.

The Indiana Pacers clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs on Monday night -- without even playing.

Stars win games in the NBA, and the result is a postseason studded with them. But not every great player makes it.

Nick Young scored a season-high 41 points and helped the Los Angeles Lakers snap a seven-game losing streak with a 119-104 victory against the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

Washington erupted in the second quarter for 43 points. The Wiz led by only one point to start the second quarter, but sat on a comfortable 22-point cushion at halftime after going for 43 points in the second.

The Indiana Pacers can secure the Eastern Conference's top seed without taking the court on Monday while the last entrant to the NBA's playoff field could be set with the Phoenix Suns facing a do-or-die game.

Even without their best player in Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls have the ability to make a deep run in the playoffs.

Mar 10, 2014; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat small forward LeBron James is defended by Washington Wizards small forward Trevor Ariza in the second half at American Airlines Arena.

Advocate staff photo by RUSTY COSTANZA -- Pelicans guard Austin Rivers shoots as Suns forward Shavlik Randolph defends at the Smoothie King Center on April 9, 2014.

Bobcats guard Luke Ridnour pulls down a rebound in the fourth quarter at Time Warner Cable Arena Saturday, April 12, 2014.

The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers 102-90 on Sunday night to move a game ahead of idle Phoenix in the race for the final Western Conference playoff berth.

WASHINGTON >> For the first time in years, things are good for the Washington Wizards.