"The supposed comforts of home are often absent when the Wizards take the court at Verizon Center, where fans can purchase tickets on the black market for the price of a call from a pay phone, Andray Blatche gets booed every time he touches the ball, and large crowds only come out to support the opposing team.

Already this season, the Wizards have heard Chicago's Derrick Rose hear "MVP!" chants, Boston's Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce draw loud ovations for curch-time baskets, and New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin – author of a spectacular and stunning three-game run – turn the building into Madison Square Garden South. "