"The Washington Wizards were well on their way to a 92-75 victory over Charlotte on Wednesday night when Coach Randy Wittman, in his first game since Flip Saunders was fired a day earlier, had John Wall report to the scorer's table.

It was late in the fourth quarter, and backup Shelvin Mack had done just fine filling in as Washington was closing out the win, but Wittman wasn't taking any chances. Wittman said after the game he also wanted Wall to work on his conditioning in part because the team was going to be more aggressive pushing the ball upcourt."