"Andray Blatche did not make the trip for the Washington Wizards' game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night; he's been instructed by doctors to stay off his strained calf as much as possible.

John Wall has been nursing a head cold for a month. Nick Young missed the lockout-shortened training camp and spent the first 10 games rounding into game shape. And Ronny Turiaf, who broke his hand Jan. 1 in a game against the Boston Celtics, won't be back for a few more weeks.

The NBA schedule-makers had to have foreseen this — what a 66-game schedule compressed into a four-month window would look like. The 50-game schedule played after the 1998-99 lockout gave them a blueprint as to what this season had in store for the players."