Andray Blatche led a bevy of Brooklyn reserves, whose most playing time has come in blowout games, with 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Nets erased an early 17-point deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 106-101 on Monday night.
The Knicks romped to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994, getting 36 points from Carmelo Anthony and beating the Washington Wizards 120-99 for their 13th straight victory.
He was the GM of the Washington Wizards for three-and-a-half years, a tenure that ended badly when then-owner Abe Pollin canned him.
They may have won their first Atlantic Division title in 19 years by beating the visiting Washington Wizards, 120-99, on Tuesday, but the Knicks had two reasons for caution: The diminishing health of their big men and the fact that their ultimate goal remains far off.
Most recently a little-used reserve center for the Washington Wizards after a midseason trade from the Boston Celtics, the 7-foot Collins is a free agent who can sign with any team.
The Nuggets' last loss at home was 112-108 to the Washington Wizards on Jan. 18.
After finishing out his 2012-13 season with the Washington Wizards, free agency awaits this summer.
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Williams made an NBA-record nine 3-pointers in the first half, finished with 11 and scored a season-high 42 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 95-78 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
The Washington Wizards fired Flip Saunders today, who was 49-115 as head coach of the NBA team, and replaced him with assistant coach Randy Wittman.
Over their final 14 games, they'll play just four the Charlotte Bobcats (twice), Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers against teams with sub-.500 records.
Michael Jordan's postcareer business moves have been shaky at best: He's part-owner of pro basketball's woeful Washington Wizards, and with Wayne Gretzky and the retired football player John Elway he invested in MVP.com, a celebrity website that went under earlier this year.
The 28-20 Nets will now embark on a two-game road trip with games against the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards before returning home to host the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.
Blatche, who signed for the veteran's minimum after being waived by the Washington Wizards, is averaging 10.7 points a game and scored 11 essential fourth-quarter points in Friday's win over the Chicago Bulls.
Washington forward Trevor Ariza hit a three-pointer one of six triples the Wizards hit before the half that allowed them to go into the break with a 51-48 lead over the Knicks.
After his second retirement from the game (the first involved a short-lived attempt at professional baseball), Jordan moved into management with the Washington Wizards.
The team with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference had a sense of urgency after a loss to the improving Washington Wizards earlier in the week.
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