Here’s the Chicago Sun-Times reporting on the Wizards, who are set to face the Bulls in the first round of the NBA playoffs:
It’s a nice badge to carry into the playoffs: The team no one wants to play.
It even has a tinge of intimidation to it, that is, if the Bulls were actually facing a team that was susceptible to intimidation.
But they aren’t.
The Washington Wizards have little to lose, especially when all they’ve been hearing is they’re destined for elimination by next week.
“Why would they pick us?’’ Wizards center Marcin Gortat told the Washington Post on Friday when asked about all the predictions from the so-called experts favoring the Bulls. “First of all, Chicago is an experienced team. They have a lot of good players every year. The pressure is on them. I don’t understand why we should be mad. This is a good team, and we’ve just got to beat them. We’ve got to focus on our team.’’
