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After long, losing road, Wizards are playoff-bound (Yahoo Sports)
 Sure, it was easy for the Washington Wizards to say they were going to rebuild their team the ''right way,'' using the draft to restock the roster and doing a lot of losing before, hopefully, getting back to at least a little bit of winning. ''Let me tell you, it feels like I've been here 20 years,'' said coach Randy Wittman, who actually arrived as an assistant in 2009. I wouldn't wish some of the struggles that we went through on anybody, but it also makes it nicer then to see the other end of it.'' No one is proclaiming that the Wizards are the NBA dynasty, but the long-suffering franchise is back in the playoffs, having booked their spot Wednesday night with a 26-point thrashing of the Boston Celtics. ''They had a losing culture here,'' said 34-year-old forward Al Harrington, part of Wittman's ''AARP group'' that joined the team this season to provide invaluable leadership and bench scoring. More...
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