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Article: In Opener, Wizards Closed Down; They Shoot 30 Percent, Nearly Set Team Mark For Fewest Points
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- The Washington Post
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- October 31, 2002
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Two plays in crunch time summed up the Washington Wizards' season-
opening performance tonight.
First, with every basket needed during the game's final minutes,
Michael Jordan had a breakaway dunk to get Washington within 10. He
missed. In and out.
On the Wizards' next possession, Jerry Stackhouse fired an air
ball from long range. The late-game futility by Washington's two main
scoring threats was just a capsule of how things went through most of
the Wizards' 74-68 loss before 20,165 at Air Canada Centre tonight.
Washington, which shot 30 percent, nearly tied the franchise low
in points (66), but managed to improve its lot to the third-lowest
scoring mark, thanks to Stackhouse's free throws ...