Wall gets to play with his best friend BOOGIE (Demarcus) Cousins and Westbrook gets to go back to old Westbrook and control an offense. Bradley Beal gets to play off the ball and catch-and-shoot which he is going to be great doing.

Looks like this may be the rare win/win NBA trade.

Here’s the details on the trade:

Houston has agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to Washington for John Wall and a first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 3, 2020

Rockets source: Stance on James Harden has not changed. Houston hopes to be competitive with him this season and does not envision a scenario where Harden would be traded before the opener.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 3, 2020

Washington’s starting five took it upon themselves and scored 90 points to lead the Wizards to their 2nd win of the series. Particularly, Marcin Gortat shot an unbelievable 87% from the field and recorded postseason highs of 31 points and 16 rebounds. All-star John Wall dropped an additional 27 points to help the Wizards defeat the momentous Pacer squad. The stellar performances of the Wizards’ players caught the eye of the twittasphere.  Hall of famer Magic Johnson tweeted:

“Just watched John Wall put on a PG clinic w/ 27pts and Marcin Gortat put on a big man clinic w/ 31pts & 16rebs in the win over the Pacers.”

Ironically, the Wizards’ benches, who have played a major role throughout the playoffs, only recorded 12 points, while the Pacers’ bench recorded 31 points. Nonetheless, the most startling statistic is the Wizards pulling down 62 boards, as opposed to the Pacers snagging a mere 23 rebounds. For every 1 rebound the Pacers collected, the Wizards collected 2.7 rebounds. This big man domination can be attributed to Roy Hibbert’s pedestrian performance. Despite Hibbert’s 7 foot 2 inch frame, the big man failed to collect any defensive rebounds and only grabbed two offensive rebounds. Surely, the Pacer fans cannot forget Hibbert’s stint as the driver of the struggle bus during the Hawks’ series. Was this lackluster performance in game 5 the start of another cold spell for Indiana? Or was this just an unlucky fluke that will be surely corrected in game 6?

Not only did this pathetic Pacers’ performance allow the Wizards’ to breathe another postseason breath, but it also left Indiana in a state of uneasiness. This Pacers’ performance illustrated that the coveted number 1 seed may still have some major flaws that are not going away.  However, any viewer of game 5 will tell you that the Wizards won the game, rather than claiming that the Pacers lost the game. The Wizards domination rekindled the fire of the DMV fan base, and provides a spark of hope that the Wizards will come back to D.C. riding the victory wave to another blowout win Thursday night.

East:

This series should be a piece of cake for the Pacers, and it would but the struggles at the end of the seasons raised some questions about this team. Despite a sub .500 record Atlanta has talent and cannot be overlooked as the 8 seed. If the Pacers return to the team they were in the beginning of the year, Atlanta will have a serious challenge ahead of them. When this series is all said and done…

IND:4 

ATL:1

1. Indiana Pacers (55-26)

8. Atlanta Hawks (37-44)

In my mind this is the biggest mis-match of the NBA playoffs. If the Bobcats want any chance at a monumental upset Al Jefferson will need to play his best basketball of his NBA career, maybe even more than that Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will need to find a way to contain Lebron James. If Kidd-Gilchrist has no answer than this series is over before it even starts. At the end of the series…

MIA:4

CHA:0

2. Miami Heat (54-27)

7. Charlotte Bobcats (42-39)

Toronto has a chance to prove themselves this year as a 3 seed, as well does Washington as the 6 seed. Both teams in my mind have over achieved this season, but that doesn’t mean that these teams can be taken lightly. Kyle Lowry is in a contract year, and this series in my opinion will decide if he gets a max contract or not. Regardless the Raptors need to find a way to retain him. The Raptors may have the better record, but Washington is young and hungry. When this series is over…

TOR:2

WSH:4

3. Toronto Raptors (48-33)

6. Washington Wizards (43-38)

This series is an exact rematch of the 2013 playoffs 1st round in which Chicago won. Chicago, again without Derrick Rose have found ways to win. Now who to contribute that to is up to you, wether it be Joakim Noah, or Tom Thibodeau. Brooklyn has gone all in this year with the draft day trade for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. I think this year proves the same as last year. With that said…

CHI:4

BRK:2

4. Chicago Bulls (48-33)

5. Brooklyn Nets (44-37)

Western conference tomorrow. Your 2nd round would look as follows

1. Indiana

4. Chicago

2. Miami

3. Washington

In the video below, Wall was asked by Yi if he’s ever left the United States before and Wall answers no. Funny thing is he’s played the Raptors in Toronto not one, not two, not three, not four, but six times.

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