Wizards on the Brink

Somebody forgot to tell the Washington Wizards that trash talking matters little unless you actually back it up with play on the court. DeShawn Stevenson, Gilbert Arenas, and now Brendan Hayward - who openly mocked James for complaining about the Wizards' physical play - have clearly won the verbal series, such as it is, but find themselves trailing 3 games to 1 and on the brink of being ousted from the playoffs by Cleveland for the third consecutive year. And all their efforts have succeeded in doing is motivating James to elevate his level of play, as if he needed another reason.