Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. They are amongst seven teams in the Atlantic Division of the eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise plays in the Verizon Center also known as “The Phone Booth” and wears jerseys of red, white and blue.

The Wizards started its NBA adventure in the 1961-62 season. They were then called Chicago Packers and they managed to win only 18 games in their first season. They changed their name to the Zephyrs in next season. Then in 1963, they became the Baltimore Bullets as the franchise moved to Baltimore, Maryland.  The 1964-65 NBA season saw first success for the team and they reached the playoffs for the first time. In the following season, the Bullets advanced to the Western Conference Finals but lost to Los Angeles Lakers.

The Washington Wizards have won NBA championship in 1978. They defeated the Seattle SuperSonics in 7 games and brought a professional sports championship to Washington D.C. for the first time in 36 years. They were the forerunners of that era as they also won four Conference titles in 1971, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and seven Division titles.

The Washington Wizards saw many modifications in their team, team jerseys and logos in years to come. The biggest of them came on May 15 1997, when the Bullets officially changed their logo and name to Washington Wizards. They entered the 1979 NBA Playoffs and finished the regular season at 54–28. In the playoffs the Bullets nearly blew a 3-1 series lead against the Atlanta Hawks, but managed to hold off the Hawks in 7 games.

This was the time when the Wizards started declining in their game and wins and didn’t advance to the playoffs for several years. They made some very good trades but in vain. A major transition came for the Wizards when in January 2000; Michael Jordan became the Washington Wizards’ president of basketball operations and minority owner. He dissociated himself from the ownership net year in 2001 and returned as player but he soon left the team because of internal some issues. The Wizards, however, didn’t showed improvement in their ratings and continued to miss important games.

A year after making the playoffs for the first time in 8 years, the 1997/98 season saw a new beginning for basketball in Washington. The team changed its name to Wizards fearing Bullets would endorse gun violence. The addition of a new logo and new uniforms and a new arena as the MCI Center in downtown Washington completed this change. MCI Center was opened on December 2nd with the Wizards beating the Seattle Supersonics 95-78.

At the MCI Center, the Wizards were hard to beat as they posted a 24-12 record. However, they would fall 1 game short of the playoffs as they concluded in 4th place with a 42-40 record. During the 2004-2005 season, the team posted their finest regular season record 45-37 in 26 years. It marked the first time the franchise had ever made the playoffs as the Wizards. The Wizs won their first playoff game since 1988 in Game 3 of the first round against the Chicago Bulls.

In Game 5, they took their first lead in a playoff series since 1986 and won against Chicago. In Game 6, they won their first playoff series in 23 years defeating the Chicago Bulls 94-91; also becoming only the ninth team in NBA history to win a playoff series after being down 0-2.

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The Wizards started off in 1961. They called themselves the Chicago Packers then. They won 18 games in their first season. Though the team performed poorly, center Walt Bellamy was awarded the rookie of the year with 19 rebounds and 31.6 points per game. The following year, the award went to forward Terry Dischinger. The following season, they replaced the name to the Zephyrs. The March of 1963 saw this franchise relocating to Baltimore, Maryland and the name was changed to the Baltimore Bullets (taken after the city’s ammunition factories that had manufactured bullets for World War 2)

In the first year at Baltimore, the team came 4th amongst 5 teams of Western Division. The team reached the finals four times but could not win the championship. The then coach Dick Motta coined the famous phrase “The opera ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings!” with this statement as their motto, The Bullets smashed the Seattle SuperSonics in seven games. They won the championship that year. It was the first time that any professional sports trophy was brought to Washington D.C. in 36 years. Even with future hall of famers in their team, like Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes, a spell of bad games followed. At that time, even cheap Wizard tickets were not being grabbed by the fans.

Star Studded Team

Along with Unseld and Hayes, The Bullets also had Gus Johnson. He mastered the present power forward spot with his superb rebounding and great slam dunks. The team also had Earl Monroe “The Pearl”. Bullets team had the smallest player in NBA history- Muggsy Bogoues who stood 5ft 3.

In the NBA’s 1968-69 session, Bullets registered a win-loss record of 57-25 which was considered the best for the season. Unseld was awarded the most valuable player of NBA (MVP) and also the rookie of the year.

In 1981, Wes Unseld retired. Though the team played well in the regulars and it did advance to the semifinals of the Eastern Conference, but the edge of the 70s was missing. Elvin Hayes was traded to Houston Rockets in 1982. The club slowly was descending down the charts. Cheap Wizard tickets did not have many takers then as the fans were being constantly disappointed.

Bullets To Wizards

As the name Bullets signified violent overtones, the team’s name was changed to Washington Wizards in 1995. The name was chosen through a contest. The new logo was created and the team’s colors became bronze, black and blue. The club moved to MCI Center (Verizon Center) which is home to the Washington Capitals of the NHL (National Hockey League), Georgetown Hoyas basketball team and the Washington Mystics of WNBA (Washington Wizards played as the brother team of Washington Mystics in 1998). Cheap Wizard Tickets again saw an upswing in their demand.

In 2006-07 season, the Wizards played well finishing second in the Southeast Division. They were smashed in the first round playoffs by Cleveland Cavaliers. Get cheap Wizard tickets to find out their fate in this season. Tickets come in different packages that can be booked online through a broker. So, call now to get the best package that suits you. Get yourself cheap Wizards tickets for the season and prepare for evenings full of thrilling and intense matches.

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