Wizards shot 3s late in blowouts, JaVale McGee feels vindicated

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OAKLAND -- Upon closer review of the Washington Wizards and some of their late-game actions, JaVale McGee feels vindicated.

McGee was blistered by the Wizards, particularly guards Brandon Jennings and John Wall, for hoisting a 3-pointer with the shot clock ticking down Sunday in the final seconds of a game in which the Warriors were leading by 22 points.

Though McGee and the Warriors generally defended the shot, Jennings, who was assessed with a flagrant-1 foul for purposefully shoving McGee on the play, claimed McGee and the Warriors were “trying to embarrass” the Wizards.

Turns out, the Wizards under similar circumstances have not exactly been guilt-free.

“It was just crazy how I was getting hella mentions on Twitter of how they did the same thing this season,” McGee said at Tuesday morning at shootaround.

Jennings himself fired up a 3-pointer with the Wizards leading the Nets by 23 (120-97) inside the final five minutes of a game on March 24 at Verizon Center. In that same game, Trey Burke launched one in the final seconds, as McGee did.

The Wizards took a 129-108 victory.

More than two months earlier, on Jan. 16, Wizards forward Tomas Satoransky jacked up a 3 with eight seconds remaining in a 120-101 rout of the Trail Blazers at Verizon Center.

As McGee discovered late Sunday, fans have long memories. And, moreover, few misdeeds have any chance of escaping the unblinking eyes of social media.

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