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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Wizards have lost games every way possible this season. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . With 19 losses in 22 games, and four rotation players missing, the Wizards can still stay close in most games. On Tuesday night, Washington took a team to overtime for the fourth time this season -- and lost yet again. Lou Williams scored a season-high 24 points and Josh Smith had 17 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 100-95 overtime win over the Wizards. Most of Washingtons losses this season have been close. Just four have been by more than 10 points. Coach Randy Wittman, who on Monday wondered if an exorcist could come into the Verizon Center, admitted to questioning nearly everything in his world. "I look up every morning to make sure the sky is up there -- that its not falling in on me," Wittman said. He took to snapping at fans who chided him for removing Nene from the game during overtime. Nene has been hampered by a left foot injury, and hes playing limited minutes. Wittman has tried to limit him to 20 minutes. On Tuesday, he played 24, but that didnt satisfy the crowd. "I had fans heckling me," Wittman said. "Theyre killing me. I had to turn around and say something to them today." Kyle Korver had 16 points and Jeff Teague added 13 as Atlanta (15-7) won for the third time in three meetings with the Wizards (3-19) this season. Jordan Crawford had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Wizards. It was Washingtons first triple-double since Crawford had one on Apr. 1, 2011. Nene scored 18 points, Bradley Beal had 17 and Martell Webster 11. "The way we play you would think giving ourselves a fighting chance in all these games, that record should be flipped," Webster said. After Washington took a 93-92 lead on a jumper by Earl Barron with 3:05 to play in overtime, the Hawks scored six straight points to go up five with 1:29 to play. "Its always little things we mess up on," Barron said. Williams hit one of two free throws to tie the score, and DeShawn Stevenson hit a 3-pointer with 2:08 left to put Atlanta back ahead for good, 96-93. After he made the shot, the former Wizard turned toward the booing crowd, waving his hand in front of his face. "A lot of people was talking smack, so I had to bring it out," Stevenson said. "Im not worried about Washington, beating them. I think weve got a good thing going, and that was a big win." Originally coach Larry Drew wanted to rest Stevenson since the Hawks were beginning a stretch of four games in five nights, but Devin Harris suffered a foot injury in the first half and didnt return. "I had no choice but to play DeShawn," Drew said. "And Ill you what, he really stepped it up big time for me. His presence was felt immediately." Stevenson and Al Horford each made 1 of 2 free throws, and Crawford hit a jumper with 48 seconds left to pull Washington to 98-95. Nene had a jumper blocked by Smith with 9 seconds to play, and Korver made two free throws to cap the scoring. Barron scored his first basket of the game with 23 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 90. He missed his previous eight field goals. With the score tied at 58-all, Beal went up for a dunk. Smith blocked it, and Beal fell hard to the floor, stayed motionless for a few moments and left the game with 5:29 to play in the third quarter. A minute later, Beal left the floor with trainer Eric Waters. Without Beal, the Hawks ran off a quick seven straight points on a 3-pointer and a dunk by Teague and another dunk by Smith. Beal returned to the bench a few minutes later. After three quarters, Atlanta led 72-69. The Hawks led through nearly the entire first half with a 52-46 advantage at halftime. Beal was 6 for 7 from the field and had 12 points in the opening half. Williams had 16 of his 24 points in the second half. "We didnt play with a lot of energy, so I just wanted to be aggressive any time I had the ball," Williams said. NOTES: Stevenson made a dunk late in the third quarter. His previous 25 baskets had been 3-pointers. His last 2-pointer came nine games ago on Nov. 21 against the Wizards. ... Atlanta G Anthony Morrow missed his second straight game with a sore back. ... Washington F Trevor Ariza, who has missed the last seven games with a sore left calf is improving, Wittman said, and he hopes to have him back next week. ... The Hawks host Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The Thunder are 20-4 and have won 11 straight games. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys . Chen (2-0) allowed six hits and didnt allow a run until Jonny Gomes one-out home run in the sixth. By then, he led 9-0. He struck out four and walked two. The Orioles scored five runs in the second on a season-high six hits. Wholesale Super Bowl XLVII Jerseys . The result was perhaps the expansion clubs best game of the Major League Soccer season as Marco Di Vaio scored his first goal and former AC Milan star Alessandro Nesta was superb in his debut match as the Impact downed the New York Red Bulls 3-1 on Saturday night. http://www.wholesalenfljerseyclub.com/ . -- The Sacramento Kings have extended a qualifying offer to Jason Thompson to make the forward a restricted free agent. Wholesale Jerseys China . She said it happened on a whim, inspired by a newspaper article with the headline: "Boomers believe theyve found a fountain of youth in a syringe." She said it happened in her posh master bathroom, which she described as being "like the size of a kitchen. Wholesale Jerseys .C. -- NASCAR points leader Matt Kenseth, one of the longest-tenured drivers in the series, is leaving Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the season.A nose. Thats all that separated Real Quiet from racing immortality. He was beaten by the smallest of margins in the 1998 Belmont Stakes, the longest and toughest leg of thoroughbred racings Triple Crown. Affirmed was the last to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, 34 years ago. Since then, 11 horses have won the first two only to come up short in the Belmont, felled by a safety pin picked up in a stall, a stumble out of the gate or a jockeys judgment. Now its Ill Have Anothers turn to try to become the 12th Triple Crown winner. The chestnut colt chased down pacesetter Bodemeister in the final 100 yards to win the Kentucky Derby on May 5. Two weeks later, he surged past Bodemeister a few yards from the finish line in the Preakness to win by a neck. Bodemeister wont be back to challenge Ill Have Another in the Belmont. But 10 other rivals are likely, including Derby also-rans Dullahan, Optimizer and Union Rags. The others are horses that skipped one or both of the first two legs, leaving them well-rested for the 1 1-2 mile run around the deep, sandy dirt track. "It aint like the old days where everyone used to run in all three," said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who is 1 for 13 in the Belmont. "Its taxing on the horse to run in all three. If somebody is hiding behind the bushes waiting to jump you when theyre all fresh, they can beat you." Smith will be aboard one of the fresh ones in next Saturdays Belmont. Hell ride Paynter, who skipped the Derby and Preakness. Nineteen times since 1944 horses have come to the Belmont with a chance to win the Triple Crown. Big Brown was the last horse to take a shot in 2008. But he bombed out in the Belmont, mysteriously getting eased at the top of the stretch and leaving nearly 95,000 fans stunned at the sight of the colt with the bad feet failing to finish. The final 1 1-2 miles on the Triple Crown trail can do a number on a horse, trainer and jockey. Sometimes, a horse finds trouble in his own stall. On the morning of the 1979 Belmont, a safety pin was discovered embedded in Spectacular Bids hoof. He didnt appear lame, so he ran in the race. His teenage jockey, Ron Franklin, gunned the colt to the early lead before he eventually faded to third. Silver Charm in 1997, Real Quiet in 1998 and Smarty Jones in 2004 were the only three since Affirmeds victory to lose by a length or less. In Real Quiets case, he owned a five-length lead with a quarter-mile left in the Belmont. Victory Gallop, second in the Derby and the Preakness, moved up on Real Quiet and jockey Kent Desormeaux. The horses crossed the wire in a photo finish, but Victory Gallop got his nose in front. A stride past the finish line, Real Quiet had regained the lead. "I thought he won it," said Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer who had his hopes dashed with both Silver Charm and Real Quiet. In 1997, Baffert watched from the stands as Silver Charm fought off Free House for the lead with a quarter-mile to go and appeared to have clear sailing to the wire. Then Touch Gold made a move on the far outside. Wholesale Jerseys 2013. Jockey Gary Stevens didnt see his rival and Silver Charm was beaten by three-quarters of a length. When the gates sprang open in the 2002 Belmont and War Emblem nearly fell to his knees, Baffert knew his horse was doomed. The winner was 70-1 shot Sarava. War Emblem came home in eighth, beaten by 19 1-2 lengths. Smarty Jones may have moved too soon. The small black colt had trouble relaxing with horses on either side of him. So jockey Stewart Elliott guided him into the lead entering the backstretch with a mile remaining. Around the far turn, Smarty Jones led by nearly four lengths before Birdstone came flying past him in the stretch and left Smarty with a one-length defeat. Birdstones trainer, Nick Zito, and owner, Marylou Whitney, both apologized afterward for spoiling the Smarty Party. There was nearly an asterisk Triple Crown. In 1968, Forward Pass was credited with a win in the Derby after Dancers Image was disqualified. Forward Pass went on to win the Preakness, but finished second in the Belmont. The Triple Crown is run on a compressed schedule, with the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont just five weeks apart. A horse gets just one chance to win them all since the Triple Crown is for 3-year-olds only. The Derby is a 1 1-4-mile free-for-all with a crowded field of 20 untested horses. At 1 3-16 miles, the Preakness is the shortest of the three races and the one in which horses begin proving themselves. The Belmont may be the trickiest of them all. Nicknamed "The Test of the Champion," the race is uncharted territory for 3-year-olds and their jockeys who have never gone that far in their lives and likely wont again. Its full of strategy, with jockeys making split-second decisions on pace, placement and when to start their final run to the wire. Go too soon and a colt could be gassed for the 1,097-foot stretch run. Wait too long and risk letting the lead horses get away. "Its very deceiving. The turns are so big, so wide and swooping," said Smith, who once rode regularly at Americas biggest track. "Where the half-mile pole is on a normal track, its the 3-4 pole at Belmont so it can throw you off." Ill Have Anothers jockey, Mario Gutierrez, has never ridden at Belmont. Smith gives a slight edge to jockeys with experience at navigating the sprawling track. "You can use those big turns to do different things and throw a race wide open depending on the pace," he said. Sometimes, its the surface that derails potential Triple Crown history makers. The Belmont tripped up Funny Cide in 2003, when the gelding couldnt handle a muddy track and finished third, five lengths behind Empire Maker. Riding tactics can play a part, too, since the Triple Crown contender runs with a bulls-eye on his back. "Theyre all going to try and beat him," Smith said. "If you have him in your sights, youre certainly not going to let him out any sooner than you would in any other race." ' ' '

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