News Summary

• The Washington Wizards led a fan onto the court to attempt a half-court shot, blindfolded, for a chance to win ten thousand dollars.
• When the ball missed, the mascots howled with laughter; one of them, a big yellow mountain lion, pounded the ground.
• Tristan Vukčević, a 2023 second-round pick, was no one’s idea of a savior; he’d spent most of his career shuttling between the Wizards and their G League affiliate.