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John Wall was left questioning his teammates effort Tuesday after the?Washington Wizards lost to the visiting Orlando Magic?despite his career-high 52 points.Our job is to wake up and just play hard. Before you made it to the NBA or got a college scholarship, you played hard every day to get to where you wanted to, Wall told reporters.To still be talking about playing hard, thats something that you should be able to do after just waking up. Everybody has a job and they have to go work hard. Our job is to come here and play hard and compete. Thats the easiest thing that you should do without any contracts or any money, just come in and play basketball. ... If I had the answer we wouldnt be in this situation. The 124-116 loss to Orlando dropped the Wizards to 7-13 this season with only a half game separating the team from the last-place Miami Heat in the Southeast Division.Coming into the game, the Magic were averaging 93.2 points and scored more than 100 points in just five of their first 21 games but shot 52 percent en route to a third straight victory.Walls 52 points in the loss were most in franchise history since Earl Monroe scored 56 in the Baltimore Bullets loss to the Lakers on Feb. 13, 1968, according to ESPN Stats & Information.Wall scored 33 of his 52 points in the second half, making 18 of 31 from the field and adding eight assists.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Air Force 1 Red Cheap . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? Eller puts the puck on net and the on ice ruling from the ref behind the net is a Montreal goal. Air Force 1 Store Sale . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. http://www.airforce1storesale.com/fake-air-force-270-outlet.html . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Air Force 1 Off White Fake . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Air Force 1 Grey Sale . Marincin has played in two NHL games so far this season with two penalty minutes. The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two years ago, there wasnt a player in the NBA with a bigger upside than Anthony Davis.The 2012 top overall pick was being compared to Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant as players with whom to start a franchise.After an injury-riddled 2015-16 campaign, Davis is back to playing at an MVP-caliber level. He is leads the NBA in scoring at 31.5 points and in blocks with 2.68 rejections per game. Davis also is in the top 10 in rebounding at 10.9.When the Pelicans (7-13) face off with the Oklahoma City Thunder (12-8) on Sunday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, it will be a battle of the leagues top two scorers. Thunder guard Russell Westbrook is slightly behind Davis at 31.2 ppg.Unfortunately for coach Alvin Gentry, the rest of Pelicans are not matching the pace Davis has set. That includes 2016 first-round pick Buddy Hield.When the Pelicans pay a visit to Oklahoma City, it will be Hields first basketball game back in the state since he led the Oklahoma Sooners to the Final Four last season. He is looking forward to playing in front of his former hometown crowd.Its going to be fun. A college atmosphere, Hield told NBA.com. Im going to have fun and when I get in, stay locked in and try to help my team get a win.However, Hield is still trying to figure out the pro game. Through 20 games, he is averaging less than seven points and only shooting only 23.7 percent from 3-point range.These days, there is no guarantee Hield will even get into the game.Obviously if the situation is right, I want to try to play him in Oklahoma, Gentry told NBA.com. They deserve to see him play. Thats where his whole fan base and the support hes gotten over the years has been. As a coach, you want to be able to reward guys in situations like that, to put him in a situation where he can play in the game.ddddddddddddThe Pelicans now face a rested Oklahoma City squad that hasnt played since beating Washington in overtime Wednesday. And while its been Westbrooks four straight triple doubles that have gotten most of the headlines, the improved play of Jerami Grant has really been a key to the Thunders four-game win streak.Coming off the bench, Grants ability to play defense on a variety of positions has helped strengthen what had been a major weakness.I dont think people understand how hard his transition coming here has been because hes had to learn a position at the four, a position at the three and on defense, Thunder coach Billy Donovan told NBA.com. Thats hard, especially in pick and roll coverage. Sometimes hes switching and sometimes hes in normal coverage, His IQ has helped him with the adjustment.Like every front line player for the Thunder, Grant will see time guarding Davis. Because he can score from all over the court, it is going to put tremendous pressure on Oklahoma Citys defense to keep him from putting up big numbers on both ends of the court.Its a little bit of everything, Anthony Morrow said of the Thunder defense. Overall its just guys paying attention to detail and just sticking with the process overall. Every game is different, but we understand that when were on the same page, everybody is working towards that same goal defensively and the defense is on a string, thats when we know were at our best. ' ' '