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Washington Wizards
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The Washington Wizards are a National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C.. The team now known as the Wizards started as the Chicago Packers in the 1961-62 season. The next season, they changed their name to the Zephyrs. And the season after that, they moved to Baltimore, Maryland and became the Baltimore Bullets, no relation to the 1940s Bullets franchise.
In 1973, the team moved to Landover, Maryland and became the Capital Bullets, and they changed their name to the Washington Bullets the next season. During the transition, the Bullets also played home games at Cole Field House, the home of the University of Maryland Terrapins, while waiting for the completion of their new arena in Landover, the Capital Centre (later known as the USAir/US Airways Arena.) Through the mid-1990s, the Bullets still played a few games per season in Baltimore.
The 2004-2005 season saw the team post their finest regular season record in
26 years (45-37) and marked the first time the franchise had ever made the playoffs
as the Wizards. The last time the team had made the postseason was in 1996-1997,
when it was still known as the Bullets. In Game 3 of the first round against
the Chicago
Bulls, the Wizards won their first playoff
game since 1988. In a Game 5 victory against Chicago
they took their first lead in a playoff series since 1986. In Game 6, the Wizards
won their first playoff series in 23 years defeating the Chicago
Bulls 94-91 and became only the ninth team in NBA history to win a playoff
series after being down 0-2.
Following this game, the Wizards were swept by the Miami
Heat (#1 seed in the 2005 playoffs), ending a stellar season.
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Founded: 1961
History: Chicago Packers 1961-1962, Chicago Zephyrs 1962-1963, Baltimore Bullets 1963-1972, Capitol Bullets 1973-1974, Washington Bullets 1974-1997, Washington Wizards 1997-present
Arena: Verizon Center
City: Washington, D.C.
Team Colors: Blue, White, Gold and Black
Championships: 1 (1978)
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