Wall says he has to ‘play better’ to help Wizards shake off mediocre start: A few hours before the Washington Wizards arrived at Time Warner Cable Arena to face the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday evening, a group text chat with the team’s 15 players was buzzing. They were encouraging one another, telling each other to stick together after surrendering 123 points in a loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. -- The Washington Post