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The final attendance number on the stat sheet I received at the end of last night’s Washington Wizards game told me that there were 17,865 fans in the Verizon Center. My eyes told me there were really only 10,000 fans there (if that), and of that number, only about 7,000 or so were Wizards fans — the rest came to see Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis and the rest of the Golden State Warriors.

Despite the spirited fourth quarter play of Nick Young, John Wall and Andray Blatche, the Wizards came up short, 106-102 — mainly because of three previous quarters of dispiritedness. During that 36 minutes, the crowd reaction ranged from the tried and true tactic of booing to the shouting of insults like “Blatche, you suck!” or “Where’s Arenas?” 36 minutes, the crowd reaction ranged from the tried and true tactic of booing to the shouting of insults like “Blatche, you suck!” or “Where’s Arenas?”

This past Monday night when the Chicago Bulls were in town, the Verizon Center was sold out. But unfortunately for owner Ted Leonsis (who was in attendance), the Bulls fans to Wizards fans ratio was about 10-to-1. To make matters worse, the Wizards didn’t even bother offering up one good quarter of play, and the Bulls blew them out 105-77. The boos and “you sucks” reared their ugly, but understandable heads– and Leonsis has written that he understands this completely.