They played with urgency Wednesday night, and their teammates followed.
Richardson and Nelson set the tone early, and Dwight Howard and Ryan Anderson dominated the rest of the way as the Orlando Magic clobbered the winless Washington Wizards 103-85 at Amway Center.
?I?m happy with what we did,? Van Gundy said. ?Look, in the NBA, anybody?s capable of beating you, and that team certainly is. They?ve got a lot of talent.?
Richardson scored the Magic?s first five points. Nelson made the next basket. The Magic led 7-0, and the rout was on.
Orlando never trailed, and Washington never tied the score.
Howard dominated inside, scoring a season-high 28 points and collecting 20 rebounds. He encountered minimal resistance from Wizards center JaVale McGee, who was fighting off a cold. Seven of Howard?s 11 baskets were dunks.
Anderson finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds, seven of them on the offensive glass.
?Coach made it a big focus for us to get on the rebounds and help Dwight out, obviously, because he?s rebounding the ball like crazy right now,? Anderson said.
Richardson scored just eight points, but he added four rebounds and five assists.
Richardson was aggressive early. He took Orlando?s first three shots ? making a layup and a 3-pointer ? and he also drew a foul on his counterpart at shooting guard, Nick Young.
?We play a lot of games, but that?s no excuse for not coming out with energy and ready to play,? Richardson said. ?I watched myself on film and saw that I?m not bringing energy, and I?m an energy player. That?s how I play, and I know I?ve got to do a better job and do it every game.?
Young is a streaky player, and he was terribly inefficient, making just five of his 15 shot attempts. He didn?t have an assist.
Washington?s dynamic second-year point guard, John Wall, fared better, but he wasn?t much of a factor.
Wall missed his first six shots. He finished with 14 points on 6-of-16 shooting and five assists.
?We got embarrassed,? Wall said.
After struggling in his previous four games, Nelson finished with seven points, three rebounds and nine assists.
Nelson felt that he had been thinking too much on the court, focusing too much on trying to keep everybody involved.
?I need to stay on the attack,? Nelson said.
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