. >> john wall, you couldn't have asked anything more of him. >> that's for sure. john's been waiting for this postseason and today proving once again why he is one of the best point guards in the nba. the verizon center, fans pumped for game one against the hawks. you see a lot of number two jerseys right there. that would be the jersey of john wall who left his mark on this game especially in the third the wizards all-star high 32 in the third. also with 14 assists. wall was scoring and hustling, too. check him out. he hurdles the hawks bench. going after the loose ball. wall finishes with 32 points, 14 assists. wizards take game one, 114-1067. >> john can take over games. take over quarts aers. he plays with toughness. not only is he one of the best players in his position but one of the best players in league. >> game two wednesday. coming up later on "sports final," more from the guys who know the team the best. the radio and tv crews break down game one. >> he hertyl a crowd of people. he didn't step on anybody. i don't think a pinky toe was hurt. >> lands on

john wall and the wiz will play the celtics in round two.ing back here to the phone booth until game three. the schedule for that series hasn't been released yet. >> we know the caps will be back at verizon tomorrow night for game two of their series with pittsburgh. that game right here on news4 along with our hour long special, the news4 with erika gonzalez. chris miles will have more on the wizard's big win and the nfl draft. >>> some d.c. government employees will start noticing less money in their paychecks next week and it's not their fault. hundreds of current and former workers did not have social security and medicare taxes withheld from their paychecks. the d.c. department of human services said today the problem dates back at least a decade. officials discovered it after a review of the city's retirement system last month. >> we're here to help them get through this situation as much as we want to get through it because we want a city that works well. we're transparent. >> government employees will not be responsible for paying ba

the washington wizards win their opening round game led by john wall. fox5 news morning starts right now. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning. >> good morning to you t we're so glad you're with us on this monday. i'm holly morris. >> and i'm wisdom martin it is monday, april 17th. our team is in place. we have the pleasure of seeing caitlin roth in here early this morning. erin como is also here talking about traffic but first we'll start off with caitlin to give us a quick update. >> warm after temperatures in the upper 80's. showers moving in. expect a little rain this morning, cooler with clearing later on this afternoon. erin. >> we know what rain can do to the commute. not looking forward to that. we have a crash on the ramp to the beltway from 66 eastbound. a closer look at that next. >> thanks both of you. we'll check back in a few. right now developing overnight a standoff situation unfolding in fairfax county this mor morning. >> a s.w.a.t. team is at a home in fairfax county scene and has the latest details on what is happening. mel, what c

john wall closes it out. the jumper puts the wiz up four, they win. wall has always said the fourth quarter is winning time. the wizards made enough winning plays down the stretch to squeak by the hawks in a game they had to have, pushing them to the brink of closing up the series. >> we never and guys made big plays defensively down the stretch. >> the game plan always starts off with effort and then technique in schemes. i thought we did that throughout the game. scott: how do you close this team out? >> we have to be focused from the jump. we have to be locked in 10 times more than tonight. i'm excited. scott: scott abraham, abc 7 sports. erin: scott brooks made some nice adjustments. the wizards now have a chance to close out the series friday night in atlanta. tipoff is at 7:30. and game one between the caps and a is tomorrow night at the verizon center. an exciting time in washington. year theythis is the beat the penguins. erin: i'm going to hold you to that. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and na

john wall avoiding game 7 at home tonight calling him john wah because he was not leaving atlanta with an l. >> and bench cleared. not a big deal though. they were type. john wall chase down block sluder nine and then wall up and under. should have been a foul. not a foul. gets that to go. that's on next possession and then this ices it. john wall. my goodness. and one bye-bye atlanta. yeah. wizards advance they'll face boston in the next round and they did not forget about the loss to these hawks two years ago. >> from two or three years ago however long it was we didn't like the feel of losing on home floor game six we had another opportunity and time to return the favor and we knew before we came to the game we deposit say anything to each other. we looked at each other and said it's go time, time to close it out and move on. >> telepathic communication didn't need to say anything. >> d.c. sports run going against the mets and only thing hotter than weather batting 400 in last week add that here. apa shot ninth home run as season. nats cut to one. same inning and same score nats get

john wall does his thing. strong move to the bucket. hooping the foul.e scored a playoff career high 32 points, 14 assists as well. wizards win 114-107. game two at the verizon center on wednesday night. >> ♪ >> keep it rolling. >> that's right. >> now do the caps play tonight isn't that i believe the caps play tonight, yeah because they both -- >> i thought they might so i was rocking my red today. >> we're rocking the red. >> but i wasn't totally sure of the game schedule. >> any time wizards caps wear red. >> you're good. >> somebody's playing in the post season. >> we got the baseball team playing. >> the nationals. >> all the time. >> they can just be playing regular season. let's talk weather caitlin. >> i don't believe we get some wind along with those games. thank you guys. yes, we've got a mild morning out there and some showers moving through crossing the district as i speak right now. ninety nine washington, 62 in manassas, 68 in quantico, 71 in annapolis and t breaking records right now for record high lows. this coming off of a very warm eas

wizards rolling along, late 4th icing on the cake, john wall with the lay-in, 32 for john wall.me one best of seven, 114-107. >> and i know now just keep my mouth shut. let him take over the game and he makes great decisions. he's a high iq basketball player. >> i go to the game at different ways. i think that's what makes me a great player early on. if i'm not scoring, i've got to be aggressive both ends of the floor. i might not get the shot, my teammates need me to be aggressive to get those guys their shots. >> there's big stars like wall and ovie for the caps and this guy bryce harper for the nats, mvp two years ago back to try to regain that form as nats try to take the series over the phillies, another afternoon tilt, final game in the series, teddy looking to win the president's everies race until the -- presidents race until the easter bunny with the flying tackle. look out, bunny! two out, two on and look who comes through with the dramatic walkoff, bryce harper second homer of the game, walkoff style. nats win, baby, 6-4. where's the chocolate syrup? >>> i've gotten t

for john wall. wizards take a 13 point lead. wall third quarter takeover including hustle play, too. here you go. hurdles the hawks bench right there. scott brooks said after the game, he's just happy wall stuck the landing. pretty good. later in the third, you know it's going your way when you get a bounce like this. check out ball's reaction. a little shoulder shrug heading down the court. he'll take it. career play-off high. 32 points. 14 assists. wizards win 114-107. after the game, players crediting the verizon center faithful. >> we got one of the best home records in the league and it makes it fun for us. we come out and get into the game more, we feed off their energy a lot. today it was big. >> it is nice to have that energy behind you and just to seat fans there. you know, they deserve it. they deserve a really good year. they've been with us from the jump. and to the place that we are now. so, you know, we justin support and seembe >> rubber match this afternoon at nats park between the nats and phillies. this series h

. >> john wall is doing john wall things in atlanta and was it enough to come out with a w. brody is here and he brody is here and he got stories coming up for you n next. up for you next. >> i was hoping we would hear taylor swift because you were talk xwing bad blood. >> 2015 players on the hawks were going after john wall broken wrist and haven't forgotten about it but there was trash talk going back and form. someone tonight was called a cry baby and that's something you don't do. >> fighting words. >> these are grown men. >> wizards series hawks out muscling hawks front line. paul millsap says wizards are playing mma and that's a trap for hawks took gets caught up in the physical game. hey, paul, you only say because you cannot hang with chief keith and the hammer down low. bad news for wizards. they were well below 500 ra away from verizon center. john wall behind the back and then left handed slam. look at this. wall left stroke went viral. then final sevkdz court the miss. get it back to wall. foling falling away. buzzer beater, good. he's so good. hawks had 38 point

john wall had 14 assists. 10.[ career-high 32 points, thanks to nifty moves in the lane like this. the other half of the backcourt, bradley beal also contributed, 22 points. lead, taking game one, 114-107. game two wednesday night. baseball, nationals hosting the phillies. hold of one, gone, two-run shot. nats take the lead. fireworks, bottom of the ninth, two on for harper, and there it goes, three run walkoff homer. the nats rally in a thriller, 6-4 the final. and stay up with us. it is abc 7 "sports sunday. , the capitals and maple leafs face-off tomorrow night in toronto. that is at 7 p.m. q: they are going to bounce back, the caps, i'm not worried. robert: i'm not worried either. it's the second round. cap's, go wizards, go d.c. united. robert: go everybody. q: christians around the world celebrated easter today. pope francis celebrate it with masses at the vatican. president trump celebrated at a service in florida. the british royal celebrated in a church near windsor castle. and there was a celebration

but john wall is not gi night.e has to say about bradley beal's struggles ne robert: start with the good news. otto porter is available tonight for the game against the hawks. the last game bradley beal with 6-20. john wall says that he will get it together. >> a good shot he has been getting all season. we trust him to knock it down. we'll be fine. we have the lead 2-1 and we just have to take care of what we need to do on monday. he had great looks but just a couple of shots. the most air ball in one game. he will figure it out. robert: in hockey, johansson the hero of game two, the overtime win to send caps to the next round. i hope -- hate to sate. get over that. next up is the penguins a team they last to last year. here is holtsby. >> we take nil stride. we -- we have to take it in stride and have a focus to win. regardless of break down the strength and weaknesses. jonathan: finally tonight, redskins resign the linebacker compton for a deal worth $1.8 million. all right. wizards are up 2-1 in atlanta tonight

we start this one first quarter, john wall, he is in the running for m.v.p..all had 14 assists. 10 after that. while had a career-high 32 points. finishing with a reverse. after this shot. don't forget about bradley beal. he also contributed here he felt, giving the with a 97-83 lead. the with take game one -- the qi wiz takes game one. more from washington. >> john wall has always said the verizon center is his house. he prove that again today in the wizards' game one over the hawks, a career-high 32 points while dropping 14 assists. take carel, the wiz of business 114-107. >> i think that is what makes me a great player. early on, if i am not have to be aggressive, i play the moment, take good shots, try to find my teammates, and get a win. >> we know that he does what he does well. we adjust according to that. when he is on, the team is on. he is the head of the snake, so we are following our relator. scott: the wizards played with passion, intensity, turning a three-point halftime deficit into a seven-point lead going into the fourth quarter, which turned

this game belong to john wall. andth quarter, drives scores, plus the foul, the wizards up 10. he was not done. under a minute to go, wall putting this one on ice, slicing through the defense. a playoff career-high 42 points for john wall stop the wizards take care of the hawks in six games, 115-99. next up, the celtics. >> it gets tougher and tougher as you go. we know this is a team that has a great point guard, great players around them. easy, sot will not be we have to have the same approach as we did this series, the same confidence and focus in ourselves, and execute. scott: the wizards moving on. a second day of the nfl draft, the redskins went with defense again, selecting linebacker ryan anderson. the fifth-year senior had nine sacks for the crimson tide. with their third round pick, the redskins grabbed a ucla player. and the nationals lost 7-5 to the mets tonight, but more sufferedly adam eaton what looked like a significant leg injury and he will be re-examined tomorrow. a tough loss. jonathan: especially with them playing so well. alison: the weekend is here, and it

in the second quarter john wall alley-oop breaks a 36-36 tie. wizards lead by one at halftime. ll dishing and scoring third quarter. lots of room to knock down the three. wall gives the wiz an 11-point lead and tells the crowd this is my house. his backup brandon jennings making plays. jennings goes behind nice production from the bench. jennings three assists. this game still coming down to the wire. wiz up two with under a minute to play. wall hits a big jumper to put his team up. 20 points and 14 assists. wiz win 103-99 with more on the big win here is carol maloney from the verizon center. >> reporter: home team wins again. wizards keep the trend going tonight. game five they said was one they had to win and they would get it done and they had the fans leaving saying thank you. >> it was a really close game. competitive game for sure. we are not too happy. we can't get too happy. can't get too high. can't get too low. >> never stop giving up. guys made big plays down stretch and made big shots. >> the reason why we are here now in this situation in the playoffs and on the ro

john wall working isiah thomas. got the dribble going. driving inside. stepping up. d hitched it. 20 points and 16 assists for wall. 20-3. second quarter bad news. celtics come back. tied 42. marquis morris landed on al he was in so much pain. not g he left the game. celtics down one. thomas kicks it over to jay crowder. boston with the first lead of the game. celtics didn't look back from there. fourth quarter, wizards down six. thomas so good today for boston. gets a tough shot to fall. game high 33 for him. he lost a tooth. celtics beat the wizards. they okay a 1-0 series lead. >> they were a little more aggressive than we were. you know, i think we lost a little focus and we gave up a lot of threes. >> we have to make sure they're contests threes. i don't think they were just for my watching. i think they were contested threes. we have to clean that up going into next game. >> all right. next game is on tuy boston. the washington nationals, thank you, taking on the most bitter rivals the mets. and if you don't know it already, you are not going to believe what the

. >> especially john wall. >> john with a great move and what a display. >> he is so good. he led the wizards in a comeback victory. he had the best flayoff game of his career. 32 points. that game was at verizon center. they will be back there wednesday night. sellout crowd. you less than $30. >> that's right. even showing up in the fourth quarter. little team effort there. tears on the sidelines. nba player's tragedy off the court causing him to break down before a big game. details on the story thousands are sharing. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. radar shows a lot of rain drops out to our west. it will probably get at least most of the news 4 nation wet between now and about 7:00 this morning. start to look at the umbrella before you head out the door. peek at the weekend forecast coming up. >>> plus, more trouble from (lawnmower droning) - whoa, you got him to mow the lawn. (chuckling) - yeah, ever since i opened virginia529 accounts for the kids, he actually hasn't been so bad. (loud smashing) - oh! (chuckling) that garden gnom

you saw one, there john wall, scoring a new playoff career high of 42 points.radley scored 31. >> i don't want to jinx anything. they are bad boys. they both bring different things to the table. and when they locked in, and they are playing key basketball, they are ridiculously good. >> that game against the celtics is in boston. that's happening tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon. he in the playoffs, yeah, the cavs. they play the pittsburgh penguins tonight. you can watch it right here or on the nbc washington app. tune in an hour before our special news for a power play. we have erika gonzalez, leanne harris and carol maloney with a all the news and sports you need to know before the game starts. so a lot going on. >> i think wendy riegger is riding the zanzamboni. >> is she? >> yeah. don't let her drive. >> you in the front row, you might want to -- >> yeah. i know there is protective glass but i don't know how much. >>> tom, we could hit ridiculous heat today. >> yeah, the first 90 of the season is looking likely this afternoon. if you're planning on doing s

difference between now and two years ago no paul wagner and wiz have something better super star john wall and this year super star john watch wall. if anyone was not convinces he's a super star before today they better be convinced now. wall lob to -- dunking on the hawks. and then wall on the other end thenp fluider nine, me, else, i got all those wrong. houkz lead at the house. my goodness wall. and marquise morris dropping down and slamming home. his twin brother marcus wearing his jersey switch a they love it wall 32 point, 14 assists and 1 nothing 114 >> first place of play off atmosphere. >> the incertainty was sky high. john told me before the game it would be like that. when he to raise the play and play as hard as we could every play. >> he understands that. the most important thing is he is one of those guys that bought in. he never been to the playoffs before and he shared -- i mean shot away from not getting a lot of shots at times and you help the team win and plan as well as he did today we'll stop him. >> and the focus of any caps playoff game would be on the tweem on the i

it is john wall, finding marquises morris, it is a lob.radley 22, john wall had 32, and the wizards take game one, 114-107. game two wednesday night in washington. game one between the warriors and trailblazers. second quarter, warriors up three. the trailblazers tj drivers to the lane. lehigh product had 41-point, thirds quarter, and you know this guy, too, seth curry, four-three, that put the warriors up three. and to the fourth, kevin did your and the, after this crazy block by dray, would put the game out of reach. and the warriors with a game one win, 121, 107. -- 109. game two wednesday night. mover playoff action on ice we go, columbus scored ten seconds into the game. they were up three-one, back and forth they go. that's brandon, tying it late in the thirds. so the blue jackets and penguins head to over time. extra session. sydney crosby, nifty behind the net. finds rookie jake who finishes off a hat trick, penguins win five-four in a wild one, take a three nothing series lead. to the pga, the heritage, right here, on cbs-3, peter

there's a lot of chippiness, one of my favorite parts, a lot of trash talk in the series between john wallhooter, markies morris and let's take a listen. dave, after we play the sound, we want to hear your take because are these guys getting too caught up in all the talk? >> cry baby. get all the calls when you're a cry baby. that's how i look at that. >> no. it definitely got personal now, yes. i mean, i don't care. so what. take his loss and go back to the hotel, be ready for the next game. >> that's where i think the focus is. look, before markieff morris used that cry baby term, complimented paul millsap. so, yeah, there is an edge, and it does get personal. millsap says he enjoys the barking that goes back and forth, and there's been some of that between john wall and dennis shrewder, but dennis shrewder also talks about wanting to work out in the office season with john wall. so yeah, there's an edge, but i think the focus will be between the lines tonight. >> you can hear dave johnson tonight on 1500 a.m. at 8:00 p.m. they call it the radio party. you can catch dave also mornings on

wizards' playoff run two years ago was ended by john wall fractured his wrist.me wizards havehe favorites. salty about it, regards the teams may be t, b le th tt. >> both teams people, but the teams feel kinda the same way. happy to be in the playoffs. you know they're a great team. >> have to move the ball offensively, and make them take tough shots, keep them out of the paint, same ways guys try to do with us. it's fine and exciting that we're healthy. >> john wall also had some interesting thoughts on this year's mvp race. it's interesting to hear where he stands. he should certainly get some votes this year. jim, chris, amelia, i would vote for john wall in my top five for mvp this season, for sure. >> you got a lot of company, chris. >> he's not biased at all. >> not at all. [ laughter ] >> thank you, chris. >>> and we thank you for joining us. >> that's right. looks like it's going to be a beautiful easter. >> yeah, 86 degrees for a high, feeling like june. >> perfect. thanks, amelia. see you tonight at 11:00, have a great weekend, everybody. test test tes

john wall and bradley beal combined for 63 points-- and the wizards win 109 to 101. they lead 2-oh in the series, as they go on the road for game three. players are feeling confident. game three is saturday in atlanta. the wizards are leaving, as the capitals come back home. the caps took care of business on the road against the toronto maple leafs. lots of offense on display-- but the capitals win 5-4, tying the series at 2 games apiece. the capitals come home for game 5 on friday. and we want to see your washington pride as you root for the wizards and the caps. just take a pic wearing your gear-- and send it in to burst.com slash wjla. bill o'reilly- forced out at fox news. coming up-- what the popular cable news host is saying about the scandal that cost him his job. today & tomorrow - thunderstorm chances both days (not severe) - cool & unsettled weekend - rain likely sun shower or thunderstorm. highs: 81-85 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. stray shower. mild. lows: 60-65 winds: ssw 5 mph friday: partly sunny and warm. isolated shower or thunderstorm. hig

john wall made the most of the post-season spotlight. he notched a playoff career high-- with 32 points, to go along with 14 assists. bradley beal also added another 22 points. that scoring helped the wizards pull away in the fourth quarter in route to a 114-107 victory. the wizards and the caps will continue to share custody of the phone booth, as long as they both continue their plyoff runs. here's a look at the caps and wizards playoff schedule for the week. the caps are in toronto tonight at 7. both teams are in action for a huge wednesday night. the wiz are at verizon, and the caps still in toronto. game five...if necessary for the capitals.. will be friday night at the phone booth. and game three for the wizards in atlanta on saturday at 5:30. and we want to see your pride-- if you are rocking the red for the caps, or cheering on the wizards. just take a pic in your playoff gear, and send it in to us at burst.dot.com slash wjla. coming up-- protesters demand transparency from president trump. what he is saying after thousands of pe

john wall finished with 20 points and 14 assists. the wizards win 103-99, and now lead the series 3-2. players say this win-- came down to effort. the wizards have a chance to close out the series in game 6 the wizards have a chance to close out the series in game 6 friday in atlanta tip off is at 7:30. tonight though - it's all about the caps. round two of the stanely cup playoffs getting underway in just a few hours at the verizon center. the caps will host the pittsburgh penguins - with a score to settle. the penguins if you remember knocked out the caps in this same match up last year. coming up at 5-- our john gonzalez will be live at the verizon center with more on all the and-- in a few hours-- the redskins will likely have a new face on the roster. the stage is set for tonight's n-f-l draft. this year's event will be held inside a theater built on those famous steps outside the philadelphia art museum. right now-- the skins have the 17th overall pick. but if you've ever watched the draft, you know deals can happen at any time

john wall was, outstanding on this one.er playoff high, 32 points for him. 14 assists as well. 22 points, the wizards were down by halftime, rallying in the second half to get the win. look at that, 114 to 107. it was a lightning quick turnaround for the crew at the verizon center, switching the floor, getting things ready for the wizards to open their series against the hawks. the caps, by the way, back on the ice tonight. tied with the maple leafs at one game apiece. larry: rocking the red all over the days. it is time for our 62nd express. 60 second express. >> north korea would do well not to test the strength of the armed forces of the united states. >> authorities are searching for that alleged killer. police say that he killed robert godwin senior sunday afternoon in cleveland and uploaded it to facebook. the video of the killing was up for about three hours before it was >> police flooding the street as they were to get the man to surrender peacefully. two young kids may also be inside the home. >> the greenbelt and

john wall delivered 32 points, nine assists big story fourth quarter play of bradley biehl. 61 of hiser. biehl and wall both had 30 points in the game plus wizards top the hawks 109-101. game three saturday in atlanta. i watched them both last night. i went outside by side tv's and going back and forth. >> it was awesome. what a great night it was. nationals won. >> fun to watch. >> even my baby birds orioles won. complete -- >> only downside they give these mugs away at the caps games that light up when they score a goal bright red but the sink was off with the tv it was lighting up five seconds before they scored. okay they're about to score again. >> it's awesome. >> ruin eight little bit. >> if you were there awesome site. >> oh yeah at the game for sure. >> all right. >> i'm in a good mood. >> yeah. >> right? >> i mean yes. >> you know what this means. >> i'm got to go to tomorrow's game it. >> means the skins are going to the super bowl baby. >> it does? >> yes. >> all right. we've got winning ways this y year. >> yes, steve, it does mean t that. >> maybe thunderstorm later this

the john wall and bradley beal. it with will difficult for atlanta to slow them down.ey combine for 46 points per game. that is a lot. in four games against the hawks. wizards were 3-1. beal can't wait to get going. >> we have a big opportunity. you want to take full advantage of it. one game at a time. enjoy the moment. erin: locked in. abc7 is your home for the nba playoffs that start saturday. you can watch game one between the cavaliers and the pacers at 3:00 p.m. now earlier today i spoke with former nba champion and the current analyst preview the wizards-hawks series. >> i love the maturity process. this team didn't start out on the hot track. they will get better. all that is necessary now is the experience. one thing they have on the side is watching how they play this year. they are playing the way a lot of people envisioned they would. >> the redskins linebacker murphy has been sus pended for the first four games of season for violating the nlrb policy on -- the nfl policy on performance enhancing drugs. doug: a pretty good weekend. steve rudin has an update

no one was john wall showed up for that game. bradley beal was off the entire night. 6 from three-point land. tonight is game four. wizards looking to bounce back. it's gotten personalty. we have name-calling. we will talk about that and hear from john wall. in hockey, long-side relief for caps fans. game six win over the maple leafs to advance to the second round. but guess who they have to play now? the defending stanley cup champs, pittsburgh penguins. last year they said whoever won the series would win the stanley cup. that happened. could be the same situation this season. the caps don't do that well against the pens in the postseason. >> we just want to get control of the puck on the face-off. they did a great job to win it. >> that is the narrative until we change it. we won overtime games. in a town where there is a lot of pressure. robert: that's why we are here. the schedule is set for the eastern conference semi-final. the opener is thursday night at the verizon center. game three and four is in pittsburgh monday and wednesday. to baseball, bryce harper ma

. >> hard charming wizards fans will to break the gates down 1st quarter john wall getsing to work andwo hawks future waffle and matt ryan a dennis sluder no those chase down blacks becoming his things and this wizard running 3rd quarter put it away. up and under, wall, i would hurt my back so muchfy did t that. human for wizards beyond wall star. marquise call is marcus loves it little something extra for him at the end there. letting him know who he s that's the hammer. wiz take first game. 101-107. >> i was tired i know that much. like i sedin tensety was sky high. i'm always relaxed guy. he was plague in the moment and standing in the moment and giving it everything i have to. >> i still have to be aggressive on both end of floor not getting my jobs for teammates. they need me aguess aggressive to get the shots it moons a lot to get everybody locked in. my job is to lead on both side of the floor. we all can get on each other without trying to embarrass each other that's one thing important for the team. >> john wall easter sunday best. >> i like to think of close five top five pla

john wall with the fans on their feet. drives, left handed jam. on the night for wall. early in the fourth though the lead 7. wizards perimeter and find wide on kelly ubre on the ring and jams wizards up by nine and with five point in go they're closing in lead at 5. wall, drops into goreton only basket of the night but a key one. 103-99 brody with more on the game five victory. >> all along wizards played better at home than on the road. you see that in the series. when they got back home here today they were greeted a by scene that lacked like this foul of empty seats. it was scheduling for nba scheduled today's game 6:00. no fault to d.c. fans they could not get here in time. once here they ramped up energy and wizards had zero fast break point. then as fans came in and cheered on this team they got outrunning in the transition game and fueled off this fan base with big threes from otto porter and huge posterizeing dunk from john wall. after today's win the question is will this team be able to carry that momentum when they go from having thous

john wall says, get out of my way! >> yeah, he's like, get out of my house! and he was in his house. they beat the hawks in atlanta last night. but they have another game coming up tomorrow. >>> then you'll want to watch john wall support bradley diel scored 31. >> i didn't want to jinx anything. listen, they bad. they bad boys. i mean, both of them. they both bring different things to the table. and when they lock in. when they lock in and play team basketball, they are ridiculous good. >> ridiculous good. we like that. the game against the celtics is up in boston happening tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon. and don't forget to watch news4 tonight at 7:00 as we get you ready for the other big washington team. talking about the capitals and their playoff game taking on the pittsburgh penguins at 7:00. we'll have a special news4 power play including leanne harris. all that is happening right here on nbc4. you don't need to change the channel all day. >>> if you're going to the game, look for team wendy riegger. >> she's going to be on the >> yes. that will be

that's what john wall has been using his entire career. number two from game three.ll, the man has a different gear. full speed around the back left handed. is he left handed? he's pretty ambidextrous at this period. colin real to go around offenders. he's so unbelievably fast with the ball. do people still have sports posters in their rooms? i don't know. number one, a great story and a play on go with. at a recent autograph meets a girl and her parents. the parents are death the ate year old daughter translates. i love you. he agrees. in the 90th minute, ma tried tied two-two. what does he do, he remembers, he does the i love you sign after celebrating with his teammates. he did not forget his promise to the eight year old and her parents. >> that's adorable. it was the winning goal. it was two-two. they needed to get a w. when it counts. i like the silly string, too. just imagine the custodial taf at that. wha mess to clean up. >> all right. i'm pitching grounds keeper will i. thanks, brody. up next, their vud ohio caught the attention of jimmy falon and helped do

erin: a postseason success, john wall and bradley beal believe anything can happen in the playoffs ismsonly one game but the wizards put away the hawks 114-107 b their back. >> we embrace it and want to get the job done. we understand that the team won't move unless we do. erin: before the playoff started if you asked which would go further wizards or the capitals, most say the caps. they were the number within seed and the best seed in the nhl in the regular season but after a young maple leafs team who no one expected to be in the playoffs took a lead over washington, i think it's easy to get down. but they remain confident. >> we are look forward to tomorrow. it should be a fantastic game. erin: it the nationals will open a three-game series in atlanta. jonathan: we were expecting -- michelle: yeah. >> the way this is going. all the games have gone to overtime. it's close. jonathan: shouldn't be. >> give the leafs credit. jonathan: a lot of credit. erin: they are playing very well. michelle: interesting. see what happens. look at tonight. >> this is clear for tonight and comfortable.

the 2015 team had future star john wall. this year they have supeta -- if anyone wasn't convinced that he wasn't a superstar before today, they're convinced now. >> look at that. mix them up and in. john wall. and then huge for the wizards today keith mors mar keith. his twin brother in the crowd wearing his jersey. you never know they might have flipped the switch aroo. could have been the wrong guy there. 114-107. 21 in his first-ever taste of playoff basketball and his first place of dc playoff the game was going to be like that so we decided to raise our play and play as hard as possible every play. >> he understands that but the most important thing is he's one of the guys that bought in, he never with been to the playoffs before. he shared a shot from not getting ashot at times. when he's playing as well as he did for us, we're going to stop him. >> the hockey gods given and take away. they suffered another epic easter heart breaker on the 30th anniversary of the 1987 oversometime playoff defeats. they suffer another l

john wall tryinging to avoid having a must home on surprised tonight i'm calling him john wall because he was not living atlanta with an l. outlet dunk hard challenge, 31 points for beal tonight and the wall so look at this chase down block on one end and then ensuing possession weaving through and up and over the glass. my goodness, wall at a new level tonight. final minute. looks like a replay. up and under again and check this out. after he hits it, waiver going bye. that does it for atlanta. 41 points, eight assists for wall. wizards advance 115 to 9 12k3w4r-9 nfl teams scout far and wide for draft pick and redskins had to look down the street with first round pick they took a kid from ten minutes away. alabama jonathan allen who played high school ball at stone bridge high and second round pick not far from allen college position taking defensive teammate outside linebacker ryan bama. should add pass rush help for allen in the inside and third round, washington selected ucla corn dorner back fabian morrow seen as first rounder before he pulled a pectoral mussp on his pro day. whic

john wall and marquice morris contributesing. home crowd on wednesday.g in will not break the bank. we checked wizard site. ticket master with entire rose of seats for 24 a seat. caps pricier. single seats for game five. it will be on friday in the same section for 89. team sites have tickets. you may pay a little more if you go to third party sites. remember when you check tickets prices always, always figure in the fees. those always add up too. >> look $20 tickets and convenience some charge to print the tickets at hom >> there you have it. >> all right. >> let's say a look at what is going on in the health watch now. does making people wait a little longer for vending machine snack influence them to choose a helmier alternative. >> nope. >> well let's either way let's watch this experiment. here's more. >> buy a less healthy snack. >> millions use developeding machines for daily snack and for rush medical center brad applehantz it's reer is: he is obesity researchers. over the last year an a half he's trying to figure out if making people wait just a

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together, john wall and bradley beal scored 117 of the wizards 223 points.the sweep against the braves but they have to do it without jason werth. he has an hip issue. jonathan: two grand slams. erin: so fun to watch. jonathan: they are on fire. michelle: thank you. tonight? steve: a few showers. thunderstorms in the afternoon. temperatures in the lower 80's. 63 for a high on saturday. upper 50's and the heavy rain sunday morning. ah. jonathan: we need it. steve: we bp engineers use robotic ultrasound technology, so they can detect and repair corrosion before it ever becomes a problem. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >>> tonight, breaking news. the apparent terror attack in paris. two officers targeted. isis claiming responsibility. just a short time ago. one officer, killed. one wounded. authorities swarming one of the most famous tourist locations in the world. our foreign correspondent standing by. >>> the discovery in this country. the teacher accused of kidnapping his former student is under arrest tonight. the

john wall had 22 points and 10 assists.. and bradley beal 32.. but it wasn't enough..z drop game 4--- 111 to 101.. as the best-of-7 series is now tied at 2.. game five wednesday night at verizon center. coming up-- another rainy mess waiting for your as you get your day started. but there is good news around the corner. our complete stormwatch weather forecast is just ahead. rainy day - transition day wednesday - summer-like warmth by the weekend - 1st 90 degree day possible today: cloudy, cool, and breezy. rain likely. highs: 59-61 winds: ne 10-15 mph tonight: scattered showers. lows: 54-57 winds: n 5 mph tuesday: clouds early, late day sunshine. warmer. highs: 75-79 winds: nw to se 5 mph obama-- makes his first public appearence since leaving office. coming up-- you might be surprised about what he didn't talk about. that's ahead. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. cleaner air and cleaner

i expect john wall to have a big gaming after he was held to series low 120 points game five. the wizard's fast pace of play has kept dwight howard on the bench. he has arched just under eight points a game. day two of the nfl draft starts in over a half hour from now. the redskins may have gotten the steal of the draft so far to draft jonathan allen from stone bridge high school. the 17th overall pick last night. allen played college ball for alabama. ready to make an immediate impact for washington. >> i'm prepared for what is to come through the process. starting from scare one. building a good foundation to help me have success in the league. erin: time to welcome nationals home after one of the best road trips in team history. out of ten games on the road, they only lost one. they are off to the best start in nationals history and tied for the best start in the franchise history. the nats open a series and max scherzer on the mound and the weather is perfect. doug: i did my part. perfect baseball weather. 80 degrees for first pitch. weekend is hot. steve rudin at 11:00 to

john wall, bradley beal, and brandon jennings showed up tonight. this is where the wiz pulled away. wall long pass, slam. 103-98 wiz. clock.wiz working the beal sinks the three, and that would oce ot. wiz win. all about mind over matter in the playoffs. everybody is mentally and physically drained at this point in the year. it's a matter of how bad you want to win. it's a mental challenge more than anything. >> we took care of home court advantage and now we take the fight down there. >> we know their crowd will be amazing. we know they will play good basketball. robert: not sure where you put the panic button when you are done with it, but throw it in the cabinet. caps trying to avoid going down 3-1 in the series. four the first, tom watson scoring twice. caps win 5-4. they come nancy: you know the old saying that showers bring may flowers. steve: we will get a lot of flowers after sunday. tomorrow was looking ok if you don't mind the rumbles of thunder in the afternoon. . lower 80's lower 80's again friday. a cold front will drop the temperatures into the middle 60's saturday. sun

lockdown defense, john wall with the steal, and one on the other end.traight to the fourth quarter, bradley beal had a heck of a night. 32 on the night. but you have to rebound, cannot just hit shots. if you don't rebound come you don't win. the wizards do not fox out, paul "crybaby" millsap gets the putback full stop the wizards drop game four. game five is wednesday night at verizon. verysically we have two good bask ball teams fighting for their playoff lives. the series is tied. now it's basically the first to two now. robert: the national starting a four-game series in colorado. the nationals up until this happens. charlie blackmon unloads on the pitch, down the line. the eighthd 7-4 in inning at the moment. reds hosting the orioles. baltimore gets the best of tampa, 6-3. held on toskins free-agent linebacker will compton. nancy: rainy day today and tomorrow. the heaviest stuff is coming down early tomorrow morning, so be ready for a slow go on the roads. is wednesday, warming into the mid-80's thursday and friday. 90s weekend, close to degrees. wi

especially john wall. after trailing at the half, wall takes over. he works his way inside for the hoop. he's fouls. gives wizards a 13 point lead. law was scoring and hustling, too. second night. the hawks bench going after the loose ball. wizards take game one. 114-107 over the hawks. we'll hear from the victorious locker room later in sports and we'll show you how about brice harper's heroics on this easter sunday. from the newsroom, george wallace, news 4 sports. >> the pope c mass at the vatican this morning with tens of thousands of worshippers. the easter message he called on world leaders to stop the spread of conflict and also denouncing regime. he called oppressive. security was tighter than usual at st. peter's square, partly prompted by the attacks like the one in london that killed four people. vice president mike pence lands in south korea for the start of a ten day trip to asia. pence arrived just after a failed missile launch by the north koreans. that attempted launch came one day after the north held a massive parade to deflate its

just very bad away from verizon center first move john wall behind the back pass s sluder duvrpingz on him with left hand. final second from the corner givers to wall goes to same spot. releases as clock is winding down. nice. for hawks they scored 38 opening frame. wizards no d. we're like wizars. there's the no d. second half, no play from wizards. dwight showered in holiday spices this is true. his favorites one is nut meg because he got nut meingd there. >> and for the bucket that is first points of the game pretty much everyone outside of wall had a bad one in this one and wiz defenz allowed 4 from the floor and wizards get throttled on the road 116-98. >> referring back to where we was notice regular season and we're not making shots and don't play great defense or nothing that's what hurt us. in the 1st quarter we got a lot of great looks we missed them and they had missing shots dictate how we play defensively. >> if we don't make shot they're not making shots and 38 points is not good ind indicator of that. we went to that -- we were hoping they missed instead of making miss.

john wall can't be blamed for that.ade ten of 12 shots including this incredible back left-handed dunk. shooting 6 of 24. 0 for 6 in three-point range, and all-star paul millsap 29 points, 14 wizards lose 116-98, still ahead 2-1 in the series. game four monday and the wizards need a change of mentality before taking the core then. >> i think they were a little more the aggressive when the game started. they were knocking down shots. got out to a big lead early and we just couldn't claw back. >> did what supposed to. took home court. knew would be amazing to play in front of the home crowd. did what they were supposed to. come in, get game three. our job, put the pressure on and win game four. all we got to do, look at film. didn't play defense with the same intensity we did first two games. >> justin williams known at mr. game seven for postseason heroics and the game against toronto sent the verizon center into a frenzy. caps in canada for tomorrow night's game and so is our very own carol maloney. >> a very pretty cit

john wall still doing wall star things. like a magician behind the back with the throw down.all also ends the first quarter with amazing three-pointer from the quarter. currently half time with the wizards trailing by 18. kristen, back to you. >> that's it for the news for now. thanks so much for joining us. see you tonight after hockey. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects <

there was backdoor alley-o that made him stand and left handed dunk by john wall and appearance by formerice-president joe biden on the video board. now, presumably no joe bide ep in attendance as it moves to atlanta and thousands of fans we be cheering against this team. so how did the wizards bring the sameen injury on the road that they bring here at the verizon center. >> i'll take all 15 of us on the road it's always tough. but i mean i know we got great players and we got john and brad and we bring same intensity we bring like we bring tonight i think they'll be okay. >> we have to realize it's 15 against thousands of people and it's a matter of controlling what we can control and standing in our group and not worried about you know anything but inside four lines we have to have the same focus and mentality like i said before here at home. >> wizards -- >> game six friday night. >> finish it everyone. >> feeling it's going to go to 7 games. hopefully they'll finish it. >> tr >> all the best to yo fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've