You need those types of players, those all-conference players. Wilson is a Player of the Year candidate. When they're struggling he can carry them, and when everyone's clicking he's happy doing what he does. He's been a tremendous leader for their team.

We've experienced these types of games in the last few years and the players always responded well.

Great players step up when you need it. Jared is a great player.

The kid's a special player. He's one of those types that has a knack to get a hit when you need it. You can't teach that. He's a young superstar, bottom line.

When I started playing in London, it was against older players, and I wasn't the strongest player. So they put me out on the perimeter. That's where it (his three-point stroke) comes from.

[But some of the Wizards players were very well aware of what was going on elsewhere in the conference.] I felt like I was on the leader board of some golf tournament, ... I came out at halftime and every team in our [conference] was getting the result they needed to get. That certainly set the tone for what we had to provide in the second half.