And I swear the whole game Tuesday night I was thinking… this is it, this is the season.

(It was only at the end did I realize that this was basically a double-elimination tournament for my hometown team.)

With their blowout win last night against Indiana, the Washington Wizards have entered the real playoffs for the first time since 2018. They’ve got their work cut out for them, running up against top seed Philadelphia, but I suppose stranger things have happened.

May those stranger things commence Sunday at one!