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John Wall is really zoning out on defense

by Mike Prada
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Wizards fans would call this “pulling an Otto Porter.“ NBA fans might call this ”pulling a James Harden.” But while this kind of defensive off-ball lapse does happen to almost everyone from time to time, it rarely happens so blatantly in the span of a few minutes in one quarter. Someone throw water on John Wall’s face to pull him out of his trance.

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