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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA announced Monday that Wizards coach Randy Wittman has been fined $20,000 for using a profanity during his post-game press conference following a loss to the Sixers on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A dismayed Wittman questioned his team\u2019s \u201Cheart\u201D and \u201Cguts\u201D after the Wizards lost to the Sixers 109-102 in their home opener.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CYou tell me what you think the problem is, you watched the game,\u201D Wittman said. \u201CCommitment to f\u2014ing playing defense. That\u2019s what it is. That\u2019s what it boils down to.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Point Forward has pegged Wittman as one of the NBA\u2019s leading \u201Ccoaches on the hot seat.\"\u00A0He didn't waste time or mince words in sizing up the state of his team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe\u2019re not OK, we\u2019re 0-2,\u201D Wittman said. \u201CWe\u2019re not OK. We lose games by the way we come out with our intensity. You can\u2019t play this game for 24 minutes. If it was easy to win in this league, everybody would.\u00A0I\u2019ve got to find out if we\u2019ve got the heart to do what it takes to win. Right now, we\u2019re not showing it. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve got to figure out and try to get from them. We take the easy way out right now.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Washington allowed 65 second-half points, including 35 in the fourth quarter, and six Philadelphia players scored in double-figures. Thaddeus Young led the way with 29 points and Evan Turner added 23 while the Sixers, who entered the season regarded as the league\u2019s worst team, shot 51.1 percent from the field.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIf you want to win defensively, it\u2019s hard, it takes guts,\u201D Wittman continued. \u201CA willingness to grind it out. \u2026 We\u2019re not willing to pay that price. We\u2019re not. Until we are, we\u2019re not good enough to outscore a team 118-116. We\u2019re not good enough. \u2026\u00A0If we\u2019re going to win, I need to find somebody \u2014 at least five [players] \u2014 that has the guts and courage to go out there and lay it on the line defensively every night.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His full post-game comments can be read here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Washington has since dropped to 0-3 on the season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wittman, 54, is in his eighth year as a head coach and his third with the Wizards. He holds a career record of 147-293 (.334) and the Wizards are 47-87 (.351) since he took over during the 2011-12 season. Washington hasn\u2019t made the playoffs since 2008.\n&lt;em&gt;Top video via YouTube user Kyle Weidie&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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