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(SportsNetwork.com) - NBA basketball is back in the nations capital and the Washington Wizards will celebrate their home opener Saturday versus the Milwaukee Bucks at the Verizon Center. The Wizards split their tour through the Sunshine State, dropping a 107-95 decision at Miami in the post-LeBron James era and recording a 105-98 triumph against Orlando on Thursday in the second night of a back-to-back. John Wall propelled the Wizards with 30 points on 10-of-21 shooting and handed out 12 assists against the Magic. Marcin Gortat powered his way to 20 points and 12 rebounds, while Paul Pierce netted 16 points in his second game with the team. The Wizards shot 48.8 percent and hit 7-of-13 3-pointers. We created more offense from our defense than our eight preseason games and the one last night, Wizards head coach Randy Wittman said. Nene added 12 points, five assists and three steals in his season debut after serving a one-game suspension for leaving the bench during a scuffle with Chicago in the preseason. Washington was 22-19 at home last season and is still without guard Bradley Beal (left wrist surgery). The Bucks collected their first victory of the season on Friday night with a 93-81 win in their home opener against the Philadelphia 76ers. It was a battle of the NBAs two worst teams last season and one team played like it at the Bradley Center. The Sixers failed to score a single point over the final 8:21, missing all 13 of their shots and turning the ball over four times. We closed the game out and it came from the defensive end, said rookie forward Jabari Parker. We just came together and pulled through. O.J. Mayo led the way for the Bucks with 25 points on 8-for-13 shooting from the field and 5-for-7 from long range. Parker had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Brandon Knight tallied 13 points, eight assists and seven boards while Larry Sanders added 15 rebounds for Milwaukee, which fell at Charlotte in overtime in its season opener on Wednesday night. The Milwaukee bench scored 45 points, highlighted, obviously, by Mayos big night. The Bucks held the Sixers to 37.2 percent shooting from the floor and 21.7 percent shooting from the 3-point line. Milwaukee lost three of four games against Washington in 2013-14. The Wizards have won six of the previous eight matchups in this series. Air Force 1 Ireland Clearance . Therrien would not confirm his lineup for the game, but he did have the same line combinations practicing together for the third straight day which is usually a pretty good indication of what the lineup will be. Cheap Air Force Ones For Sale . Berdych and Stepanek played all five matches when the Czechs beat Spain 3-2 in the final last November in Prague to win the countrys first title as an independent nation. http://www.airforce1ireland.com/ . Parmelee hit a game-ending shot in the ninth inning and the Minnesota Twins overcame David Ortizs big night to beat the Boston Red Sox 8-6 on Tuesday. Cheap Air Force 1 Ireland . They have homered once every 27.3 at bats, which just happens to be the third best mark in the American League, albeit just 10 games into the season. Air Force 1 Ireland Sale . Toronto has lost six of its last eight games but is coming off Thursdays 7-3 victory at Kansas City. Juan Francisco and Colby Rasmus both went deep for the Blue Jays, who are second in the American League with 34 home runs on the season.Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Semyon Varlamov stopped all 40 shots he faced to record his first shutout of the season, and Nathan MacKinnon added a pair of second-period goals as Colorado posted a 5-0 victory over the Islanders at Pepsi Center. Erik Johnson, Marc-Andre Cliche and Cody McLeod also provided offense for the Avalanche, who closed out the seasons first month by snapping a two-game slide. Chad Johnson was on the hook for all five goals on 23 shots for the Islanders, who have lost four of six. McLeod opened the scoring 2:34 after the opening faceoff, cutting to the front of the crease and tapping home a Matt Duchene centering feed. Colorado effectively put the game away with a three-goal second-period burst. MacKinnon doubled the home addvantage with a power-play strike just shy of the 3 1/2-minute mark of the second, Cliche deposited his first goal of the season one second shy of nine minutes played, then MacKinnon added another on a redirection of a Jarome Iginla pass 1:15 later.dddddddddddd Johnsons point drive with 6:20 remaining in the contest provided a five-goal margin for the Avalanche. The blistering shot was set up by a right-circle faceoff win by Duchene. Game Notes Varlamov authored his 14th career clean sheet and also reached the 80-win plateau with Colorado ... The Avs improved to 9-4-1 all-time at home against the Islanders, and recorded their second home shutout against them since moving to Denver in 1995. ' ' '