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The Wizards make their best Jekyll and Hyde impression and 12 other things from Friday night

Blake Griffin is also back!

The Wizards seriously might be the weirdest team in the NBA. The dominated the Houston Rockets on Friday night to push their record to 11-6 against teams .500 or better. Their record against teams below .500? 9-10. They don’t make any sense.

The Wizards look dominant sometimes -- other times they look like a team that should be in the lottery. They dominated the Rockets the way the Rockets normally dominate teams on both ends of the floor. They made 18-36 threes, forced 14 turnovers and held Chris Paul and James Harden to a combined 28 points on 25 shots.

They looked like a team that should be in contention for the top of the East, but they aren’t. The team will tell you that they play differently when they play better teams — they share the ball more, take smarter shots and play hard. When teams are bad they just don’t and it’s reflected in their record.

Will they flip the script? Maybe. I sure hope so because when this team is right? It’s really fun to watch. We got a great glimpse of that on Friday night.

The Wizards had the more impressive backcourt on Friday

Granted, Paul was coming back from injury. But John Wall and Bradley Beal ran circles around Paul and Harden. The two combined for 38 points and went a combined 5-10 from deep. Wall had 5 steals himself just by being so active on defense and Beal caught fire in the second half.

They looked like they were having fun. They made plays like this.

Call 1-800-SAUCE. John Wall #NBAVote#WizRockets http://pic.twitter.com/yXNUT2qPMs

— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) December 30, 2017

SAUCY.

Blake Griffin byke, y’all!

Griffin returned from a sprained MCL a bit ahead of schedule and got some good run in against the Lakers. He finished with a solid 24, six and six in his return and was already hitting his teammates in stride like he never left.

@BlakeGriffin32 @DeAndre #NBAVote : https://t.co/eztxbViwUp #PrimeTicket http://pic.twitter.com/PI898zAxCa

— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) December 30, 2017

Stay healthy, Blake. If not for you, then for us.

Dwight Howard dominated the Warriors

And the Hornets beat the best team in the league handily because of it — on the road, no less. Howard was straight up dominant on both ends of the floor. He finished with 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.

I’d love to say Howard turned back the clock in Charlotte, but to be honest, he’s making plays we’ve never really seen him make before. Here he is facing up and passing the ball off the dribble.

#TripleDoubleWatch Dwight Howard: 25 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST#BuzzCity http://pic.twitter.com/laNGUCVMtl

— NBA (@NBA) December 30, 2017

He legitimately walked the ball down from the wing and made a play like a guard. And he’s been doing this all year long.

What the hell did they do with the old Dwight Howard in Charlotte? Never mind — don’t answer that. Because this one is hella fun.

Somebody explain Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to me

Because I seriously have no idea what he was thinking here.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope really got the audacity to wipe his hands off after throwing an alley-oop to himself over the backboard CMON MAN http://pic.twitter.com/qfrkdxEoD4

— Agent of NBA Chaos (@World_Wide_Wob) December 30, 2017

Like, KCP, we saw you. We know your hands aren’t slippery. You just tried to stunt and it ain’t work. Just ... man. Not a good stretch for Caldwell-Pope this season. Hopefully his season gets better.

Have you ever seen Dwane Casey mad? Well you have now

Since I had to, you have to as well. It’s scary. And he’s saying NSFW things.

Dwane Casey and Mike Bud. exchanging some unfriendly words http://pic.twitter.com/mhbde3sU8q

— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) December 30, 2017

The Raptors won by 13, but apparently Casey still had some words for Mike Budenholzer. Bud gotta be a brave man because, boy, if Casey was yelling at me like that? I’m chilling.

He looks like that one uncle you have who, for whatever reason, always fake boxed with you when you were a kid. Except for this is the real thing. And I ain’t messing with that uncle. Shoutout to Casey.

Dennis Smith Jr. had his first triple double!

With many more to come, hopefully.

Shoutout to the rookie.

An awful week of officiating continued with Giannis Antetokounmpo and this game winner.

Houston vs. Washington was a dunk fest early on.

Speaking of a dunk fest, RUSSELL WESTBROOK IS INSANE

MILOS TEODOSIC IS A PASSING GOD.

The defense literally went the other way on this play.

The Mavs had a really nice half shooting the ball.

Scores

Raptors 111, Hawks 98 (Raptors HQ Recap | Peachtree Hoops Recap)

Nets 111, Heat 87 (Hot Hot Hoops Recap | Nets Daily Recap)