VIDEO: Wizards' Gortat takes over clipboard duties from coach Wittman
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No one quite understands how Washington Wizards head coach Randy Wittman transitions seamlessly from an overmatched regular-season bench boss to a postseason strategist who makes the right in-game adjustments.
During Friday's Game 3 victory over the Toronto Raptors, television cameras may have cracked the code, capturing the true mastermind behind the Wizards' rise.
Marcin Gortat drawing up crunch-time defensive strategies makes much more sense than a man who doesn't know how to hold a clipboard suddenly morphing into Phil Jackson.