Come Together

Yesterday in London, the Washington Wizards beat the New York Knicks, 101-100, in a regular season NBA contest. In somewhat Knicksian fashion, Washington's buzzer-beating winner came courtesy of a goaltending call, as Allonzo Trier swatted Thomas Bryant's layup away while it was descending into the cylinder.

That was neat, and all, but it paled in comparison to a most excellent collision of Gheorghie things that took place earlier that day. Including the most Gheorghie thing of all, Gheorghe.

Some enterprising Wizards staffer (a next-generation Shlara or KQ, if you will), thought it a good idea to recreate the image from The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover, with Gheorghe, G:TB fave Elena Delle Donne, Bradley Beal, and Wizards mascot G-Wiz comprising an entirely new Fab Four.

I always did see Ghitsa as the Paul McCartney of the team. He's Maxwell's Silver (tongued) Hammer.

Here's a little bit of behind the scenes magic: