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The Wizards were without #1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa for the season opener, but that didn't stop the Wizards from winning their first game. Justin Champagnie and other key subs helped display the impressive depth this team has this season.

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00:00So they won a game in which A.J. DeBonson didn't play,
00:03Will Riley didn't play last year's second first-round pick.
00:06They didn't shoot well at all from three-point land.
00:10They shot overall well, again, from the free-throw line, from inside, all that.
00:16They didn't play particularly great in transition,
00:19and yet they grinded out a win,
00:22and then they pulled away in the fourth quarter
00:24against what is expected to be not a great team.
00:28This is what depth does for you,
00:30because you don't have to owe...
00:33Again, I understand Anthony Davis was a stud last night.
00:36I'm not saying that they didn't rely on him.
00:38But you get Justin Champagne to play the way he does pretty much every night.
00:43Like, if you're just waking up to Wizards basketball
00:46because you've been in hibernation for the last three years
00:49because they weren't trying to win,
00:52hi, Justin Champagne, you're pretty good, right?
00:55And people that have paid attention know that.
00:59It was just a matter of, does that translate to a good team?
01:02Well, you don't want Justin Champagne playing 38 minutes,
01:07but 18 to 20 minutes?
01:09Hells yeah!
01:11Hells yeah!

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