<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ish-Smith-receives-MVP-chants-from-Washington-crowd.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Ish Smith receives MVP chants from Wizards crowd</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-06T19:24:00-08:00">January 6th, 7:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-06T19:25:25-08:00">January 6th, 7:25pm</time><address><a>Chris Guest</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/washington-wizards/">Washington Wizards</a> have been surprisingly feisty of late without various notable players healthy, including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/bradley-beal/b2db0999/">Bradley Beal</a>, Rui Hachimura, Thomas Bryant, Davis Bertans, Mo Wagner and, of course, John Wall.</p><p>In those players’ absences, however, an unlikely hero has emerged: Ish Smith, the journeyman point guard that has played on a whopping 11 teams in his nine-year NBA career.</p><p>Smith has played extraordinarily well over the past few games, and home fans showered Smith with “MVP” chants as the Wizards knocked off the Celtics in fairly impressive fashion by a final score of 99 to 94 on Monday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MVP chants for Ish Smith in Washington 👏 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/QX8JqFhLxQ">pic.twitter.com/QX8JqFhLxQ</a></p><p>— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DimeUPROXX/status/1214368524048748544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Ish Smith is having one of his best seasons this year — his first with the Wizards — by shooting quite well from downtown. 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VIDEO: Ish Smith receives MVP chants from Wizards crowd

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Use your voice, use your power... VOTE!! 

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“The vote is precious. It’s almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.” John Lewis  #WhenWeAllVote #TogehterWeStand  See link in bio 

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Repping the WNBA on the first day of the 2020 season! @wnba #OrangeHoodie #InItForGood 

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Hope everyone is staying healthy, safe, and inside!! https://twitter.com/IshSmith/status/1247544313430585344

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	3.5	4.7	0.2	0.8

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	3.5	4.7	0.2	0.8