AJC: Washington Wizards at New starters cure for slow starts?

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L.D. is using the same starting lineup tonight. If the Hawks continue to open games with no energy then he said there could be changes.

“If we keep getting off to these slow starts, I may have to start thinking about doing something with the lineup,” he said. “I just can’t continue to allow us to constantly get off to slow starts. I may have to do something to shake it up. We’ll see what happens tonight.

“But I can’t sit here and just constantly allow us to keep getting off to those type starts because we are burying ourselves early and we are having to exert so much energy fighting back. That may be something we have to start thinking about.”

The Hawks had another big meeting Wednesday morning. To their credit, they are tired of all the talking, too.

“I’m a vet,” Mo said. “Talking doesn’t mean much to me. We’ll see how we respond tonight and over these next few games. We should have enough pride in what we’ve done the last two or three years where we shouldn’t need any …

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