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You don't particularly need the game if you're the Lakers or the Celtics, the Spurs or Magic, the Cavaliers or even the Trail Blazers. But the Wizards need these games at home, even the preposterously early ones before Thanksgiving. They need to figure out how to beat Miami, a team the Wizards play three times in November. They need to quickly figure out what to do with Dwyane Wade, who seems to be the Wizards' boogie man. They need to figure out how to move the ball when defenders run out at them, as the Cavaliers did late Tuesday and Miami did early Wednesday. They need to figure out how to keep Andray Blatche feeling good about his newfound level of contribution, particularly at home, and how to get to midseason form long before midseason.