Tuesday night, the Washington Wizards pulled out a thrilling 101-99 victory over the Chicago Bulls, and one popular Capitals player was there to cheer them on.
21-year-old left wing Andre Burakovsky had lower bowl seats to watch John Wall hit a game-winning jumper with five seconds left in the game.
Wizards' John Wall hits game-winning jumper to beat Bulls (all angles) pic.twitter.com/zIwK0qNvPK
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) January 11, 2017
“Thanks for the entertainment, @JohnWall @RealDealBeal23,” Burakovsky wrote after the Wizards victory.
Oh, hey there @andreburakovsky. (cc @russianmachine) (Source: @CandaceDBuckner, Johnatan Newton/@washingtonpost) pic.twitter.com/YYbLTLMrCk
— Zach Silver (@zachsilver) January 11, 2017
Burakovsky also published this photo on Twitter earlier in the night.
Let's go @WashWizards let's get the W tonight. pic.twitter.com/OgCMEB6mni
— andre burakovsky (@andreburakovsky) January 11, 2017
The Washington Post’s Jonathan Newton also captured Burakovsky chatting with Ted Leonsis courtside.
The victory put the Wizards over .500 for the first time this season and since 2015. After starting the season slow, the Wiz have won seven of their last 10 games and are on a three-game winning streak.
They also appear to be having fun again too.
And Andre was there to watch it all.
Photo evidence of John Wall's first NBA career game-winner. pic.twitter.com/6Mz5sdlueh
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) January 11, 2017
Headline photo: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post