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Veteran point guard John Wall appears to be getting healthier. The struggling Washington Wizards can only hope to say the same.Wall, who leads the team in scoring (22.3) and assists (8.3), underwent surgery on both knees in May and has not played games on consecutive days in the early stages of this season. CSN Washington reported Tuesday, however, that Wall is approaching the point where such restrictions might be lifted.Washington, which is 2-7 and in last place in the NBAs Southeast Division, plays the first half of a back-to-back Wednesday night on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers (1-9). The Wizards host the New York Knicks on Thursday.Bradley Beal, the Wizards other starting guard, has missed the last two games with tightness in his right hamstring. He practiced Monday, however, and told the Washington Post he hopes to play versus Philadelphia.Its not great, said Beal, the Wizards second-leading scorer (15.4). Its not 1,000 percent, but its pretty close.Without Wall and Beal, the Wizards dropped a 106-95 decision to Chicago on Saturday night. After the game, starting center Marcin Gortat told reporters that Washington has one of the worst benches in the league right now.The Washington Post reported that Gortat apologized to his teammates Monday, and that coach Scott Brooks was quick to extinguish the brushfire.I look at things from a whole, Brooks told the newspaper. When I played, I was a backup, and I didnt like to be divided. We dont have two teams here, we have one basketball team, and right now were not happy and content on being 2-7.Brooks, in his first year with the Wizards after seven as the Oklahoma City Thunders head coach, spent 10 seasons in the NBA as a reserve point guard, the first two of those with Philadelphia.The Sixers beat Indiana in overtime last Friday for their lone victory of the season, snapping a 44-game losing streak in October/November games. 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Isa Nacewas 47th-minute bonus-point try was the highlight of Leinsters workmanlike 33-15 European Champions Cup win over Castres at the RDS.The Irish provinces dominant maul paved the way for three first-half tries - a brace from Sean Cronin and one to mark Jack McGraths 100th provincial appearance - but Castres were only 19-10 down at the break.The hosts suffered the double whammy of a penalty try and Luke McGraths yellow card right on the stroke of half-time, giving the French side a serious lift. Nacewas fine individual score got Leinster back on track early in the second period, a penalty try rewarded the home scrum on the hour mark and Castres replacement Anthony Jelonch dived over for a consolation try.Tireless flanker Josh van der Flier delivered a man-of-the-match performance for the victors and 20-year-old fly-half Joey Carbery had an assured European debut, stepping into the shoes of the injured Jonathan Sexton (hamstring).Nacewa nudged a fifth-minute penalty wide from the right, with full-back Rob Kearney prominent in the air early on. The Leinster captain was also thwarted after a pacy Robbie Henshaw break. But the Castres forwards gave way soon after, Leinsters decision to kick for the corner proving correct as hooker Cronin was driven over in powerful fashion.Carberys juggling intercept broke up a promising Castres spell, but dogged French defence prevented the fast-breaking Garry Ringrose and Henshaw from adding to the lead. The wet conditions contributed to Alex Tulous spill, ruining the big Castres number 8s encouraging run from deep.However, the visitors were forced to concede a lineout from Nacewas quick-witted kick through in the 26th miinute, and Cronin, having broke off the maul, built enough momentum through a Victor Moreaux tackle to spin over the whitewash, with Nacewa converting.ddddddddddddBenjamin Urdapilleta punished a high tackle from Kearney to get Castres off the mark, but loosehead McGrath muscled over from a close-in 33rd minute ruck that came from further lineout pressure. Urdapilleta missed a chance to cancel out Nacewas well-struck conversion, however scrum half McGraths side-entry at a dangerous Castres maul led to his sin-binning and the penalty try, converted by the Argentinean fly-half.Nacewa stepped in at scrum half on the restart, helping Leinster to ride out the sin-bin period and it was the skipper who exposed Antoine Dupoints weak defence at a ruck and handed off Geoffrey Palis to claim a superb solo seven-pointer.With Leinsters reinforced scrum getting the upper hand, Castres did well to avoid further concessions as the home side pressed from advanced set piece ball and breaks by Van der Flier and Carbery.A succession of penalties led to Castres replacement Thibault Lassale seeing yellow for a maul infringement, and two more scrum penalties had referee Matthew Carley running in behind the posts. Nacewas conversion completed his 13-point contribution.Jelonch answered back for Castres with a 68th-minute effort before Leinster missed on two more tries - replacement hooker James Tracy went close from another maul and centre Ringrose was called back for a forward pass from Henshaw, following a blistering run out of his own half by Carbery. ' ' '