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    John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards goes up for a shot during a game against the Orlando Magic on December 6, 2016 at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images
    By Rhiannon Walker Kofie Yeboah

    GAME. BLOUSES.

    The Washington John Walls lost to the Orlando Magic Tuesday night, 124-116, despite 52 points from Wall. Not 25 … 52.

    That has to hurt a little bit, right?

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    BLESSINGS

    Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers was Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph’s first game since the loss of his mother last month. He was welcomed back with a standing ovation.

    After scoring 12 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in true Z-Bo fashion, Randolph talked about his return after the game.

    Let us all never forget that some things are bigger than sports.

    SOCIAL STATUS

    When Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye approached 20-year-old Robert Scott to take his picture, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, the Brooklyn, New York-based photographer asked Scott about Eric Garner and Michael Brown. “It’s messed up but it’s nothing new,” Scott answered. “It is something that has been going on since the beginning of time. It will never get better, it will only get worse. It has to play itself out. We as black people just need to prepare ourselves for anything.”

    FOR THE CULTURE

    Someone made an hourlong mix of rapper Quavo’s best features from 2016.

    DJ Khaled is going to star in a holiday special called “The Keys of Christmas,” because, of course.

    Kodak Black new song alert.

    TOP THREE TWEETS

    1. BEAST MODE X BEAST MODE

    2. EARTH FOR DAYS … MONTHS … YEARS … DECADES

    3. AH, AH

    #ICYMI

    PICTURE PERFECT

    Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.

    Kofie Yeboah asks for Sweet Tea at every restaurant and recites approximately 2.5 Spongebob lines per hour.

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