‘Equality’: Beal, Westbrook, Wizards make statement in photo

<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the Washington Wizards wore black T-shirts with one word in white capital letters on each — “accountability,” “equality” or “justice” — for their annual <a href="https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/1389580604824489990?s=20">team photo</a>.</p>
<p>“It’s definitely a statement piece for us,” Beal, who is second in the NBA in scoring average this season, said <a href="https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/1389581927963844613?s=20"> in a video posted Tuesday by the Wizards on Twitter</a>. </p>
<p>“This is us just kind of choosing a few words that we kind of live by and we kind of hold ourselves to as men and as teammates,” Beal added.</p>
<p>His shirt said “Justice.” Westbrook’s said “Accountability.”</p>
<p>“I think it’s amazing how we are, as a team, doing something a little different … having shirts that actually have some substantial meaning behind it,” said Westbrook, who leads the league in assists and is assured of averaging a triple-double over the course of an entire season for the fourth time in his career.</p>
<p>Washington has made a late-season surge to get itself in position to earn a play-in berth.</p>
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