<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">WASHINGTON -- As the media poured into the Charlotte Bobcats' locker room Wednesday, Gerald Wallace was locked onto the Eastern Conference playoff-race chart. Dreaming? Sure. Hallucinating? Not really. They won't make the playoffs, but if they keep playing like they have the past two nights, they won't be far off the pace. They beat playoff-bound Washington for the second night in a row, 108-100, and this was no fluke. In fact, the Wizards (39-35) could learn plenty from the Bobcats' pluck. With their playoff chances little more than mathematical, the Bobcats were more rugged, more precise and far more poised. Trailing by four entering the fourth quarter, they got a tremendous boost from rookie Adam Morrison and big plays late from Raymond Felton, Walter Herrmann and Wallace. But first, those playoff dreams: "My answer is, `Who knows? So keep playing,' " coach Bernie Bickerstaff said of his team's 30-46 record. The Bobcats would have to win at least five of their final six to realistically be in the playoff discussion. They can surpass 31 victories, which would match the most successful third season by an expansion team since the Dallas Mavericks in the early 1980s. "They've improved every year," Bickerstaff said. "They want it. They're playing."</div> Source-->Charlotte Observer
2 wins away from the best record for a 3rd year expansion team since "81 I'll take it we already aren't going to get Oden/Durant might as well let the rest of season be fun
