About 45 minutes after the Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards, forward Marvin Williams duck-walked gingerly out of the home locker room at Spectrum Center.
He earned that old-man gait.
He had just scored 30 points, three short of matching his career high. He grabbed seven rebounds. He made the sort of spectacular “Get butts out of seats” dunk Friday that he’s said in the past he’s only good for once a season 14 years into his NBA career.
Williams didn’t single-handedly beat the Wizards 112-111, but without him the Hornets would have assuredly lost a sixth consecutive home game.