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<p>MILWAUKEE — John Wall doesn’t need to be a biometeorologist to understand how weather affects health. He knows his body and understands this simple truth: His sore left knee doesn’t do well in cold temperatures. On Monday night, for the Washington Wizards’ first back-to-back set of the season, Wall returned to the lineup to face the Milwaukee Bucks. Wall missed the previous game in Toronto after he experienced swelling in his left knee, even after getting fluid drained from it last week. However, while sitting inside the visitors locker room and lacing up his playing shoes, Wall described his knee as “a lot better.” The rest Sunday night likely helped, but Mother Nature and the BMO Harris Bradley Center heating and cooling system deserved assists as well. The Wizards visited Milwaukee during an unusually warm day, as temperatures peaked at 51 degrees. Inside, the arena climate seemed neutral — not exceptionally warm but not an ice box either. Wall explained he was able to play in previous games following getting his knee drained because his body felt warm. “There wasn’t too much fluid, and I guess the arena we were in, I was warm so it warmed me up,” said Wall, who played two home games inside Capital One Arena during that stretch and one in Miami. “Friday, it just never warmed up. It kept getting stiffer and stiffer throughout the game.” The Wizards share Capital One Arena with their NHL neighbor, the Washington Capitals.</p><p/><iframe width="500" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SMfB1REALp4"/><p>Much like other major facilities, the arena has ice under the hardwood. And while as the Capitals left for a road trip last week and the Wizards hosted the Sacramento Kings (Nov. 13), the arena did not feel as frigid as it could have been. But on Nov. 17, the Wizards played again at home, with the Capitals needing the arena the next night, and Wall felt a significant drop in the temperature. Wall, after finishing the game with eight points and eight assists, blamed himself and his lack of explosiveness for the Wizards’ poor offensive start in their loss to the Heat. “When Friday came, I guess it just [got swollen] and it just got super stiff to where I couldn’t even move,” Wall said on Monday.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nope <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winterstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#winterstorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottawa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottawa</a> <a href="https://t.co/UGMANrGSA3">pic.twitter.com/UGMANrGSA3</a></p>&mdash; Sandra Plagakis (@SandraKiss1053) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraKiss1053/status/932230214905511937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p/><p>Despite his double knee surgery a year ago, Wall did not experience similar issues during his career season in 2016-17. Wall has not been able to pinpoint the root of the swelling this season. On Nov. 11, Wall received two bags of intravenous fluids to help with an illness, and soon the swelling in his knee started. Although the timeline had previously called into question whether the IVs had caused his knee to swell, now Wall can’t say for certain. “I didn’t really deal with it last year after my surgery, it was fine. I don’t know where it came from,” Wall said. “Hopefully, it’s just I had too many bags of IVs and then it just rushed down to my knee but other than that, I had no knee problems and no pain before I got the IVs. That might have a little something to do with it but I’m not 100 percent sure, so I don’t want to blame it on that if it’s not the right answer.” Read more NBA: Wizards lose to the Raptors on the road as John Wall sits with ailing knee Dennis Smith Jr. represents both the present and future of the Dallas Mavericks Kevin Durant: Finals game-winner felt like LeBron James ‘passing the torch’ to him ‘We’re old, man’: LeBron James and his geezer teammates have a new approach to travel The Lakers’ master plan had Lonzo Ball being an instant success. It hasn’t happened yet.</p>

<p>MILWAUKEE — John Wall doesn’t need to be a biometeorologist to understand how weather affects health. He knows his body and understands this simple truth: His sore left knee doesn’t do well in cold temperatures. On Monday night, for the Washington Wizards’ first back-to-back set of the season, Wall returned to the lineup to face the Milwaukee Bucks. Wall missed the previous game in Toronto after he experienced swelling in his left knee, even after getting fluid drained from it last week. However, while sitting inside the visitors locker room and lacing up his playing shoes, Wall described his knee as “a lot better.” The rest Sunday night likely helped, but Mother Nature and the BMO Harris Bradley Center heating and cooling system deserved assists as well. The Wizards visited Milwaukee during an unusually warm day, as temperatures peaked at 51 degrees. Inside, the arena climate seemed neutral — not exceptionally warm but not an ice box either. Wall explained he was able to play in previous games following getting his knee drained because his body felt warm. “There wasn’t too much fluid, and I guess the arena we were in, I was warm so it warmed me up,” said Wall, who played two home games inside Capital One Arena during that stretch and one in Miami. “Friday, it just never warmed up. It kept getting stiffer and stiffer throughout the game.” The Wizards share Capital One Arena with their NHL neighbor, the Washington Capitals.</p> <p></p> <iframe width="500" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SMfB1REALp4"></iframe><p>Much like other major facilities, the arena has ice under the hardwood. And while as the Capitals left for a road trip last week and the Wizards hosted the Sacramento Kings (Nov. 13), the arena did not feel as frigid as it could have been. But on Nov. 17, the Wizards played again at home, with the Capitals needing the arena the next night, and Wall felt a significant drop in the temperature. Wall, after finishing the game with eight points and eight assists, blamed himself and his lack of explosiveness for the Wizards’ poor offensive start in their loss to the Heat. “When Friday came, I guess it just [got swollen] and it just got super stiff to where I couldn’t even move,” Wall said on Monday.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Nope <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winterstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#winterstorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottawa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottawa</a> <a href="https://t.co/UGMANrGSA3">pic.twitter.com/UGMANrGSA3</a></p>— Sandra Plagakis (@SandraKiss1053) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandraKiss1053/status/932230214905511937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p></p><p>Despite his double knee surgery a year ago, Wall did not experience similar issues during his career season in 2016-17. Wall has not been able to pinpoint the root of the swelling this season. On Nov. 11, Wall received two bags of intravenous fluids to help with an illness, and soon the swelling in his knee started. Although the timeline had previously called into question whether the IVs had caused his knee to swell, now Wall can’t say for certain. “I didn’t really deal with it last year after my surgery, it was fine. I don’t know where it came from,” Wall said. “Hopefully, it’s just I had too many bags of IVs and then it just rushed down to my knee but other than that, I had no knee problems and no pain before I got the IVs. That might have a little something to do with it but I’m not 100 percent sure, so I don’t want to blame it on that if it’s not the right answer.” Read more NBA: Wizards lose to the Raptors on the road as John Wall sits with ailing knee Dennis Smith Jr. represents both the present and future of the Dallas Mavericks Kevin Durant: Finals game-winner felt like LeBron James ‘passing the torch’ to him ‘We’re old, man’: LeBron James and his geezer teammates have a new approach to travel The Lakers’ master plan had Lonzo Ball being an instant success. It hasn’t happened yet.</p>

<p>ARCHIV - Laura Dahlmeier aus Deutschland in Aktion am 30.11.2016  während des 15 km Einzel-Wettbewerb der Frauen beim IBU Biathlon Weltcup in Östersund (Schweden). (zu dpa-Meldung: «Dahlmeier vor nächster Gold-Mission» vom 21.11.2017) Foto: Anders Wiklund/TT NEWS AGENCY/epa/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++</p>

<p>ARCHIV - Biathlon: Weltcup Massenstart (12,5 km), Damen am 19.03.2017 in Oslo, Norwegen. Gesamtweltcupsiegerin im Biathlon, Laura Dahlmeier aus Deutschland, hält die große Kristallkugel für den Gesamtweltcup. (zu dpa-Meldung: «Dahlmeier vor nächster Gold-Mission» vom 21.11.2017) Foto: Heiko Junge/NTB scanpix/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++</p>