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Wizards’ Marcin Gortat shaves off mohawk after low-scoring game

WASHINGTON — The mohawk that Washington Wizards’ Marcin Gortat has been sporting this season is no more after the he posted a video Monday where he shaved off the ‘do. The center hinted that he would shave off the mohawk, and after scoring only two points during the Wizards’ 120-116 loss to the Toronto Raptors, he decided it was time for the hair to go. On Monday, Gortat posted a video of the shaving, saying “recent performance on the court made me feel like I needed some changes.” “Today is the day when I will become bald again,” he says in the video. “Let’s do it.”

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As Gortat pointed out, he looks similar to his “action figure,” which the team gave out to the first 19,000 fans at the Wizards-Raptors game over the weekend.

Gortat will debut is freshly-shaven head when the Wizards take on the Hornets Monday at 7 p.m. at the Verizon Center. h/t: The Washington Post

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