Participating in Friday morning’s session was out of the question. Now the question is whether the three-time all-star point guard will be able to play Friday night against the Detroit Pistons in an absolute must-win game with the Wizards’ playoff hopes on the line. A loss would officially eliminate them from postseason contention.

“I don’t know,” Wall said when asked if he will play. “Probably not, to be honest.”

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Wall still doesn’t know what is wrong with the knee. He underwent an MRI after sitting out Wednesday’s win over the Brooklyn Nets – his first missed game of the season — and the results didn’t reveal any damage. Not a tear. Not a sprain. After the Wizards got their team photo taken at Verizon Center Thursday morning, Wall went to a doctor and had the knee drained. That took care of the swelling, but the pain remained after treatment all day Thursday and Friday morning before the team rode to the arena for shootaround.

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“It took all the fluid out but it’s just still sore and numb to move,” said Wall, who hadn’t missed a regular-season game because of injury over the last three seasons. “It’s just sore. It’s still sore.”

Wall, 25, also still doesn’t know how he hurt the knee. He woke up with it swollen Wednesday morning. He recalled his day Tuesday, mystified: practice, shooting workouts, usual maintenance treatment, shower, media session, home.

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“Nothing was wrong,” Wall said.

Wall reported for work Wednesday morning and got treatment instead of going through shootaround. The knee didn’t improve nearly enough for him to play against the Nets and it was obvious, he said, in his activity from the bench.

“When my team was doing some good [stuff], I would’ve jumped up off the bench, you know?” said Wall, who has played through various nagging injuries this season. “I couldn’t jump off the bench. I just like held on to somebody’s leg and pushed up. That [thing] was like a grapefruit the other day.”

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Wall said he hadn’t thought about being shut down for the remainder of the season because he believes there is still a chance for him to play Friday, but he acknowledged that if he doesn’t and Washington loses then it could be an option.

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“If we lose tonight there’s probably no point,” Wall said. “I don’t know. It’s [bull], to be honest.”

There are still individual milestones within Wall’s reach that he admittedly wants. He’s 12 assists from breaking Rod Strickland’s franchise season record of 801, set during the 1997-98 campaign. He’s just shy of joining the exclusive 20-point, 10-assist, 5-rebound club with averages of 19.9 points, 10.2 assists and 4.9 rebounds. And he’s one double-double from 50 – his 49 double-doubles rank fourth in the NBA and second among guards.

But he has plenty of time in his career to put up numbers. He said health and team take precedence.

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“It sucks for me to get to this point and not play,” Wall said. “Even though the numbers say we got a chance – even if we didn’t have a chance, it’s about not giving up on the other 14 guys. They depend on me as a leader to do what I need to do. It’s just frustrating.”

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Anderson to return

Alan Anderson went through shootaround Friday morning and said he expects to play against the Pistons after missing nine games because of a Grade 2 groin strain.

“I got to, man,” Anderson said. “This is way too much sitting out for me.

Anderson, 33, has played in nine of Washington’s 77 games this season. He missed the first 55 games of the season after undergoing a second surgery on his left ankle in October.