WASHINGTON - Wizards coach Randy Wittman signed a contract extension Tuesday after leading the team to the playoffs for the first time since 2008. With its young backcourt of John Wall and Bradley Beal, Washington beat the Chicago Bulls in the first round before losing to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Wizards hadnt won a post-season series since 2005. Wittman was promoted to head coach when Flip Saunders was fired in January 2012, the third rebuilding project Wittman has undertaken. He has the worst regular-season record of anyone who has coached at least 400 NBA games — 191-329, a .367 winning percentage — since the league started in 1946. Wittman, in the final year of his contract, operated under a playoff-or-else edict from owner Ted Leonsis this season. "Its really the players who made the big decision, not only in the exit interviews the last couple of years and this off-season, but the way they responded to him on the court," Leonsis said on the teams website. "They respect their coach, they listen and like playing for him, and it shows." This season, Washington went 44-38, a 15-win improvement from a year ago, to finish fifth in a weak Eastern Conference. "This team and this organization have made significant strides over the last 2 1/2 seasons and Im excited to be a part of the next step in that process," Wittman said in a news release issued by the club. Wittman was scheduled to meet with reporters Wednesday. A day after being eliminated by the Pacers last month, Wizards players were full of praise for Wittman, appreciative of his tough-love tactics, his teaching methods and his game-day preparation. "He gets as much credit as the players," veteran forward Al Harrington said then. 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I dont think hes staggered off of anything.Williams hasnt.The 29-year-old defensive end is enjoying what might be his most impactful season by placing a pass-rushing stamp on a defence that ranks among the NFLs best.Williams has a team-leading 13 sacks — one off his career high — on a defence that leads the league with 49. And hes producing game-changing plays for the Bills (8-6), who have already won their most games since a 9-7 finish in 2004. They play at Oakland (2-12) on Sunday.Williams particularly made his presence felt in a 21-13 win over Green Bay last weekend. After blocking a field goal in the second quarter, Williams sealed the victory by forcing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to fumble into the end zone for a safety on what became the Packers final possession.Obviously, great play, said defensive tackle Kyle Williams. I think that kind of signifies him. We got in a position where we needed a play, and he was able to make it for us.In the process, the player nicknamed Super Mario is performing to the $100 million contract he signed in Buffalo in March 2012, and continues to affirm his draft status as a former No. 1 pick.Mario Williams isnt one for introspection or retrospection. Hell call his last game his best only because, as he put it: Youre only as good as your last game. We won.The three-time Pro Bowl selection is not one for rating his seasons. And forget asking whether hes ever been motivated to justify his draft position, or prove wrong anyone who doubted him.If I have to use something from somebody else to prove my worth, then I dont consider that being a man, Williams said, defiantly. The guys in this building, thats all that matters to me. Anytthing else anybody else says is irrelevant.ddddddddddddFor all the money hes made and headlines generated, Williams is a team player at heart. 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What sticks out to Sparano is how Williams appears to be playing at an even higher level.Hes kind of helped re-energize that group defensively, Sparano said. You always have to be concerned with where he is and how to block him. And if youre not, a guy like that can wreck the game.Former Texans general manager Charley Casserly still remembers being booed by fans for drafting Williams out of North Carolina State. Young, who hasnt played a down since 2011, was a favourite because he was from Texas and had won a national title.Bush was coming off an accomplished career at Southern California that included a Heisman Trophy and a national championship.Rather than feeling vindicated for making the right choice, Casserly said Williams deserves all the credit.Im more happy for him because he took the criticism that wasnt deserved, said Casserly, now an NFL Network analyst. He should never have been criticized. He was never appreciated in Houston the way he should have been.Theyre not complaining in Buffalo.I dont think theres any think about it, Kyle Williams said of who deserved to be No. 1. Texans fans and football fans in general can look at it and know that now — the right decision was made to begin with.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '