WASHINGTON — Home, sweet, home is the ideal vibe for any NBA team. It wasn’t always that way for the Washington Wizards. This isn’t an ancient history lesson either.
Despite facing potential elimination in the 2015 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Wizards did not sell out Verizon Center for Game 6 against the Indiana Pacers. They lost.
The loudest roars during most games in recent years occurred during a free chicken promotion involving an opposing player missing two free throws in the fourth quarter, according to Wizards All-Star John Wall.
Last season’s Kobe Bryant farewell tour turned a Wizards home game into Lakers-palooza.