After opening this five-game road trip with two games in Los Angeles, the Warriors made the cross-country journey to face the Washington Wizards on Thursday night. The Warriors came into Capital One Arena riding a hot streak, playing some of their best basketball of the season over the past couple of weeks. But the Wizards presented a challenge as they’d been playing well of late, even after losing their All-Star point guard John Wall for the season to a heel injury.
It was a game that saw the Warriors look both dominant (leading by as many as 15 points) and uninterested (allowing the Wizards to cut the lead to 2 points late in the fourth quarter).