The Wizards’ season was defined by missed opportunities, which was best exemplified by their loss to the Orlando Magic in the regular season finale. The loss dropped Washington to the eighth seed and set up Washington to lose to the Raptors in the first round.
If you’ll recall, the popular notion at the time was that the Wizards should shoot for the seventh seed because they’d get to face the Celtics, who were missing Gordon Hayward, Kyrie Irving, and Marcus Smart. Well, so much for that.