against the Magic in Orlando this evening after three days off. I’m going to go ahead and call it: this is a must-win. Let me explain.
The Wizards are 4-9 and the Magic have two more games—wins—under their belt at 6-9. One of those wins came against Washington, visiting Florida for their fifth game of the season. In that loss, John Wall didn’t play in the second of this first back-to-back set of the season (after a Hawks win at home) and Tomas Satoransky started in his place. The rookie Sato played well, and fellow starters played OK enough to beat Orlando.