John Wall and Bradley Beal called for more from the crowd the same night LeBron James used social media to reframe his grousing about Cleveland’s roster. A member of the Boston Celtics left a fist print in a Verizon Center wall that night, too. The Toronto Raptors were on the way to a fourth consecutive loss. Among the teams in front of the Washington Wizards, only the Atlanta Hawks had been stable of late.
When Wall and Beal had their hands in the air at the end of a tip-to-horn handling of the pseudo-rival Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, they were finishing up a 14th consecutive home win.