The Wizards are still figuring it out. Adjusting to a pair of trades (adding Trevor Ariza and Sam Dekker) and key injuries (playing without Otto Porter Jr. and Dwight Howard), Washington’s rotation has been fluid at best of late. Coming off a loss in Atlanta on the second night of a back-to-back Wednesday, the Wizards struggled again in Houston, falling to a red-hot Rockets team, 136-118. Houston’s win was its fifth straight, while Washington is now just 1-6 in its last seven games.
As has often been the case this season, the Wizards didn’t struggle to score Wednesday, shooting 53.