The Washington Wizards stayed competitive with the Minnesota Timberwolves through three quarter before getting blitzed in the final period to lose their seventh straight game.
For the Wizards, losing by “only” 14 was progress. They lost the last two by a combined 74 points.
Are we going to award them a highly coveted Moral Victory?
No.
They still got pummeled in that fourth quarter, gave up a monster game to Anthony Edwards, and watched Edwards score 20 points on 9 field goal attempts in the fourth.
They allowed Minnesota (ranked 20th in offense) an offensive rating (points scored per possession x 100) of 121 — a below average defensive performance.