John Wall and Bradley Beal are the best players on the Wizards, and teams typically look to their best players to take over late in close games. LeBron James has taken the most shots in fourth quarters this season (208), followed by Russell Westbrook (192), Kyrie Irving (181), and Jimmy Butler (180). It is therefore reasonable to expect Wall and Beal to take the bulk of the Wizards’ shots with the game on the line.
But what if the best players on your team aren’t good at taking over games late? Sure, there have been some incredible runs by Wall to close out games, and nobody is arguing that he and Beal can’t dominate when it matters.