Whenever the Washington Wizards play against an opponent that has high energy in the first quarter, one can almost determine which team will win that matchup. Not counting teams like the Celtics, Cavs, Golden States or teams of that ilk. Rather the middling, sub-500 teams.
It’s almost like a movie, a couple of minutes in and you know how it’s going to end.
For whatever reason this season, when the Wizards, whether they match their middling opponent’s uptempo pace in the first, they cannot maintain that pace for a full 48. Although their opponent knows that the Wizards are the better team, they also know that Washington can’t go the distance.