The Washington Wizards just played the Portland Trail Bblazers, and lost. In their previous 8 games before that they were 4-and-4, a .500 team! Had they won this last game they would have been 5 out of their last 10. Not bad!
As is typical from the past few seasons, the Washington Wizards are making a meaningless run to end the season — as many teams are either load-managing their way through the last stretch as they prepare for the post-season, or other tanking teams are smartly letting youngsters and G-leaguers get some minutes. But we’re used to this here in D.