A sparse Capital One Arena crowd bore witness to an ever-elusive Washington Wizards win over the Sacramento Kings tonight, 116-111.
Tonight’s game was a matchup between two teas whose aspirations could not be further apart. The Wizards are actively engaged in a tank-off with the Utah Jazz to claim the worst record in the NBA this season and thus the best draft lottery odds. The Kings, meanwhile, are gasping for air; every game is like Game 7 of the NBA Finals for a Sacramento team clinging on to the final play-in spot.
Despite this, the Kings did not want to win this game.