Welp, never enough.
— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) December 18, 2017
It feels clichéd and slightly redundant to use the “close, but no cigar” expression to describe a sporting event–let alone the traditionally-close Cavaliers/Wizards series. But the Wizards 106-99 loss to the LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers last night was yet another example of a close, winnable game that simply got away.
Advantages turned to disadvantages, positive defensive plays went unrewarded thanks to negative finishes on offense, and in the end the Wizards were left with compartmentalized moral victories, lots of praise for King James and those dreaded postgame platitudes.