The Wizards have been respectable defensively in late-game situations this season. In clutch situations, where there is less than five minutes to go in a game and neither team is leading by more than five points, the Wizards have the 14th-best defensive rating. They're not necessarily winning games with their late-game defense, but usually they're not blowing games with how they defend either.
Unfortunately, that can't be said for how the Wizards performed in the closing minutes of Tuesday's 111-108 win in New York. Washington was up by 10 with 1:51 left, but allowed the Knicks to whittle it down to the point where they would have gone to overtime if Langston Galloway had simply made this uncontested shot.