It was three-game road trip that ended November and started December — at Oklahoma City, at San Antonio, and at Brooklyn. The first two were heartbreaking losses that magnified yet-to-mature talent, and the last was an avoidance of disaster. They allowed a bottom-3 NBA offense to score 66 points in the first half, and later found a way to beat the Nets. Since, the Wizards have been better at avoiding slip-ups instead of finding ways to lose.
Sure, there have been head-smacking losses versus Orlando (Dec. 6), in Miami (Dec. 12), in Milwaukee (Dec. 23), and in Dallas (Jan.