The Brooklyn Nets entered Friday night’s contest against the Washington Wizards trying not to look ahead. Sure, the Wizards arrived to battle with a ghastly 3-17 record, tied for second-worst in the NBA. However, they’ve lost a lot of close games this year — their net-rating is “only” 5th-worst in the league — including the last time they came to the Barclays Center. In that game, on November 12, the Nets found themselves down five with four to go before making a late push to seal a win.
Point being, these Wizards are just regular bad, not historically awful (like the Pistons.