Some day in the future — hopefully not too distant a future — the Wizards will do what the Golden State Warriors did to them: mostly play like crap and win anyway because the opponent is just that bad.
The Wizards lost their 12th straight (the NBA’s longest current losing streak) because of a dismal third quarter. In the third, they shot 7-25 from the floor and committed six turnovers. That tallied to an offensive rating (points per possession x 100) of just 63. They paired the offensive ineptitude with sloppy defense (Golden State’s ortg in the period was 136), and ended up getting outscored by 21 in the period.