The Wizards returned home for the final leg of their four games in five days set and had a playoffs-style game with the Atlanta Hawks. There were postseason stakes on the line — the Hawks currently sit eighth in the East; the Wizards 10th. And Wizards center Kristaps Porzingis said the team was viewing it as a playoffs game.
Washington didn’t play badly, but they lost anyway because they couldn’t contain Trae Young (28 points on 14 shots, as well as 10 assists and 3 steals) or Bogdan Bogdanovic (14 points on 7 shots, plus 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals).