Fansided · Mar 27, 2017
Washington Wizards: How the Team Became Great Seemingly Overnight
Washington Wizards looked like they were destined for the NBA Lottery, but became great overnight, catapulting atop the Eastern Conference standings.
With the Washington Wizards‘ dominant win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Scott Brooks‘ team has officially clinched a playoff spot.
Currently, the Wizards sit as third in the East, and just 3.5 games back from first place Cleveland. While the consensus has been that Washington won’t catch Cleveland, the team has proven skeptics wrong time and time again.
Coming out of a disappointing 2015-2016 season where the Wizards failed to make the playoffs, fans looked forward to free agency, as the Kevin Durant sweepstakes were finally beginning.