The NBA gets weird sometimes. Last night, the Dallas Mavericks came to DC 19 games over .500, sitting third in the Western Conference, and with playoffs seeding on the line. The Wizards were nine games under .500, in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, and eliminated from even the play-in games.
Naturally, the Wizards blew the Mavericks doors off, 135-103. Washington never trailed, led by double digits the entire second half, and were +16 in the fourth quarter. Washington bookended the game with 41 points in the first quarter and fourth quarters. Nothing like lovely parting gifts to former Wizards Davis Bertans and Spencer Dinwiddie.