Wizards lose to tanking Houston Rockets

Wizards G/F Kentavious Caldwell-PopeWhen I wrote in my last PPA update that the Wizards would probably lose one of their upcoming “should win” games, I wasn’t thinking about the Houston Rockets.

Including homecourt advantage, the Wizards should have been 9-10 points per 100 possessions better than the Rockets. Yet somehow, they managed to lose on a buzzer-beating three by Kevin Porter Jr., who had a terrible game in a terrible season.

I mean, among the NBA’s 136 guards with at least 300 minutes this season, Porter ranked 123rd in per possession production entering tonight’s game. He’s fresh off a one-game suspension for trying to attack Houston assistant coach John Lucas. And he hit the game…