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Wizards losing skid hits 5. It’s likely to get longer.

The Sacramento Kings are one of the NBA’s weaker teams. The Wizards lost to them anyway to earn their second five-game losing streak of the season.

Against one of the worst defensive teams in league history — the Kings have a defensive rating of 119.2, which is the highest on record — the Wizards were below average from the floor (.511 effective field goal percentage) and committed 15 turnovers. Overall, their offensive rating was 109 — 10 points per 100 possessions below Sacramento’s average.

This really wasn’t caused by the Kings defending well. Washington got an array of open shots, which they missed.