Here’s what the Wizards need to keep reminding themselves about last night’s victory over the Detroit Pistons: a bad win is still a win.
Did the Wizards coast through the first half — and much of the second — as if they were they much better team and had a win sewn up? Yes. Were they actually the much better team going against a franchise engaged in strategic losing? Also yes.
And so on the third leg of a grueling four games in five days stretch of schedule, the Wizards had to work until the final buzzer to scratch out a win against a team employing people named Jared Rhoden (5 minutes of playing time last night) and Eugene Omoruyi (23 productive minutes).