Taking the Good with the Bad

When speaking in terms of Wizards basketball, losing has become routine just as much as traffic on K Street at 5pm on a Tuesday. Customary with losing is the subsequent rash of fans and media spewing their opinions and reasoning for why the team fell short: pinpointing coaches and players, using injuries as an excuse, or, like in the case of last night’s defeat to the Orlando Magic, whining about the refs. You can’t really expect much of a different reaction. After all, not many happy headlines come out of a loss, especially when it’s the 18th of 22 games played this season. But, with that said, you can’t really negate some of the facts: The refs did in fact call a bad game. When you’ve got 39 free throws attempted by the Magic to only 9 for the Wizards, it’s always going to raise an eyebrow. A thick one. Nick Young was the anti-Lebron, scoring 20 of his 24 points in the fourth. As impressive (and late) as his performance was, it did not make up for his offensive absence ...