Wizards A Lost Cause Through 11 Games
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By DERON SNYDER
Woeful Wizards. Not only does the phrase roll off the tongue much easier than Washington Wizards, it’s an accurate description of current conditions. The NBA’s only winless team is a national laughingstock, a punch line waiting to happen for comics, columnists and late-night TV hosts. What a joke!
Except there’s nothing funny about the pained expressions of coach Randy Wittman when he addresses the media after yet another loss. Humor is nowhere to be found in the Wizards‘ locker-room as players — their voices barely registering as whispers — try to explain the latest setback. There’s nothing but broken hearts and wrenched guts, grown men in a public battle against their ravaged emotions and sinking spirits.
The Wizards have no victories through 11 games. Ten of the defeats were tightly-contested affairs, none more so than the past two, a pair of excruciating, overtime losses against Charlotte and Atlanta. The Bobcats and Hawks won by a total of three points with Charlotte needing a couple of extra periods Saturday.
Some folks believe blowout losses are easier to digest than nail-biters, that being hopelessly behind in the last quarter is better than a punch in the stomach at the final horn. But neither style makes a “0” look any slimmer in the win column, or reduces the weight of figures in the opposite column.
