Three thoughts about the Wizards’ familiar struggles in their 97-95 loss at the L.A. Clippers, their fifth defeat in a row and a troubling start to their four-game road swing out West this week:
About that 17-point lead… Tell me if you’ve heard of this one before: the Wizards (7-15) fell flat on multiple occasions, and then blew it late. In the second quarter, they missed 13 of their first 15 shots in the period. (Wow, that only happened two days ago!) At least this time around, the Clippers (10-13) were equally messy and incapable of taking a lead by any more than six points. Washington finished the half hitting six of its last nine during a 13-0 run, and then added to a five-point halftime lead with a 20-8 run to open the third quarter.
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