Washington, coming off 4 straights wins, has 13 games, left, so we’ll take another look at the race for the 7th and 8th seeds in the Eastern Conference, with the Wizards only 2 games behind Indiana for 7th and 1.5 games out of 8th.  At the beginning of last week the team had lost five straight games, including a terrible loss in Denver, and Wizards … Continue reading An Irrational Wizards Fan’s Vision of How the Wizards Make the Playoffs

Week 20 for the Wizards comes after back to back losses to the Cavaliers in Cleveland and the Pacers at home.  It also marks the 20 games left mark in this long, up-and-down season.  Washington is 1.5 games out of the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference, and armed with the easiest remaining schedule in the East, needs consistent and strong play in this stretch.  This … Continue reading Wizards Week XX Preview

The season is officially 75% over now that the Wizards have played 62 games, winning 30.  This point last season, Washington was 35-27 after losing 7 of its previous 9 games.  This season, Washington has the easiest remaining schedule, according to opponents’ W-L record, but is still 1.5 games behind Chicago for 8th place.  Staying healthy (see Beal, Bradley), limiting turnovers, and playing consistent defense, … Continue reading A Look at the Remaining Regular Season Schedule

After a three games in three nights stretch, Washington heads into week 18, which features 3 games in 4 nights, and 5 games in 7 stretching over to next week.  The Wizards came out of the tough post All-Star break with a positive 2-1 record against potential playoff teams, and managed to win both games at home, a place they had been struggling in particular. … Continue reading Wizards Week 18 Preview

The 23-28 Wizards come out of the symbolic halfway point of the NBA season 3 games out of the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference, looking to finally put together a stretch of games that can move them into playoff contention.  The issue with the “halfway point” is that the season is actually 11 games past the midway mark.  Washington has 31 games left in its … Continue reading Wizards Week 17 Preview

As an NBA blog, we spend a lot of time covering daily and weekly matchups that come from a grueling 82-game schedule.  As a Wizards blog  we prepare for a hopeful, but not guaranteed, playoff push.  However, some of the best parts of covering basketball versus any other sport, is the effect superstars have on the game and their teams.  With only 13 active players … Continue reading The BS/BH Report: Ben Simmons vs. Buddy Hield

This week will feature Washington’s toughest test of the season.  48 hours after playing at one of the toughest arenas in the league in Oklahoma City, where the Thunder are 22-5, the Wizards will return home to host the reigning champion Golden State Warriors, as they march towards history and breaking the 72 win record by the 95-96 Bulls.  As if the test wasn’t already hard … Continue reading Wizards Week 15 Preview