The Wizards lost to the Suns 98-118 today, suffering four consecutive defeats and a record of 15 wins and 15 losses.
Beal played 31 minutes today and shot 11-of-18, including 2-of-3 three-pointers and 2-of-4 from the free throw line, with 26 points, three rebounds and five assists.
Although the Wizards currently have a 50% win rate and are seventh in the East, if they lose one more game, they may fall to tenth place in the East, so their current situation is very bad.
The Wizards have had a very bad record over the past period of time, with only 2 wins and 8 losses in the last 10 games, winning only the Pistons and Timberwolves. In the last 17 games, the Wizards have lost a total of 12 games and won only 5. Before that, their record reached 10 wins and 3 losses, once ranking first in the East, but then, their record ranking fell all the way down, until now the winning rate is about to fall below 50%, ranking is about to fall out of the top eight in the East.
At the beginning of the season, the Wizards' performance really surprised a lot of people, although they lost Westbrook, but they got a lot of strong players, plus Beal, so they are still very competitive. At that time, the Lakers were in a very difficult situation, the record was very bad, and Wei Shao did not integrate into the Lakers system, so many people thought that the Wizards did not have Wei Shao and nothing, and even became stronger, some people joked that the Wizards also had to thank the Lakers.
But now look at it, the Wizards lost Westbrook, and Bill has not performed well enough this season, so after a long time, the original form is revealed, and the record will not be able to hold up. Although Wei Shao's strength has declined a lot, after all, he is still a superstar player, and those who have won the MVP, as long as they find the state, are still very dominant. Last season, the Wizards made it to the playoffs, which could not have been done without Westbrook.
However, for the Wizards, there is not much difference between Westbrook and Westbrook, there is Westbrook, they are only playing in the playoffs at most, it is difficult to go further, and without Westbrook, they also have the strength to impact the playoffs, even if they can't play in the playoffs, it is nothing, it is a big deal to rebuild, when Wall suffers a major injury, the Wizards will be unable to escape the fate of reconstruction.