Even in a season as miserable as this one has been, some losses sting more than others. Put this defeat near the top of the Washington Wizards’ long list of disappointments, perhaps at the very top. “We disrespected the game,” Kyle Kuzma said after it ended. “We disrespected ourselves.” “Unacceptable from top to bottom,” Tyus Jones said. “Just our effort, our attention to detail from the start just wasn’t where it needs to be, wasn’t where it has been the last couple of games.” In a soft, all-too-often listless performance Tuesday night, the Wizards fell to the injury-decimated Memphis Grizzlies 109-97. It would have been one thing if Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart had played for the Grizzlies. But all four of those key players sat out because of injuries, as did Brandon Clarke, Derrick Rose and several others. -via The Athletic / March 13, 2024
