Wizards guard John Wall hasn’t yet been able to push his team to new heights this season. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)The Washington Wizards entered the 2017-18 season with high hopes. Around the same time, Wall said Washington “definitely [would] get 50-plus wins.” Weeks later, Bradley Beal proclaimed the Wizards as the best team in the Eastern Conference. But now that the 2017-18 Wizards have reached the crossroads of the regular season, they look strikingly similar — or only slightly better, in some instances — to last year’s team. Be a locked-in team,” Wall offered as what the Wizards must focus on for the second half of the season.

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2018 21:56 UTC