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Washington Wizards
vs
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers struggled through one of their worst shooting performances of the season in their last game, but still managed to stay close in a loss to one of the NBA's best teams.
Unsurprisingly, the Washington Wizards were less competitive against another title contender.
In a matchup between teams coming off losses to elite opponents, the Blazers look to bounce back as they host the Wizards, losers of eight of their last 10.
Portland (25-17) shot 40.7 percent from the field but committed only seven turnovers and outscored Cleveland 25-11 at the free-throw line to stay close in a 104-98 home loss to the Central Division-leading Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
The Blazers' third loss in five games was disappointing, but the club takes some solace in its ability to remain competitive.
``We just waited too long to get going. Maybe we were in awe of LeBron (James). I'm not sure what it was,'' center Joel Przybilla said. ``We need to believe we're one of the best teams in the league and we can play with anybody.''
The Wizards (9-33) are naturally less optimistic about their abilities to compete with the NBA's top talent. Though Washington was able to defeat Cleveland on Jan. 4, it's lost eight of 10 games since then, including an uninspired 117-97 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
``They broke us down and beat us up,'' said Wizards coach Ed Tapscott, whose team trailed by as much as 36. ``They play the game at a very high level and they sustain that level. We had some decent moments, but we had far too many bad moments tonight.''
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