Nick Young grabs a rebound last night. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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If you are a Washington Wizards fan, and you stayed up late enough last night to watch them meet defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers, 115-108, the pessimist in you had plenty of ammunition.

Andray Blatche became one of the many Wizards to miss a game due to injury this season, which meant the team’s already thin front line was even thinner. As a result, Lakers forwards Pau Gasol (21 points, 14 rebounds) and Lamar Odom (24 points, 7 rebounds) had their way, and collectively Los Angeles scored 58 of their 115 points from inside the paint.

Then there was the issue of Gilbert Arenas and his seven turnovers. There were numerous occasions when the Wizards would be in the midst of a productive run, and Arenas would either make an errant pass or just flat out lose the ball off the dribble. He had a solid shooting night, so Coach Flip Saunders didn’t remove him from the game; but still, his turnovers proved to be costly.

Finally, the loss to the Lakers pushed the Wizards road record to 0-11. To give you an idea of just how putrid of a mark that is, the notoriously bad Los Angeles Clippers are the only other NBA team that is winless on the road, and even they are a slightly less terrible, at 0-10. If you’re owner Ted Leonsis or General Manager Ernie Grunfeld, that’s not exactly the company you want your franchise to keep.

But if you are a true Wizards fan, you understand that your team is led by a rookie point guard (John Wall), your best players (Wall, Arenas, Blatche and Josh Howard) have or are currently battling injuries, and that this is a relatively young and inexperienced team. The victories in the win column have been few and far between, but the there are plenty of moral victories that can be extracted from these losses–especially last night against the Lakers.