Going into last night’s contest, the Wizards had dropped 19 consecutive road games, and I knew that their 20th chance to break that streak would be intriguing. Either they would finally get off the proverbial schneid and get that first road win, or they would sink even deeper into the abyss of losses.

ESPN — bastion of unbiased, scientific polling that it is — offered this incredibly positive query last night to Sportscenter viewers: “If you had to pick, which home team’s game would you be most likely to attend?” Of course, what they meant to say was, “Look, let’s say you end up in Hell, and your infinite punishment is that you’re forced to attend home games for one the worst professional franchises in each of…