After winning 5 in a row, they have dropped the last two games of their recent road trip.
They return home to face a NOLA Pelicans squad that is tough, talented, and very well coached. CJ McCollum and Jonas Valanciunas will lead the young Pels into DC on Monday night. The Pels will be without Zion for the rest of January due to a hamstring injury (it seems everyone is having one these days). Brandon Ingram has been out since Thanksgiving with a left toe contusion (turf toe?) as well. Nevertheless, Trajan Langdon and David Griffin have littered their roster with draft picks and undrafted guys who destroy what Tommy Sheppard has done the last 2 summers.
Meanwhile, your Bullets will be without Bradley 'Bankroll' Beal for the forseeable future due to his left hamstring issue which comes after his right hamstring issue which came after COVID which came after a non-COVID illness in camp...
The Bullets at the halfway mark are 13th in DRTG and 21st in ORTG. When Bankroll plays, they're a top 10 in ORTG.
So, will the tank get rolling with an undermanned Pels squad? Is the defensive improvement real? Let's see!
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