Ron Siers, Jr., PhD, MPM

The Utah Jazz won tonight, which means the Wizards have opened a 4.5-game lead on them in the tank standings. Even if the Jazz lose their final 12 games, the Wizards would have to go 6-7 or better over their final 13 games to finish outside the league’s bottom-four records.

FINAL | DET 130, WAS 117 Carrington: 30 PTS Riley: 21 PTS Champagnie: 18 PTS That was easily Bub Carrington’s best game this season, and it was awesome to watch. Impressive nights from Riley and Champagnie as well. The Wizards lost again — their 13th straight defeat.

FINAL | GSW 125, WAS 117 Young: 21 PTS Riley: 21 PTS Coulibaly: 21 PTS Trae Young had his best game as a Wizard before he exited with a quad contusion. Impressive showings from Bilal Coulibaly & Will Riley as well. Wiz made it a game late but couldn’t finish. 12 straight L’s.

The Sacramento Kings won tonight to improve to 18-51. The Wizards (16-50) now have a 2.0-game lead on the Kings in the win column.

FINAL | BOS 111, WAS 100 Vukcevic: 22 PTS Watkins: 15 PTS Hardy: 12 PTS Apart from Tristan Vukcevic’s 22 points and Jamir Watkins’ two-way effort, that was a really poor showing from the Wizards (especially the starters), who have now lost 11 straight games. Wiz fall to 16-50.

HALF | BOS 64, WAS 41 Vukcevic: 11 PTS Coulibaly: 8 PTS Young: 7 PTS Washington scored just 14 points in the second quarter, and its interior defense has been atrocious. Queta (22 PTS) has dominated Sarr in the paint. The Wizards are well on their way to an 11th straight loss.

On this day in 2010, DeMarcus Cousins' last-second putback rescues No. 2 Kentucky in regulation as the Wildcats defeat Mississippi State 75-74 in overtime to capture its first SEC Tournament title in six years.