"When Randy Wittman took over as coach of the Washington Wizards on Jan. 24, the team was coming off an embarrassing 103-83 loss to Philadelphia that in part caused Flip Saunders his job. In their five subsequent games, the Wizards won twice, albeit against lowly Charlotte, and played with enough resolve two other times to indicate an on-court transformation may be at hand.

Any equity the Wizards had accumulated, though, all but vanished following Saturday night's 107-81 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Coupled with its blowout loss on Friday at Toronto, Washington has dropped the last two games by a combined 43 points, leading Wittman to concede the team may have regressed.

"Yeah, a little bit," Wittman said when asked if he was concerned about players reverting back to losing habits. "We've got to find a way on Monday now to regroup. We've got to find something.""