Wizards rank 28th in the final pre-All Star power rankings with an obvious caveat at the plan to lose the rest of the way:

Last Thursday, the Wizards rested four of their five starters for the entire fourth quarter against the East-leading Pistons -- and won anyway, with big games from reserves Will Riley and Sharife Cooper. But that was a fluke rather than a habit: In their other three games since Feb. 1, the Wizards were outscored by a combined 76 points, dropping their season point differential to an NBA-worst minus-10.7 per game. -- Kram