2018–19 Washington Wizards season
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The 2018–19 Washington Wizards season was the 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 46th in the Washington, D.C., area. On March 28, 2019, they were eliminated from playoff contention after the Milwaukee Bucks' victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2015-16. This season would also mark the end of the John Wall era in Washington, as he played his last game as a Wizard on December 26, 2018, and would undergo a season-ending surgery on his left heel and then later an Achilles injury from slipping and falling in his home that would cause him to miss the entire 2019-20 season. Wall would get traded to the Houston Rockets for Russell Westbrook and a 2023 first round draft pick following that season. Wall was reunited with his former college teammate DeMarcus Cousins in Houston, both of whom played for the Kentucky Wildcats from 2009 to 2010.[citation needed] On April 2, the Wizards fired long-standing team president and general manager Ernie Grunfeld, replacing him with longtime assistant Tommy Sheppard.[3]
2018–19 Washington Wizards season | |||
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Head coach | Scott Brooks[1] | ||
General manager | Ernie Grunfeld (fired) Tommy Sheppard (interim) | ||
Owners | Ted Leonsis[2] | ||
Arena | Capital One Arena | ||
Results | |||
Record | 32–50 (.390) | ||
Place | Division: 4th (Southeast) Conference: 11th (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | Did not qualify | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | NBC Sports Washington NBC 4 | ||
Radio | Federal News Radio 106.7 The Fan | ||
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