# 2018–19 Washington Wizards season

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. On April 2, the Wizards fired long-standing team president and general manager Ernie Grunfeld, replacing him with longtime assistant Tommy Sheppard.

## Background
### Off-season

Shortly after the Washington Wizards exited the 2018 NBA Playoffs in late April, General Manager Ernie Grunfeld was quietly granted a two-year extension for his incumbent role with the team. In May, Jason Smith exercised his player option to stay with the team. Jodie Meeks also exercised his player option nearly a month later, despite having to serve the remainder of his 25-game suspension in the 2018-19 NBA season for violating the NBA's Anti-Drug Program in April.
The Wizards made several moves over the summer to overhaul their roster. On June 27, the team traded their starting center Marcin Gortat to the Los Angeles Clippers for Austin Rivers, as both players were entering the final year of the respective contracts and were growing increasingly disgruntled with their teams. The Wizards then boosted their depth by acquiring veterans Thomas Bryant, Jeff Green and Dwight Howard in free agency. Meanwhile, the team chose not to re-sign five players whose contracts had expired and became unrestricted free agents: Mike Scott, Tim Frazier, Ty Lawson, Chris McCullough, and Ramon Sessions.
Unlike in the previous two years, the Wizards did not trade away their picks in the 2018 NBA draft. Instead, they used the draft to acquire two additional players: Troy Brown Jr., a Freshman from Oregon who traditionally played at Small Forward, was acquired with the Wizards' 15th pick in the first round. Issuf Sanon, a Ukrainian Guard, was selected with the team's 44th pick in the second round. Brown later joined the team, while Sanon was chosen as a "draft-and-stash" player, who would be allowed to continue playing with the professional Slovenian basketball team Olimpija Ljubljana while the Wizards retained his draft rights.
The Wizards rounded out their roster by signing Jordan McRae to a two-way contract, officially adding him to the team in September.

### Capital City Go-Go

On August 7, 2018, the Wizards unveiled the new management team behind their first ever NBA G League franchise to be directly affiliated with the team, the Capital City Go-Go, as they were set to play their inaugural season in 2018. Pops Mensah-Bonsu was chosen as the Go-Go's General Manager, and Jarell Christian as their Head Coach. The Go-Go also held open tryouts in September to fill the remaining spots on their roster.

### Preseason

The Wizards opened their preseason with an overtime loss to the New York Knicks, 124–121. The game was notable for the combined 83 fouls, resulting in 90 shots, accumulated by both teams over the course of the game. Among those fouls, Markieff Morris was ejected in the second quarter after picking up a second technical foul from a verbal altercation with Knicks rookie Mitchell Robinson. The Wizards would later go on to win the rest of their matches in the preseason. Meanwhile, Howard stayed out of preseason play entirely, as he dealt with a recurring back injury throughout the preseason, leading to speculation he would miss the team's season opener on October 18.
As the preseason drew to a close, the Wizards made a couple additional personnel changes: On October 15, the team sent Meeks along with a future conditional second-round draft pick to the Milwaukee Bucks in a salary dump, receiving nothing more than the Bucks future conditional second-round draft pick in return. The next day, the team announced that they had hired Washington Mystics player Kristi Toliver as an assistant coach for player development.

### October: The Season Begins

The Wizards opened their season at Capital One Arena against the Miami Heat. McRae was called up to fill the empty roster spot left by Meeks' departure, and Ian Mahinmi was tabbed to start in place of Howard, who was still recovering from his injury. The team ended up losing the match 113–112, thanks to a last-second shot by Kelly Olynyk. The following Saturday against the Toronto Raptors, Bradley Beal broke the Wizards' franchise record for all-time three-point shots made, surpassing Gilbert Arenas who previously held the record.
The team finally got their first win of the regular season in a close matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers on October 22, winning 125–124 in overtime thanks to some exceptional three-point shooting from Morris. However, it would be their only win in October, as the team finished the month with a 1–6 record.

### November: Roster Shuffling and Howard's Injury

Howard continued to be sidelined from his injury, and the Wizards were approaching a deadline to add another active player to their roster before being penalized by the league. The team decided to sign Chasson Randle, who trained with the team in the preseason and was playing with the Go-Go, to a one-year contract. The team then assigned him back to the Go-Go in time for their season opener. The Wizards would shuffle him back and forth between the first team roster and the Go-Go before officially waiving him two weeks later.
Howard finally got his first start with the Wizards on November 2, getting 20 points in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He would go on to start at Center for nine games, leading the team in rebounding for seven of them, including the team's first winning streak between November 10–14. However, Howard's injury returned and forced him to exit the first half of the November 18 game against Portland that the team would eventually lose. Tempers reportedly flared at a team practice as members of the Wizards blamed each other, the coaching staff, and even Grunfeld for their team's woes.
Coach Scott Brooks announced a change to the starting lineup for the next game against the Los Angeles Clippers, recalling Thomas Bryant from the Go-Go shortly after he had been sent down to get playing time and putting him at the starting Center position while Howard continued to recover. He also moved Otto Porter Jr. to the Power Forward slot and put Kelly Oubre Jr. on the starting lineup in the Small Forward position, sending Morris to the bench. The change started off poorly, as the Wizards were down by 24 at one point during the first half, but the team rallied and pulled off a 125–118 victory.
Shortly after the game, the team sent down Brown to the Go-Go, and signed Okaro White to a one-year contract to avoid being penalized after waiving Randle earlier. The team shuffled White back and forth between the main roster and the Go-Go as needed to give him some playing time. Meanwhile, Brooks largely kept to his new starting lineup, sometimes giving Morris more playing time at Center than Bryant even as Bryant would open the game at that position. It was an arrangement that would continue after Howard announced he would be getting spinal surgery to heal his injury, keeping him sidelined for an additional 2–3 months. Despite being healthy enough to play at Center, Mahinmi's poor performance saw him languish on the bench, collecting DNP-CDs for most of November and December.

### December: Desperate Trades and Loss of Wall

Despite reports from the previous month that the Wizards were open to any trade offers involving any player on their roster, including their star players, there seemed to be few takers around the league, as even the team's highly skilled players were considered too pricey to touch. However, in December, the team managed to successfully trade away some lower-priced players for relief. On the 7th, the team inserted itself into a three-team trade with the Cavaliers and the Bucks. The team ended up trading away Smith and "cash considerations" to the Bucks and acquired Sam Dekker from the Cavaliers in this trade.
About a week later, the team nearly pulled off another three-team trade involving themselves, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Phoenix Suns that would see them acquire Trevor Ariza from the Suns in exchange for Austin Rivers, with Oubre going to the Grizzlies for two second round picks. However, the trade fell apart when the Grizzlies did not clarify which of MarShon Brooks or Dillon Brooks would be going to the Suns. Soon after the trade fell through, the Wizards decided to deal with the Suns directly, getting Ariza in exchange for Oubre and Rivers, who was waived by the Suns shortly after the trade was accepted. The Wizards re-signed Randle to the roster from the Go-Go to fill the spot vacated by Rivers after the trade. While the Wizards looked to remain competitive, their playoff contention hopes were dashed on December 29, when it was announced that John Wall was out for the rest of the season due to a chronic Achilles tendon injury relating to Haglund's syndrome.

### January/February: Further turmoil and rebuilding trades

In spite of their hardships relating to the team around this time, which included John Wall's first surgery resulting in an infection, throughout the month of January, the Wizards performed fairly well to acquire an 8–6 record for the month without Wall. However, the Wizards were still looking for moves to help rebuild the team for the future while also trying to see if the playoffs were still possible in the Eastern Conference. On February 5, potential plans for their next season were already hindered without John Wall playing, as it was announced that Wall suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon injury through slipping and falling down in his home. That injury would hinder his playing time for 12 months. alongside his previous injury leaving him out for the rest of this season. A day later, the Wizards also traded one of their highest paid players, Otto Porter Jr., to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for the expiring contracts of Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis, as well as a protected 2023 second round pick. At the NBA trade deadline on February 7, Washington also traded Markieff Morris and a 2021 second round pick to the New Orleans Pelicans for Wesley Johnson.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / Club |
| 1 | 15 | Troy Brown Jr. | SF | United States | Oregon (Fr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Issuf Sanon | PG | Ukraine | Olimpija Ljubljana |

## Standings
### Division

| Southeast Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y – Orlando Magic | 42 | 40 | .512 | – | 25‍–‍16 | 17‍–‍24 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 3.0 | 25‍–‍16 | 14‍–‍27 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Miami Heat | 39 | 43 | .476 | 3.0 | 19‍–‍22 | 20‍–‍21 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Washington Wizards | 32 | 50 | .390 | 10.0 | 22‍–‍19 | 10‍–‍31 | 7–9 | 82 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 29 | 53 | .354 | 13.0 | 17‍–‍24 | 12‍–‍29 | 6–10 | 82 |

### Conference

Eastern Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | z – Milwaukee Bucks * | 60 | 22 | .732 | – | 82 |
| 2 | y – Toronto Raptors * | 58 | 24 | .707 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 3 | x – Philadelphia 76ers | 51 | 31 | .622 | 9.0 | 82 |
| 4 | x – Boston Celtics | 49 | 33 | .598 | 11.0 | 82 |
| 5 | x – Indiana Pacers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 12.0 | 82 |
| 6 | x – Brooklyn Nets | 42 | 40 | .512 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 7 | y – Orlando Magic * | 42 | 40 | .512 | 18.0 | 82 |
| 8 | x – Detroit Pistons | 41 | 41 | .500 | 19.0 | 82 |
| 9 | Charlotte Hornets | 39 | 43 | .476 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 10 | Miami Heat | 39 | 43 | .476 | 21.0 | 82 |
| 11 | Washington Wizards | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28.0 | 82 |
| 12 | Atlanta Hawks | 29 | 53 | .354 | 31.0 | 82 |
| 13 | Chicago Bulls | 22 | 60 | .268 | 38.0 | 82 |
| 14 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41.0 | 82 |
| 15 | New York Knicks | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43.0 | 82 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2018 preseason game log Total: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–0) :
Preseason: 4–1 (home: 2–1; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 1
New York
L 121–124 (OT)
Kelly Oubre Jr. (15)
Kelly Oubre Jr. (8)
Oubre Jr., Randle (4)
Capital One Arena 11,826
0–1
2
October 5
Miami
W 121–114
Bradley Beal (20)
Markieff Morris (10)
John Wall (9)
Capital One Arena 12,825
1–1
3
October 8
@ New York
W 110–98
Bradley Beal (20)
Porter, Wall, Bryant, Smith (6)
John Wall (9)
Madison Square Garden 19,763
2–1
4
October 10
@ Detroit
W 102–97
John Wall (32)
Markieff Morris (7)
John Wall (9)
Little Caesars Arena 9,117
3–1
5
October 12
Guangzhou Long-Lions
W 140–111
Devin Robinson (23)
Troy Brown Jr. (8)
Austin Rivers (5)
Capital One Arena 10,907
4–1 :
2018–19 season schedule :

### Regular season

2018–19 game log Total: 32–50 (Home: 22–19; Road: 10–31) :
October: 1–6 (home: 0–2; road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 18
Miami
L 112–113
John Wall (26)
Otto Porter Jr. (11)
John Wall (9)
Capital One Arena 20,409
0–1
2
October 20
Toronto
L 113–117
Bradley Beal (32)
Markieff Morris (7)
Beal, John Wall (6)
Capital One Arena 16,185
0–2
3
October 22
@ Portland
W 125–124 (OT)
Markieff Morris (28)
Otto Porter Jr. (10)
John Wall (9)
Moda Center 19,187
1–2
4
October 24
@ Golden State
L 122–144
Bradley Beal (23)
Morris, Smith, Oubre Jr., Bryant (4)
John Wall (6)
Oracle Arena 19,596
1–3
5
October 26
@ Sacramento
L 112–116
John Wall (26)
Oubre Jr., Porter Jr. (9)
John Wall (8)
Golden 1 Center 14,101
1–4
6
October 28
@ LA Clippers
L 104–136
Bradley Beal (20)
Jeff Green (8)
John Wall (5)
Staples Center 16,491
1–5
7
October 30
@ Memphis
L 95–107
John Wall (22)
Porter Jr., Mahinmi (6)
Beal, John Wall (7)
FedExForum 14,106
1–6 :
November
: 7–8 (home: 6–3; road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 2
Oklahoma City
L 111–134
Bradley Beal (27)
Austin Rivers (5)
John Wall (9)
Capital One Arena 20,409
1–7
9
November 4
New York
W 108–95
John Wall (26)
Dwight Howard (10)
John Wall (7)
Capital One Arena 16,679
2–7
10
November 6
@ Dallas
L 100–119
John Wall (24)
Dwight Howard (11)
John Wall (10)
American Airlines Center 19,234
2–8
11
November 9
@ Orlando
L 108–117
Bradley Beal (27)
Dwight Howard (8)
John Wall (12)
Amway Center 16,562
2–9
12
November 10
@ Miami
W 116–110
John Wall (28)
Dwight Howard (16)
John Wall (9)
American Airlines Arena 19,600
3–9
13
November 12
Orlando
W 117–109
John Wall (25)
Morris, Howard (8)
John Wall (10)
Capital One Arena 15,346
4–9
14
November 14
Cleveland
W 119–95
Bradley Beal (20)
Oubre Jr., Howard, Mahinmi (8)
John Wall (9)
Capital One Arena 14,537
5–9
15
November 16
Brooklyn
L 104–115
Dwight Howard (25)
Dwight Howard (17)
John Wall (7)
Capital One Arena 15,102
5–10
16
November 18
Portland
L 109–119
John Wall (24)
Jeff Green (13)
Tomas Satoransky (7)
Capital One Arena 16,647
5–11
17
November 20
LA Clippers
W 125–118
John Wall (30)
Otto Porter Jr. (14)
John Wall (8)
Capital One Arena 14,499
6–11
18
November 23
@ Toronto
L 107–125
Bradley Beal (20)
Dwight Howard (8)
John Wall (11)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
6–12
19
November 24
New Orleans
W 124–114
Otto Porter Jr. (29)
Markieff Morris (9)
Wall, Beal (8)
Capital One Arena 15,165
7–12
20
November 26
Houston
W 135–131 (OT)
John Wall (36)
Markieff Morris (10)
John Wall (11)
Capital One Arena 16,872
8–12
21
November 28
@ New Orleans
L 104–125
Porter Jr., Morris (22)
Markieff Morris (9)
John Wall (11)
Smoothie King Center 13,570
8–13
22
November 30
@ Philadelphia
L 98–123
Bradley Beal (19)
Bryant, Morris (7)
John Wall (7)
Wells Fargo Center 20,400
8–14 :
December
: 6–9 (home: 4–2; road: 2–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
December 1
Brooklyn
W 102–88
John Wall (30)
Otto Porter Jr. (11)
John Wall (9)
Capital One Arena 15,448
9–14
24
December 3
@ New York
W 110–107
Bradley Beal (27)
Bradley Beal (8)
John Wall (15)
Madison Square Garden 19,440
10–14
25
December 5
@ Atlanta
W 131–117
Bradley Beal (36)
Otto Porter Jr. (11)
Bradley Beal (9)
State Farm Arena 12,551
11–14
26
December 8
@ Cleveland
L 101–116
Bradley Beal (27)
Otto Porter Jr. (11)
John Wall (6)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,432
11–15
27
December 10
@ Indiana
L 101–109
Bradley Beal (30)
Markieff Morris (7)
Austin Rivers (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,645
11–16
28
December 12
Boston
L 125–130 (OT)
John Wall (34)
Jeff Green (10)
John Wall (13)
Capital One Arena 20,409
11–17
29
December 14
@ Brooklyn
L 118–125
Bradley Beal (31)
Kelly Oubre Jr. (6)
John Wall (13)
Barclays Center 13,232
11–18
30
December 16
LA Lakers
W 128–110
John Wall (40)
Bradley Beal (12)
John Wall (14)
Capital One Arena 20,409
12–18
31
December 18
@ Atlanta
L 110–118
Bradley Beal (29)
Bradley Beal (10)
John Wall (6)
State Farm Arena 16,489
12–19
32
December 19
@ Houston
L 118–136
Bradley Beal (28)
Trevor Ariza (6)
John Wall (12)
Toyota Center 18,055
12–20
33
December 22
Phoenix
W 149–146 (3OT)
Bradley Beal (40)
Thomas Bryant (13)
Bradley Beal (15)
Capital One Arena 16,571
13–20
34
December 23
@ Indiana
L 89–105
Markieff Morris (16)
Thomas Bryant (7)
Wall, Beal (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,923
13–21
35
December 26
@ Detroit
L 95–106
Wall, Beal (21)
John Wall (7)
John Wall (8)
Little Caesars Arena 17,534
13–22
36
December 28
Chicago
L 92–101
Bradley Beal (34)
Thomas Bryant (8)
Bradley Beal (5)
Capital One Arena 20,409
13–23
37
December 29
Charlotte
W 130–126
Trevor Ariza (24)
Thomas Bryant (10)
Trevor Ariza (9)
Capital One Arena 17,197
14–23 :
January
: 8–6 (home: 6–2; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
38
January 2
Atlanta
W 114–98
Bradley Beal (24)
Thomas Bryant (15)
Tomas Satoransky (7)
Capital One Arena 15,324
15–23
39
January 4
@ Miami
L 109–115
Bradley Beal (33)
Bradley Beal (9)
Bradley Beal (7)
American Airlines Arena 15,324
15–24
40
January 6
@ Oklahoma City
W 116–98
Bradley Beal (25)
Ian Mahinmi (10)
Bradley Beal (6)
Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203
16–24
41
January 8
@ Philadelphia
L 115–132
Bradley Beal (28)
Trevor Ariza (9)
Ian Mahinmi (5)
Wells Fargo Center 20,446
16–25
42
January 9
Philadelphia
W 123–106
Bradley Beal (34)
Ian Mahinmi (8)
Tomas Satoransky (11)
Capital One Arena 18,039
17–25
43
January 11
Milwaukee
W 113–106
Bradley Beal (32)
Tomas Satoransky (12)
Tomas Satoransky (10)
Capital One Arena 17,966
18–25
44
January 13
Toronto
L 138–140 (2OT)
Bradley Beal (43)
Thomas Bryant (11)
Bradley Beal (15)
Capital One Arena 16,919
18–26
45
January 17
New York
W 101–100
Bradley Beal (26)
Otto Porter Jr. (11)
Trevor Ariza (7)
The O2 Arena 19,078
19–26
46
January 21
Detroit
W 101–87
Trevor Ariza (20)
Bryant, Ariza (12)
Tomas Satoransky (8)
Capital One Arena 16,229
20–26
47
January 24
Golden State
L 118–126
Trevor Ariza (27)
Bradley Beal (10)
Tomas Satoransky (10)
Capital One Arena 20,409
20–27
48
January 25
@ Orlando
W 95–91
Bradley Beal (27)
Trevor Ariza (7)
Tomas Satoransky (8)
Amway Center 17,216
21–27
49
January 27
@ San Antonio
L 119–132
Beal, Satoransky (21)
Thomas Bryant (10)
Tomas Satoransky (8)
AT&T Center 18,354
21–28
50
January 29
@ Cleveland
L 113–116
Bradley Beal (31)
Thomas Bryant (8)
Beal, Satoransky (7)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,432
21–29
51
January 30
Indiana
W 107–89
Bradley Beal (25)
Sam Dekker (9)
Beal, Satoransky, Green (6)
Capital One Arena 15,354
22–29 :
February
: 3–7 (home: 1–3; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
52
February 2
Milwaukee
L 115–131
Bradley Beal (24)
Sam Dekker (8)
Tomas Satoransky (6)
Capital One Arena 20,409
22–30
53
February 4
Atlanta
L 129–137
Bradley Beal (27)
Otto Porter Jr. (8)
Tomas Satoransky (9)
Capital One Arena 15,025
22–31
54
February 6
@ Milwaukee
L 129–148
Bradley Beal (30)
Thomas Bryant (14)
Tomas Satoransky (10)
Fiserv Forum 17,360
22–32
55
February 8
Cleveland
W 119–106
Bobby Portis (30)
Jabari Parker (11)
Bradley Beal (13)
Capital One Arena 16,682
23–32
56
February 9
@ Chicago
W 134–125
Bradley Beal (31)
Bobby Portis (12)
Tomas Satoransky (11)
United Center 19,942
24–32
57
February 11
@ Detroit
L 112–121
Bradley Beal (32)
Thomas Bryant (8)
Bradley Beal (10)
Little Caesars Arena 15,246
24–33
58
February 13
@ Toronto
L 120–129
Bradley Beal (28)
Jabari Parker (9)
Bradley Beal (11)
Scotiabank Arena 19,800
24–34
59
February 22
@ Charlotte
L 110–123
Bradley Beal (46)
Bobby Portis (12)
Bradley Beal (7)
Spectrum Center 15,572
24–35
60
February 23
Indiana
L 112–119
Bradley Beal (35)
Thomas Bryant (12)
Trevor Ariza (7)
Capital One Arena 19,648
24–36
61
February 27
@ Brooklyn
W 125–116
Trevor Ariza (23)
Bobby Portis (12)
Tomas Satoransky (10)
Barclays Center 13,683
25–36 :
March
: 7–10 (home: 5–4; road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
62
March 1
@ Boston
L 96–107
Bradley Beal (29)
Beal, Portis (11)
Bradley Beal (6)
TD Garden 18,624
25–37
63
March 3
Minnesota
W 135–121
Bobby Portis (26)
Bobby Portis (12)
Bradley Beal (8)
Capital One Arena 17,869
26–37
64
March 6
Dallas
W 132–123
Bradley Beal (30)
Jabari Parker (9)
Tomas Satoransky (11)
Capital One Arena 16,867
27–37
65
March 8
@ Charlotte
L 111–112
Bradley Beal (15)
Satoransky, Portis (9)
Bradley Beal (7)
Spectrum Center 18,144
27–38
66
March 9
@ Minnesota
L 130–135 (OT)
Bradley Beal (36)
Bobby Portis (12)
Tomas Satoransky (11)
Target Center 14,381
27–39
67
March 11
Sacramento
W 121–115
Bradley Beal (27)
Bobby Portis (13)
Bradley Beal (9)
Capital One Arena 15,012
28–39
68
March 13
Orlando
W 100–90
Bradley Beal (23)
Thomas Bryant (10)
Beal, Satoransky (7)
Capital One Arena 15,107
29–39
69
March 15
Charlotte
L 110–116
Bradley Beal (40)
Jabari Parker (11)
Beal, Ariza (5)
Capital One Arena 19,520
29–40
70
March 16
Memphis
W 135–128
Bradley Beal (40)
Jabari Parker (11)
Beal, Satoransky (7)
Capital One Arena 19,750
30–40
71
March 18
Utah
L 95–116
Jabari Parker (19)
Jabari Parker (7)
Tomas Satoransky (6)
Capital One Arena 15,637
30–41
72
March 20
@ Chicago
L 120–126 (OT)
Bradley Beal (27)
Troy Brown Jr. (10)
Beal, Satoransky (7)
United Center 19,470
30–42
73
March 21
Denver
L 108–113
Bradley Beal (25)
Parker, Bryant, Portis (8)
Tomas Satoransky (10)
Capital One Arena 15,986
30–43
74
March 23
Miami
L 108–113
Jeff Green (25)
Bryant, Portis (11)
Tomas Satoransky (8)
Capital One Arena 20,409
30–44
75
March 26
@ LA Lakers
L 106–124
Bradley Beal (32)
Bobby Portis (7)
Tomas Satoransky (11)
Staples Center 18,997
30–45
76
March 27
@ Phoenix
W 124–121
Bradley Beal (28)
Thomas Bryant (19)
Bradley Beal (4)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,004
31–45
77
March 29
@ Utah
L 124–128
Bradley Beal (34)
Bobby Portis (13)
Tomas Satoransky (9)
Vivint Smart Home Arena 18,306
31–46
78
March 31
@ Denver
W 95–90
Troy Brown Jr. (24)
Thomas Bryant (14)
Jordan McRae (7)
Pepsi Center 17,356
32–46 :
April
: 0–4 (home: 0–3; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
79
April 3
Chicago
L 114–115
Portis, Bryant (14)
Thomas Bryant (12)
McRae, Bryant (5)
Capital One Arena 16,616
32–47
80
April 5
San Antonio
L 112–129
Bradley Beal (25)
Bobby Portis (9)
Bradley Beal (5)
Capital One Arena 20,409
32–48
81
April 7
@ N. Y. Knicks
L 110–113
Jeff Green (19)
Bobby Portis (10)
Tomas Satoransky (7)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
32–49
82
April 9
Boston
L 110–116
Tomas Satoransky (19)
Ian Mahinmi (12)
Tomas Satoransky (5)
Capital One Arena 20,409
32–50 :
2018–19 season schedule :

## Player statistics

| Player | Pos. | GP | GS | MP | Reb. | Ast. | Stl. | Blk. | Pts. |
| Trevor Ariza$^≠$ | SF | 43 | 43 | 1,465 | 226 | 165 | 53 | 13 | 605 |
| Ron Baker$^‡$ | SG | 4 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bradley Beal | SG | 82 | 82 | 3,028 | 411 | 448 | 121 | 58 | 2,099 |
| Troy Brown | SF | 52 | 10 | 730 | 145 | 80 | 21 | 5 | 248 |
| Thomas Bryant | C | 72 | 53 | 1,496 | 454 | 92 | 25 | 67 | 758 |
| Sam Dekker$^≠$ | PF | 38 | 0 | 619 | 115 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 230 |
| Jeff Green | PF | 77 | 44 | 2,097 | 309 | 137 | 43 | 39 | 946 |
| Dwight Howard | C | 9 | 9 | 230 | 83 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 115 |
| John Jenkins$^≠$ | SG | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wesley Johnson$^≠$ | SF | 12 | 0 | 157 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 33 |
| Ian Mahinmi | C | 34 | 6 | 498 | 128 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 139 |
| Jordan McRae | SG | 27 | 0 | 333 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 160 |
| Markieff Morris$^†$ | PF | 34 | 15 | 883 | 174 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 391 |
| Kelly Oubre$^†$ | SF | 29 | 7 | 755 | 129 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 373 |
| Jabari Parker$^≠$ | PF | 25 | 0 | 682 | 180 | 68 | 23 | 16 | 374 |
| Gary Payton$^≠$ | PG | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Otto Porter$^†$ | SF | 41 | 28 | 1,191 | 231 | 80 | 64 | 22 | 518 |
| Bobby Portis$^≠$ | PF | 28 | 22 | 768 | 242 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 400 |
| Chasson Randle$^‡$ | PG | 49 | 2 | 743 | 56 | 97 | 25 | 3 | 271 |
| Austin Rivers$^†$ | SG | 29 | 2 | 683 | 71 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 210 |
| Devin Robinson | SF | 7 | 0 | 95 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 47 |
| Tomáš Satoranský | PG | 80 | 54 | 2,164 | 279 | 399 | 82 | 13 | 709 |
| Jason Smith$^†$ | C | 12 | 1 | 130 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 44 |
| John Wall | PG | 32 | 32 | 1,104 | 116 | 279 | 49 | 29 | 663 |
| Okaro White$^‡$ | PF | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After all games. $^‡$Waived during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 27, 2018 | To Washington WizardsAustin Rivers | To Los Angeles ClippersMarcin Gortat |
| October 15, 2018 | To Washington Wizards2020 protected second round pick | To Milwaukee BucksJodie Meeks 2020 protected second round pick Cash considerations |
| December 7, 2018 | To Washington WizardsSam Dekker | To Milwaukee BucksGeorge Hill Jason Smith 2021 second round pick (from Cleveland) Cash considerations (from Washington) | To Cleveland CavaliersMatthew Dellavedova John Henson 2021 first and second round picks (from Milwaukee) |
| December 15, 2018 | To Washington WizardsTrevor Ariza | To Phoenix SunsKelly Oubre Jr. Austin Rivers |
| February 6, 2019 | To Washington Wizards Jabari Parker Bobby Portis 2023 protected second round draft pick | To Chicago Bulls Otto Porter Jr. |
| February 7, 2019 | To Washington Wizards Wesley Johnson | To New Orleans Pelicans Markieff Morris 2023 second round draft pick |

### Free Agents
#### Additions

| Player | Date Signed | Contract | Former Team |
| Thomas Bryant | July 2, 2018 | 2 years, $2,193,857 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Jeff Green | July 10, 2018 | 1 year, $2,393,887 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Dwight Howard | July 11, 2018 | 2 years, $10,940,850 (MLE) | Brooklyn Nets |
| Jordan McRae | September 10, 2018 | Two-way contract | Saski Baskonia |
| Chasson Randle | October 30, 2018 | 1 year, $1,242,652 | Capital City Go-Go |
| Okaro White | November 23, 2018 | 1 year | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Ron Baker | December 21, 2018 | 1 year | New York Knicks |
| Gary Payton II | January 21, 2019 | 10-Day Contract | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
* ↑ Howard played with the Charlotte Hornets through 2018, and was officially traded to the Brooklyn Nets on July 6, 2018, but waived later that same day.
* ↑ Randle was officially waived by the team on November 12 and rejoined the Go-Go on November 15. However, he officially re-signed with the Wizards on December 18

#### Subtractions

| Player | Reason Left | Date Left | New Team |
| Tim Frazier | UFA | July 1, 2018 | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Ty Lawson | UFA | July 1, 2018 | Shandong Golden Stars |
| Chris McCullough | UFA | July 1, 2018 | Shanxi Brave Dragons |
| Ramon Sessions | UFA | July 1, 2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Mike Scott | UFA | July 3, 2018 | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Okaro White | Waived | December 21, 2018 | Long Island Nets |
| Ron Baker | Waived | January 7, 2019 | |