Wizards rout Pacers, secure No. 8 seed and a playoff date with the Sixers

Surely not. So when Westbrook hesitated, then drove past Indiana’s Malcolm Brogdon to put the Washington Wizards up 19 points in the third quarter, then promptly ran to the edge of the floor to demand cheers with both arms outstretched, the crowd obliged. Thursday’s play-in game was Wizards fans’ first taste of postseason basketball since 2018. Those who had donned face masks to go with their Bradley Beal and Westbrook jerseys were primed to explode.