Khris Middleton scored 12 points in the Washington Wizards' loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)
INDIANAPOLIS — A scan of the Washington Wizards’ locker room can show promise but not how you may think. Because after the team’s 16th loss in 18 games, when rookie Will Riley pulls on a graphic shirt featuring Aaliyah — a singer who died four years before he was born — and Tre Johnson, the team’s other prized 19-year-old, never takes off his street clothes because of his injury status, you can still spy the soothing sights of maturity.