On Tuesday night, the 2025-26 season bottomed out with the team's worst defeat of the year, a 115-111 loss to the Washington Wizards in Deni Avdija's return to his former homecourt to face the franchise that drafted and then traded him. "The Blazers suffered perhaps their worst loss of the season Tuesday night, falling 115-111 to the woeful Washington Wizards before 13,852 at Capital One Center," Freeman prefaced before saying, "It didn’t matter that Deni Avdija returned after a two-game injury absence. "The Blazers were just plain bad in Washington, D.C."Good can Come from Blazers' Shocking Loss to WizardsAdvija is injured, but he still played well. Still, he had six turnovers and had an inefficient game, by his standards, at least, leading to the loss. While Splitter is optimistic that Avdija can return to full health eventually, the Blazers need to handle business against bottom-feeders like the Wizards if this season is to go anywhere.