No fairytale at Wizards as Beal says team lacks

Bradley Beal, the NBA's leading scorer coming in at 33.3 points per game, led Washington with 31 points on 11-for-22 shooting after being held to seven points on 1 of 14 from the field by the Heat in his last game. Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, falling short of his sixth triple-double of the season. Beal expressed frustration after the Wizards were blown out again after losing 122-95 to Miami on Friday night.

"We have to have some pride, some dog (in us)," Beal said. "We kind of let teams walk over us. ... We got our butts kicked twice in a row and that is never appealing to anybody."

Beal said it us up to each player to improve their game. "It's tough because I can't do it for guys, I can only do it for myself," Beal said. Coach Scott Brooks said that while he needs to do a better job, it's also up to players to take pride in individual defense. "Teams are attacking players and we have to step up and take the challenge and make them miss shots and not get beat by one or two-dribble drives and those are the things that are bothering us right now," Brooks said.