Losing to Dallas at residence: A D.C. sports activities custom since 2013

On second thought, perhaps we don’t need Dallas, at the least not at residence.

The Wizards’ embarrbading loss to the NBA-worst Mavericks at Capital One Arena on Tuesday prolonged one of many stranger streaks in Washington sports activities, one which’s even crazier than the Redskins’ latest (common season) dominance of the Seahawks in Seattle. Self-described annoyed D.C. sports activities fan Jeff Kravitz notes that the Wizards, Capitals and Redskins have now mixed to lose 15 straight residence video games to Dallas groups since 2013, which was unbeknown to me till this morning. That’s nutty.

The Mystics defeated the Dallas Wings at Capital One Arena in September and D.C. United routed FC Dallas in April 2014 at RFK Stadium, however the final time the Wizards, Capitals or Redskins defeated the Mavericks, Stars or Cowboys was Dec. 30, 2012, when Robert Griffin III helped the Redskins clinch their first NFC East title in 13 years with a 28-18 win. Since then, the Wizards are Zero-6, the Redskins are Zero-5 and the Capitals are Zero-Four in opposition to groups from Big D at residence. (The Nationals took two of three from the Texas Rangers in 2014 however have since misplaced 4 straight at Nationals Park to Dallas’s closest MLB group.)

The streak started when the Wizards rang in 2013 with a loss to the Mavericks on New Year’s Day that dropped them to Four-25. Washington’s starters for that sport: Bradley Beal, Martell Webster, Emeka Okafor, Nene and Garrett Temple. The Capitals, who haven’t crushed the Stars at residence since 2006, had their franchise-record 15-game residence profitable streak snapped by the Stars in March. The Redskins have fared higher on the highway than at residence in opposition to their rivals during the last 5 years, with two wins of their final 4 journeys to AT&T Stadium. The Capitals and Wizards are each 1-Three at Dallas in the course of the streak.

Barring an inconceivable Redskins-Cowboys playoff sport at FedEx Field in January, the subsequent likelihood to finish the skid will come March 20, when the Capitals host the Stars.

Redskins, Capitals and Wizards vs. Dallas at residence since 2013

Jan. 1, 2013: Mavericks 103, Wizards 94

Dec. 22, 2013: Cowboys 24, Redskins 23

Jan 1. 2014: Mavericks 87, Wizards 78

April 1, 2014: Stars 5, Capitals Zero

Nov. 19, 2014: Mavericks 105, Wizards 102

Dec. 28, 2014: Cowboys 44, Redskins 17

March 13, 2015: Stars Four, Capitals 2

Nov. 19, 2015: Stars Three, Capitals 2

Dec. 6, 2015: Mavericks 116, Wizards 104

Dec. 7, 2015: Cowboys 19, Redskins 16

Sept. 18, 2016: Cowboys 27, Redskins 23

March 6, 2017: Stars Four, Capitals 2

March 15, 2017: Mavericks 112, Wizards 107

Oct. 29, 2017: Cowboys 33, Redskins 19

Nov. 7, 2017: Mavericks 113, Wizards 99

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