I do not expect the Wizards to be the 3 seed. They have a really rough schedule the rest of the way (they've had the easiest so far, which is one reason they own their current position in the standings.) They could easily fall to the 5 seed.
It would be nice to play them healthy, for once. Haven't come close to doing that yet.
This is a good point.
17 of their remaining 27 are on the road. At Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Clippers, Jazz, Golden State. Home games against GS, Toronto and Utah. There's no break longer than 1 day in the schedule and 6 different back-to-backs. It's a fairly brutal schedule and much of it is on the road.
Compare that with Boston's remaining schedule. 13 games at home, 12 on the road. Tough games include @ Toronto, LAC and GS. Home against Cleveland (twice) and Washington. 1 back-to-back game.
In short, if Washington passes us for #2 in the East then they earned it and more power to them. It's far more likely they'll fall to #4 or #5 because they have a truly brutal stretch coming up.