Warriors-Wizards: What to watch for

The Warriors conclude their five-game road trip with a gameagainst the Washington Wizards on Monday.Quite simply, the game will determine whether the Warriors triphas been disastrous or just plain disappointing. The Warriors are 1-3 on thetrip after a scary bad 83-75 loss to the Raptors.The Wizards are the second-worst team in the NBA, and theirwin over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday snapped a six-game losingstreak.Here are some things to watch for during Mondays game:Dont let Wall beat you: John Wall is theleading scorer and best player on the Wizards. He is capable of having biggames and he puts a lot of pressure on the opposing teams transitiondefense.It remains to be seen whether or not Stephen Curry returnsfor Mondays game. If he does, Wall will likely be his responsibility. If Currydoesnt play, expect Monta Ellis to start on Wall, but defensive specialistDominic McGuire could also defend Wall some.Locate the 3-ball: The one thing thisroad trip has proven is that when the Warriors dont have the 3-point shotgoing, theyre not nearly the same team.The Warriors went on the road shooting 39.6 percent from beyond the arc. But theyve been remarkably bad on this trip. Over thepast four games, the Warriors are 13-for-71 from 3-point range (18.3percent).If the Warriors want to give themselves a better chance atbeating the Wizards, making 3s would help.Find Crawford: Second-year guard JordanCrawford has been getting more playing time under Randy Wittman, and hes beentaking advantage of it.Crawford started his only game of the season last Wednesdayagainst Orlando, but has come off the bench other than that. In the past sixgames, Crawford has scored at least 18 points in each and has had two games of31 points or more.Third scorer needed: For the past two games,its pretty much been David Lee, Ellisand thats about all. The Warriorsdesperately need another player to contribute in the scoring department,otherwise these low-scoring games are going to continue.Nate Robinson would seem to be the natural first candidate,but he has not been good as of late. Then again, neither has Dorell Wright,mired in a shooting slump.Over the past five games, Robinson is 13-for-46 from thefield (28 percent) and over the past seven games Wright is 14-for-55 from thefield (25 percent).