Wizards forward Andray Blatche was benched midway through the first quarter of Tuesday night's overtime loss to the Bobcats.
Washington coach Flip Saunders said Blatche didn't listen when the coach urged him to play better defense.
"He didn't want to hear it," Saunders said. "I told him, 'If you don't come and talk, if you don't want to be coached, you're not going to play.' We had coaches go up to him three different times, they said he didn't want to play. Fifteen years, never seen anything like it.
"He can be [mad] at me, whatever, but you never leave your teammates out to dry like that. Not when you've lost 11 games in a row and you've got a chance to win a game. Uncalled-for. We'll deal with it," Saunders said.
When asked if Blatche would play on Wednesday night against the Pacers, Saunders said: "I would doubt it. I don't know, but I would doubt it."