WASHINGTON -- Kings coach Rick Adelman didn't have to think deeply to explain why his team's dinner was handed to it Thursday night at the MCI Center by the Washington Wizards.

"When you're beaten on the same play about 15 times in a row," Adelman said, "then you're not defending."

And the Kings certainly did not defend during a 108-101 loss to the Wizards. It made no difference to the Wizards that Chris Webber, their former player, returned to action after a one-game absence (stomach virus).