Wizards see improvement, despite record, since trade for Nene And as the Wizards get set for a rematch in Indianapolis on Thursday, they are in the midst of their fifth losing streak of at least four games this season. But Coach Randy Wittman doesn't want his players to dwell so much on the final results because he feels the team has made considerable progress since the trade. "I told our guys, "We're all disappointed, probably a little frustration, but don't lose sight of what we're doing and putting ourselves in position to win games," " Wittman said after practice on Wednesday. Sometimes through frustration, disappointment, you can lose sight of the positivity, and I don't want them to do that. We're in positions of getting leads of [22], 16, 13, and against good quality opponents, that's a good thing. The Wizards are just 2-6 since dealing away JaVale McGee, Nick Young and Ronny Turiaf in a three-team trade that yielded Nene, Brian Cook and a second-round pick. They are just 1-3 with Nene, who sat out the loss to Boston with back spasms and is questionable to play against Indiana. Wittman wants his players to focus on how they were able to build double-digit leads against Indiana, Atlanta and Detroit; how they rallied from 25 points down to get within eight against Boston; and how they have been a markedly improved defensive team in their past eight games. After giving up at least 100 points in 18 of their 20 games before the deadline deal, the Wizards have surrendered triple digits only once - and that was when they played their fourth game in five nights in Atlanta, before Nene or Cook had taken their physicals and joined the team. We know we're improving. We don't just think it. We actually know," said Trevor Booker, who missed the loss to Detroit with a sore right knee and plantar fasciitis in his right foot and is also questionable against Indiana. I mean, the biggest thing we need to work on is closing out games. Three of the last four games, we were up the whole game and they wound up coming back and get us in the end. If we would just learn to hold off teams, we'll have more wins under our belt. The Wizards rank 27th in points allowed per game at 100.4 and 22nd in opponents" field goal percentage (45.6) this season. But since making the deal, the Wizards are limiting teams to just 90.5 points per game (which would be third best in the league) and holding opponents to 43.1 percent shooting (which would be tied with Indiana for eighth). McGee is the NBA's second-leading shot blocker, but he was a poor man-to-man defender and often left the defense in compromising positions with his gambles. He also was called for goaltending 23 times - more than two NBA teams.