Wizards' Beal 'sick' of Lakers fans at home games

Despite being one of the hottest teams in the league over the last month-and-a-half, the Washington Wizards are still struggling to gain support from their hometown crowd.

Starting shooting guard Bradley Beal has taken notice of the lack of support at the Verizon Center, particularly when the Los Angeles Lakers come to town.

"I'm sick of that, too," Beal told Candace Buckner of The Washington Post. "That's terrible. I feel like we were on the road today."

Beal's backcourt mate, John Wall, was a little more understanding of the split crowd, saying that the Lakers attract a lot of fans because of their history.

"Our fans were still here, you heard some boos when they were doing that," Wall said. "But you know, the Lakers are a big-time organization that have won a lot of championships. They have a fan base kind of like the Celtics. They have one of those fan bases, one of those legendary teams, so we understand it. We dealt with it before when Kobe was playing but I’m glad that we have a winning streak here. Our fans have been amazing and they cheer for us when they needed us the most."

While the Wizards may have preferred a better crowd, it didn't seem to have much of an impact on their play, defeating the Lakers on Thursday to capture their 16th straight home game.