But winning 13 of their first 20 games has given the Wizards a cushion they could not have expected when they opened their season October 20 in Toronto. They’ve accomplished what they’ve accomplished so far even without power forward Rui Hachimura and center Thomas Bryant, with Bertans missing 10 games and struggling since and with Beal and Dinwiddie missing three games apiece. “We feel great,” Gafford said. “We had a lot of bumps in the road, but the road to success is not really just a straight-line road. You’re going to have a lot of curves. You’re going to have a lot of bumps, trials and tribulations. It’s on us to figure out ways to get through that.