The Wizards are hoping for their second three-game winning streak of the season against the Blazers

Game Info

When: Monday, March 17th, 10 p.m.

Where: Moda Center

How to watch: Monumental Sports Network

Injury Report

Wizards: GTD—Marcus Smart; OUT—Corey Kispert, Saddiq Bey (knee), Bilal Coulibaly (hip), Malcolm Brogdon (ankle)

Blazers: OUT—Robert Williams III, Jerami Grant, Jabari Walker, Deandre Ayton

Pregame notes

The Wizards are flying high into Monday night’s matchup with the Trailblazers. They’ve won four of their last six games, including a thrilling win in Denver on Saturday. Alex Sarr became the youngest player to score 30 or more points in the Washington franchise history and Jordan Poole hit a game winner to complete the season sweep of the Nuggets. Washington’s winning ways in March have been welcomed amid such a bad season. But the team no longer owns the NBA’s worst record and may fall (or maybe ascend is the better term) out of the bottom three to worse lottery odds.

The Blazers are 2-6 in March and will be on the second night of a back-to-back, like the Nuggets were on Saturday. They broke a five-game losing streak against the Toronto Raptors with former Wizard Deni Avdija leading the way with 19 points, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds. Sarr must contend with fellow rookie Donovan Clingan at the center spot. Let’s see if he can reproduce his success from Saturday night!