Los Angeles Lakers vs Washington Wizards: preview, predictions, injuries and TV for tonight's last game scheduled

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Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 22:00
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Back-to-back games for LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Los Angeles Lakers, coming from a very important win last night against the Clippers. The Washington Wizards will be visiting the Crypto.com Arena and try to neutralize them with their own stars, Kyle Kuzma and Jordan Poole.
The Wizards will serve as visitors in a game in which they have little to look forward to beyond beating the Lakers in their own homecourt. The Wizards find themselves in 14th place in the Eastern Conference with a 9-49 record, tied for worst with the Detroit Pistons (last at 9-49). Washington has lost no fewer than its last 12 games.
The Lakers, meanwhile, are in a relatively comfortable position tonight. In their best stretch of the season, having won seven of their last 10 game, LA is 9th in the West with a 32-28 record. In addition, the game takes on special importance for the purple and gold as LeBron James is 40 points away from surpassing 40,000 in his career, and tonight he will have the opportunity to reach that absolutely historic mark.
Expert predictions (Possible starting fives and winner)
The main predictions for tonight's game logically place the Los Angeles Lakers as the main favorite to win the game, while the Washington Wizards are still looking to have the worst possible record through the always controversial 'tanking'.
In addition, the starting fives will be:
  • Lakers: D'Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, Taurean Prince, Rui Hachimura, Anthony Davis.
  • Wizards: Tyus Jones, Landry Shamet, Corey Kispert, Kyle Kuzma, Marvin Bagley III.
Schedule and TV
The game will be played early this morning at 10:30 p.m. (ET), will be the last game of the day, and can be followed through the official NBA website and app with League Pass subscription.
Injuries
  • Lakers: Gabe Vincent (knee), Christian Wood (knee) and Jarred Vanderbilt (foot), ruled out.
  • Wizards: Deni Avdija (heel), questionable. Bilal Coulibal (pelvis) and Isaiah Livers (hip), ruled out.