Preview: Washington Wizards Look to End Slide vs. Detroit Pistons

After a travel day on Sunday, the Washington Wizards will now look to end a three game slide in the third game of the four-game road trip.

The Wizards are set for the first of two meetings against the Detroit Pistons this week, in addition to the first of three in 2026-27 with the two teams also set to close out the regular season in April. Washington will have a chance to pick up its second consecutive win against the Pistons in Detroit after picking up a nine point win back on Feb. 5, 2026. The two teams met in Washington's preseason home opener last month as the Wizards pulled out a six point win in overtime.

Fast forward to now, the Wizards will take the floor with a much different team.

How healthy the Wizards are by opening tip remains a question mark given veteran forward Anthony Davis remains listed as questionable for the third consecutive game with a right ankle sprain. Despite returning to the game after his initial injury, Davis missed each of the last two road losses. Head coach Brian Keefe turned to Deandre Ayton to round out the starting five in the road loss against Atlanta, the second loss against the Hawks within a three day span, yet opted to shift to Bilal Coulibaly as the fifth starter in Saturday's blowout loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Davis is the lone Wizard who enters tipoff with a questionable designation with two-way rookie forward Felix Okpara off the injury report. Reece Beekman, Justin Champagnie, Tristan Vukcevic and Jamir Watkins remain sidelined.

While Washington awaits final word on Davis' availability ahead of tipoff, head coach Brian Keefe will look to guide his team to a bounce back performance.

Saturday's 75 points marked the fewest since the 2017-18 season, a humbling stat for a team looking to turn the page from the rebuild phase. With a chance to prove themselves against one of the NBA's best once again, Monday marks a chance for the Wizards to put together a much more complete performance than what sparked the three-game losing streak.

The Pistons have yet to release their injury report for Monday night given they suited up on Sunday night, falling short at home against the Los Angeles Lakers in a five point loss. The loss pushed the Pistons to its second consecutive single digit loss and falling to 6-3 overall.