The Washington Wizards are set for the final game ahead of the All Star break with a Wednesday night road game set for 7 PM against the Cleveland Cavaliers
Washington Wizards (14-38) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (33-21)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7:00 PM ET
Where: Rocket Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
How to watch: Monumental Sports Network, League Pass
In the final game before the NBA All-Star break, the Washington Wizards are set to face the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third of four matchups this season in a different look for both teams than last time around.
Since the last time the two teams met, both have made marquee moves including ahead of last week's trade deadline.
Cleveland sent Darius Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for veteran guard James Harden, pairing the former MVP alongside Donovan Mitchell in the backcourt and with Evan Mobley in the paint. Harden averaged 22.5 points while shooting nearly 50% from the field and 47% from three across his first two games with Cleveland with the Cavaliers looking to narrow the gap between the top-seed Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference standings.
Harden will look to keep up his strong start, but the Cavaliers will be without others with Dean Wade ruled out due to an ankle injury while Evan Mobley remains sidelined since suffering a calf strain on Jan. 26. Max Strus remains sidelined, though Wade's absence is notable for the Cavaliers' wing depth especially after dealing De'Andre Hunter to the Sacramento Kings ahead of the trade deadline. Cleveland will get back Jaylon Tyson and rookie Tyrese Proctor back on Wednesday, while Washington will have another body available.
In his first game since being traded from Dallas, Jaden Hardy is not on the injury report and available to make his Wizards debut. Hardy averaged 6.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 12.6 minutes across four starts and 34 appearances this season with the Mavericks, giving the Wizards backcourt more depth.
For the first time since suffering an ankle injury against the Bucks on Jan. 29, Tre Johnson is off the injury report and expected to be available to return to action ahead of the mid-season break where he'll look to pick up where he left off, scoring at least 15 points and hitting at least three made threes in five of his last six full games.
Both Bilal Coulibaly and Kyshawn George enter tipoff with a questionable designation, joining Anthony Gill who is also questionable due to a right hand contusion. The official inactives are expected with Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, Cam Whitmore and Trae Young still listed as out.
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: George, Coulibaly and Gill are all available to play tonight while Tristan Vukcevic has been added to the injury report with a questionable designation due to illness.
Washington will return to action next Thursday, Feb. 18 in the first of two games against Indiana in as many days.