Preview: Wizards play the Pelicans on Saturday

When: Saturday, January 28 at 8 p.m. ET

The place: Smoothie King Heart, New Orleans, LA

The best way to watch: NBC Sports activities Washington

WIZARDS— Monte Morris, DAY-TO-DAY (hamstring); Kristaps Porzingis, OUT (ankle)

PELICANS— Dyson Daniels, OUT (ankle); Zion Williamson, OUT (hamstring); E.J. Liddell, OUT (knee)

On this five-game street journey, Washington is at the moment 2-0 successful each video games in opposition to the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets. Now Washington shall be within the state of Louisiana going through the New Orleans Pelicans once more for the second time this month. Within the final assembly, the Wizards had been blown out by the Pelicans, 132-112, as New Orleans was with out main scorer Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. Washington didn’t have Bradley Beal within the final assembly both.

Now Washington shall be with out Kristaps Porzingis, whereas the Pelicans will nonetheless be with out Williamson however have Ingram again. The Wizards have been relying closely on Kyle Kuzma who has been their main scorer getting the mandatory buckets. In his final two video games, Kuzma has averaged 31.5 factors per sport. The issue stays that with out Porzingis’ scoring and Beal enjoying however nursing his hamstring, another person has to attain large for the group. It doesn’t assist they traded away Rui Hachimura, who was a giant assist off the bench.

Somebody to look out for is Kendrick Nunn, who in his first sport with the Wizards had 12 factors, 4 rebounds and 4 assists off the bench. Nunn was a part of the commerce that despatched Hachimura to the Los Angeles Lakers. What he can constantly do shall be on everybody’s radar because the bench now wants some critical assist in scoring.