The Sixers have been rewarded for not advancing in the In-Season Tournament with four days off and a fresh matchup against the Washington Wizards.
It’ll be the second meeting between these teams, the first being a comfortable 146-128 win for the Sixers in the Center in early November. Things haven’t gotten any easier for this Wizards team in the month since.
They come into the game ranked 28th in point differential at -9.6, per Cleaning the Glass. They are 29th in points per 100 possessions and somehow only 24th in points allowed per 100 possessions.
They are 1-9 in their last 10 games, with that one win coming against fellow the cellar-dwelling Detroit Pistons.