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Preview: Wizards host Hawks Thursday at Capital One Arena

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GAME INFO
Capital One Arena | 7 p.m. | TV: NBCSW | Radio: 980 AM & Wizards App

The Wizards host the Hawks on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Capital One Arena, looking to improve to 4-1 on the season. Washington is playing in its second game of a back-to-back, coming off a win over the Celtics on Wednesday night in Boston. The Hawks, too, are playing on short rest, earning a victory last night in New Orleans.

G Spencer Dinwiddie Trae Young
G Bradley Beal Bogdan Bogdanovic
F Kentavious Caldwell-Pope De’Andre Hunter
C Daniel Gafford Clint Capela

INJURY REPORT
WIZARDS: Thomas Bryant (left knee injury recovery – out), Daniel Gafford (right quad contusion – out), Anthony Gill (right calf strain – out), Rui Hachimura (not with team – out), Cassius Winston (left hamstring strain – out)

HAWKS: Bogdan Bogdanovic (right ankle soreness – questionable), Kevin Huerter (right ankle soreness – probable), Onyeka Okongwu (right shoulder injury recovery – out), Lou Williams (right ankle soreness – questionable), Trae Young (left shin soreness – probable)

STORYLINES
Next-man-up mentality key for Wizards early in the season
Washington’s headlining offseason transaction – the five-team trade that brought in Spencer Dinwiddie, Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Aaron Holiday and the draft pick that became Isaiah Todd – gave the Wizards one of the league’s deepest rotations.