The Washington Wizards are hosting the Miami Heat on Easter Sunday. Miami is fighting for its playoff life, while Washington is coming off of laying an egg against the Detroit Pistons on Friday.
Expect the Miami Heat to come out guns-blazing in Capital One Arena: they need every single win they can get to rise in the standings out of the play-in. The Heat are currently the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference, one game back of the 6th-place Indiana Pacers and a game and half up on the 8th-place Philadelphia 76ers. Though they made the NBA Finals last year after weathering the play-in tournament, avoiding single-elimination play while reducing the number of games Jimmy Butler has to play is certainly in Miami’s best interest.