{"id":176086,"date":"2026-03-03T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176086\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:42:08","slug":"washington-takes-on-orlando-on-5-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176086\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington takes on Orlando on 5-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Wizards<\/a> (16-44, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic<\/a> (31-28, seventh in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Orlando, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Magic -15.5; over\/under is 227.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Washington heads into the matchup with Orlando after losing five games in a row.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 19-19 in Eastern Conference games. Orlando is eighth in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 43.4 rebounds. Paolo Banchero<\/a> leads the Magic with 8.5 boards.<\/p>\n

The Wizards are 2-9 against opponents from the Southeast Division. Washington has a 4-29 record against opponents over .500.<\/p>\n

The Magic average 11.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 fewer makes per game than the Wizards allow (14.0). The Wizards are shooting 45.9% from the field, 1.8% lower than the 47.7% the Magic’s opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The two teams play for the third time this season. The Wizards defeated the Magic 120-112 in their last meeting on Jan. 7. Alex Sarr<\/a> led the Wizards with 23 points, and Jase Richardson<\/a> led the Magic with 20 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Desmond Bane<\/a> is averaging 20.3 points and 4.1 assists for the Magic. Banchero is averaging 22.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Kyshawn George<\/a> is averaging 14.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists for the Wizards. Will Riley<\/a> is averaging 12.7 points over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Magic: 6-4, averaging 112.6 points, 41.9 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 10.7 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wizards: 2-8, averaging 111.9 points, 39.0 rebounds, 24.0 assists, 9.4 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 125.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Magic: Franz Wagner<\/a>: out (ankle), Anthony Black<\/a>: day to day (quadriceps), Colin Castleton<\/a>: out (thumb).<\/p>\n

Wizards: Anthony Gill<\/a>: day to day (illness), Anthony Davis<\/a>: out for season (finger), Tristan Vukcevic: day to day (thigh), Cam Whitmore<\/a>: out for season (shoulder), D’Angelo Russell: day to day (not injury related), Leaky Black: day to day (ankle), Alex Sarr: out (hamstring), Trae Young: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington Wizards (16-44, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (31-28, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Orlando,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[55621,5815,15312,83277,83278,9254,5798,70652,5819,5802,83275,16489,139,141,1239,140,5799,5848,83276],"class_list":{"0":"post-176086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-alex-sarr","9":"tag-anthony-black","10":"tag-anthony-davis","11":"tag-anthony-gill","12":"tag-cam-whitmore","13":"tag-colin-castleton","14":"tag-desmond-bane","15":"tag-event_preview","16":"tag-franz-wagner","17":"tag-jase-richardson","18":"tag-kyshawn-george","19":"tag-national-basketball-association","20":"tag-orlando","21":"tag-orlando-headlines","22":"tag-orlando-magic","23":"tag-orlando-news","24":"tag-paolo-banchero","25":"tag-washington-wizards","26":"tag-will-riley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}