{"id":153078,"date":"2026-03-31T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153078\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:49:08","slug":"washington-takes-on-philadelphia-looks-to-halt-3-game-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153078\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington takes on Philadelphia, looks to halt 3-game skid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers (41-34, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards<\/a> (17-58, 14th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Washington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Washington looks to break its three-game losing streak when the Wizards take on Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The Wizards are 11-34 against Eastern Conference opponents. Washington averages 15.2 turnovers per game and is 9-12 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 24-24 against conference opponents. Philadelphia has a 6-8 record in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n

The Wizards’ 13.0 made 3-pointers per game this season are just 0.4 fewer made shots on average than the 13.4 per game the 76ers allow. The 76ers’ 46.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.2 percentage points lower than the Wizards have given up to their opponents (48.3%).<\/p>\n

The two teams play for the fourth time this season. The 76ers defeated the Wizards 131-110 in their last matchup on Jan. 8. Joel Embiid<\/a> led the 76ers with 28 points, and Tre Johnson<\/a> led the Wizards with 20 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Bub Carrington<\/a> is averaging 10.2 points and 4.6 assists for the Wizards. Will Riley<\/a> is averaging 15.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Quentin Grimes<\/a> is scoring 13.8 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the 76ers. VJ Edgecombe<\/a> is averaging 19.6 points and 6.2 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 1-9, averaging 110.1 points, 37.2 rebounds, 24.2 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 124.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

76ers: 6-4, averaging 117.0 points, 45.2 rebounds, 25.6 assists, 8.2 steals and 7.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Wizards: Anthony Davis<\/a>: out (finger), Cam Whitmore<\/a>: out for season (shoulder), Alex Sarr<\/a>: out (toe), Bilal Coulibaly: out (heel), Kyshawn George: out (elbow), D’Angelo Russell: out (not injury related), Trae Young: out (quad).<\/p>\n

76ers: Johni Broome: out (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers (41-34, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (17-58, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Washington;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69559,60876,69556,69558,56878,14498,69,71,70,69560,12955,69557],"class_list":{"0":"post-153078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-alex-sarr","9":"tag-anthony-davis","10":"tag-bub-carrington","11":"tag-cam-whitmore","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-national-basketball-association","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","16":"tag-philadelphia-news","17":"tag-tre-johnson","18":"tag-washington-wizards","19":"tag-will-riley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}