{"id":185361,"date":"2026-03-01T07:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185361\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:29:07","slug":"washington-takes-on-houston-looks-to-break-4-game-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185361\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington takes on Houston, looks to break 4-game slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> (37-22, third in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards<\/a> (16-43, 13th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Washington looks to stop its four-game slide when the Wizards take on Houston.<\/p>\n

The Wizards have gone 11-20 at home. Washington is 2-2 in one-possession games.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are 17-15 in road games. Houston ranks third in the Western Conference shooting 36.9% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

The Wizards score 112.2 points per game, 3.0 more points than the 109.2 the Rockets allow. The Rockets average 11.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.6 fewer made shots on average than the 14.1 per game the Wizards give up.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the second time this season. The Rockets won 135-112 in the last matchup on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Kyshawn George<\/a> is averaging 14.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists for the Wizards. Will Riley<\/a> is averaging 14 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Alperen Sengun<\/a> is scoring 20.2 points per game and averaging 9.1 rebounds for the Rockets. Reed Sheppard<\/a> is averaging 3.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 3-7, averaging 112.7 points, 40.2 rebounds, 25.0 assists, 8.8 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 124.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Rockets: 6-4, averaging 109.7 points, 43.8 rebounds, 24.9 assists, 8.8 steals and 6.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 104.9 points.<\/p>\n

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

Rockets: Jae’Sean Tate<\/a>: out (knee), Fred VanVleet<\/a>: out for season (acl), Jabari Smith<\/a> Jr.: out (ankle), Steven Adams<\/a>: out for season (ankle).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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