Washington Wizards vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Predictions (2-23-24)
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The Washington Wizards (9-45) are on the road to face the Oklahoma City Thunder (38-17) at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tip-off is at 8:00 p.m. E.S.T.
This is the second, and last, matchup between the Wizards and Thunder after the first one resulted in a 136-128 Oklahoma City victory.
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On the backend of a back-to-back Washington will look to slow the Thunder down after getting bullied by the Denver Nuggets last night.
A few lineup shuffles happened last night after Wizards interim coach Brian Keefe decided to not start guard Jordan Poole in favor of rookie guard Bilal Coulibaly.
It seems this will continue for the rest of the season and we will see how it affects the teams morale down the stretch.
Let's see how the Inside The Wizards staff views the game tonight.
Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole (13) shoots the ball over Oklahoma City Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins (21) in the third quarter at Capital One Arena.
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Gage Sheets: Thunder 136 Wizards 115
This is just an extremely tough matchup for Washington especially on the day after playing the Nuggets in Denver.
Offensively the Wizards are just not consistent enough to keep up with the fire power Oklahoma City brings to the table.
There is a lot to like about Keefe's rotational minutes though and getting guys in the game including guard Johnny Davis who played 14 minutes last night.
Moral victories aren't a thing in professional sports but looking for improvements in a rebuilding team versus the actual score is important.
Thunder covers the 15.5-point spread tonight but you can expect that Washington comes out with a lot more fire tonight.
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