What Must The Wizards Do To Beat The Hawks Tonight?

Wizards Taking On The Atlanta Hawks Tonight

Tonight, the Wizards face a back to back situation as they return home to take on the Atlanta Hawks. This game will be an interesting one as the Wizards will be faced with two dynamic guards who can make a difference on any given night on the offensive end of the floor. This is really a star studded backcourt in Trae Young and Dejounte Murray. The matchup between Tyus Young and Trae Young will be intriguing as well as the matchup between Jordan Poole and Dejounte Murray. We are in for a high scoring game tonight in the District at Capital One Arena.

Got the Hawks at home tonight.

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How to Watch Washington Wizards vs. Atlanta Hawks today:

Game Date: November 25, 2023

Game Time: 7:00 p.m. EST

TV: Monumental Sports Network, NBA League Pass

Stream: Youtube TV

From: Capital One Arena in Washington DC,

Projected Starters

Washington Wizards:

Guards: Jordan Poole, Tyus Jones

Forwards: Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija

Center: Daniel Gafford

Atlanta Hawks:

Guards: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray

Forwards: Jalen Johnson , De’Andre Hunter

Center: Clint Capela

Injury Report

Washington Wizards:

Delon Wright: OUT (Knee) Latest reports have Wright out 4-6 weeks with this knee injury)

Ryan Rollins: Day-To-Day (Knee)

Bilal Coulibaly: Day-To-Day (Knee)

Atlanta Hawks:

Kobe Bufkin: OUT (Thumb)

Mouhamad Gueye: OUT (Stress Fracture)

The Bottom Line

It is of great importance for the Wizards not to allow both Trae Young and Dejounte Murray to have a good game. We seen how they allowed three players from the Milwaukee Bucks to 30+ points last night. The Wizards will need to lock down defensively on the perimeter and score off the turnovers they force. Trae Young is one of the smaller guards of the NBA and they really need to lock in or him. He has the ball in his hands a lot in their offense. It they can force him into making some bad passes and plays, getting him to turn the ball over, that will work in their favor. It’s one thing to force a turnover, but they HAVE to convert on the offensive end and get some easy baskets in transition through those turnovers. They also will need Kyle Kuzma to be efficient and not to get into any foul trouble in this game. If so, the Wizards will have a fair shot in this game.