Game date, time and location: Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:00 p.m. EST, Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C.
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, Monumental Sports Network (Washington, D.C.)
Radio: 93.5 FM/107.5 FM (Indiana), WFED 1500 AM, 106.7 FM The Fan, The Team 980 AM, 99.1 FM (Washington, D.C.)
VITALS: The Indiana Pacers (15-40) and Washington Wizards (14-39) meet for the third of four regular season matchups. Earlier this season, the Pacers recorded a, 119-86, win against Washington on November 28th and the Wizards recorded a, 108-89 win on December 14th. The Pacers are 112-88 all-time versus the Wizards during the regular season, including 72-28 in home games and 40-60 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERSPACERS
G Andrew Nembhard
G Ben Sheppard
C Jay Huff
F Aaron Nesmith
F Jarace Walker
WIZARDS
G Bub Carrington
G Justin Champagnie
C Tristan Vukcevic
F Bilal Coulibaly
F Kyshawn George
INJURY REPORTPACERS
Pascal Siakam: Out – Personal Reasons
Aaron Nesmith: Questionable – Back
T.J. McConnell: Questionable – Hamstring
Micah Potter: Questionable – Ankle
Ivica Zubac: Out – Ankle
Johnny Furphy: Out – Knee
Obi Toppin: Out – Foot
Tyrese Haliburton: Out – Achilles
WIZARDS
Alex Sarr: Out – Hamstring
Trae Young: Out – Knee/Quadriceps
Anthony Davis: Out – Hand/Groin
Cam Whitmore: Out – DVT
D’Angelo Russell: Out – Not with team
Spread: Pacers -3.5 (-105), Wizards +3.5 (-115)
Moneyline: Pacers -148, Wizards +126
Total points scored: 233.5 (over -105, under -115)
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QUOTABLE
Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle: “Get everybody better. We’re working with all our players, even our older, veteran players. Improving their game, improving their defense, improving their body mechanics, offensively, defensively, things in the weight room. Younger guys have gotten an opportunity to play more all season long because of the wide range of injuries and stuff like that and we’ve seen tremendous improvement.”
Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Indiana Pacers On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Miami Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket