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The Miami Heat will look to avoid coming up empty handed on this final three-game road trip of the season in the second night of a back-to-back in Washington.

They are coming off two terrible losses to the Toronto Raptors, but can at least go into the play-in tournament with two straight wins with a pair of winnable matchups this weekend— beginning with the Washington Wizards. The Heat are 3-0 versus the Wizards this season. And they have won all those matchups comfortably with double-digits edges.

However, Miami is still on a downward spiral at the most inopportune time possible. They’ve lost 10 of their last 13 games and have collapsed as a team down the stretch of this regular season rather than earning their way into a top-six seed to avoid the play-in. The Heat have had several chances to improve their seeding positioning, but have continued to come up short when they’ve needed wins the most.

For Washington, they have successfully put together a true tanking season. They are sitting at a 17-63 overall record and the last place 15th seed in the East. In addition, they are currently riding an eight-game losing streak. Miami will have a prime opportunity to see the vision of a potential play-in/playoff rotation on the floor in a very winnable matchup for themselves.

Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):

Washington Wizards:

Miami Heat:  

Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):

Washington Wizards:

Bub Carrington, G

Tre Johnson, G

Bilal Coulibaly, F

Will Riley, F

Tristan Vukcevic, C

Miami Heat:

Davion Mitchell, G

Tyler Herro, G

Pelle Larsson, F

Andrew Wiggins, F

Bam Adebayo, C

Broadcast Info:

Tipoff: 7:00 PM EST

TV: ESPN & FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)

Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)

Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)

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