{"id":595973,"date":"2026-02-11T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595973\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:00:27","slug":"wizards-at-cavaliers-preview-washington-visits-red-hot-cleveland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595973\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards at Cavaliers preview: Washington visits red-hot Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Washington Wizards head to Ohio on Wednesday to take on a streaking Cleveland Cavaliers team at Rocket Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Game info<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When:\u00a0Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Where:\u00a0Rocket Arena, Cleveland, Ohio<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How to watch:\u00a0Monumental Sports Network, League Pass<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Injuries:\u00a0For the Wizards, Kyshawn George (back), Anthony Gill (hamstring), and Bilal Coulibaly (heel) are questionable, while Trae Young (knee, quad), Anthony Davis (hand, groin), Cam Whitmore (shoulder), and D\u2019Angelo Russell (uncertain future) are out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the Cavaliers, Dean Wade (ankle), Evan Mobley (calf), and Max Strus (foot) are out.<\/p>\n<p>What to watch for<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The two East teams that drastically revamped their rosters at the NBA trade deadline are set to face off on Wednesday night. While the Wizards\u2019 newest acquisitions, Anthony Davis and Trae Young, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletsforever.com\/washington-wizards-news\/68015\/dawkins-highly-likely-davis-young-play-this-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:are not playing anytime soon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">are not playing anytime soon<\/a>, the Cavaliers have hit the ground running with James Harden.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Cavs scored big wins in each of Harden\u2019s first two contests with his new squad, improving the team\u2019s record to 9-1 over their last 10 games. The Wizards, meanwhile, have leaned even further into the youth movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Will Riley, Jamir Watkins, Sharife Cooper, and Tristan Vukcevic have all received extended run over Washington\u2019s last three games. There\u2019s no reason to expect that to change against the Cavs with the Wiz still looking to secure more draft lottery combinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Wizards head to Ohio on Wednesday to take on a streaking Cleveland Cavaliers team at Rocket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[495,10685,7,1257,4836,305,193,24060,5759,576,3531,6333,872,6,66128,16,8453,28695,494,682,468,3892,982,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-595973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-anthony-gill","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-bilal-coulibaly","12":"tag-cam-whitmore","13":"tag-cleveland","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-dc","16":"tag-dean-wade","17":"tag-evan-mobley","18":"tag-jamir-watkins","19":"tag-kyshawn-george","20":"tag-max-strus","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nbae","23":"tag-ohio","24":"tag-rocket-arena","25":"tag-sharife-cooper","26":"tag-trae-young","27":"tag-washington","28":"tag-washington-wizards","29":"tag-washingtonwizards","30":"tag-will-riley","31":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116050003427008924","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}