{"id":613982,"date":"2026-02-20T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613982\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:20:33","slug":"indiana-pacers-indiana-pacers-vs-washington-wizards-02-20-2026-game-preview-when-and-where-to-watch-expected-lineup-injury-report-prediction-and-more-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613982\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards (02-20-2026) game preview: When and where to watch, expected lineup, injury report, prediction, and more | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IndianaIndiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards preview (Image via NBA) The fourth of four regular-season games between the Indiana Pacers (15-41) and Washington Wizards (15-39) will take place. Earlier in the season, the Pacers defeated Washington 119-86 on November 28. The Wizards defeated them 108-89 on December 14 and 112-105 on February 19. The Pacers’ regular-season record against the Wizards is 112-89 overall, with a 72-28 home record and a 40-61 road record. In the fourth quarter, Indiana led at multiple moments, including 97-96 with less than six minutes remaining, after rallying from a 17-point hole in the third quarter. However, the Wizards managed to take control of the game with 14 points in a row and held off a late rally by the Blue & Gold to win. <\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards – When and where to watch the game<\/p>\n

The Indiana Pacers vs. the Washington Wizards match will tip off on Friday, February 20, 7:00 p.m. EST, at Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. The match will be streamed on FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, Monumental Sports Network (Washington, D.C.). <\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards – Expected Starting Lineups<\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers<\/p>\n

PG Andrew NembhardSG Kam JonesSF Jarace WalkerPF Micah PotterC Jay Huff<\/p>\n

Washington Wizards<\/p>\n

PG Bub CarringtonSG Tre JohnsonSF Kyshawn GeorgePF Bilal CoulibalyC Tristan Vukcevic<\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards – Injury Report<\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers<\/p>\n

Aaron Nesmith- Out (Ankle)Kam Jones- Day-to-day (Lower-back soreness)Pascal Siakam- Out (Personal)T.J. McConnell- Out (Hamstring)Obi Toppin- Out (Foot)Ivica Zubac- Out (Ankle)Johnny Furphy- Out (Torn right ACL)Tyrese Haliburton- Out (Recovering from right Achilles surgery)<\/p>\n

Washington Wizards<\/p>\n

Trae Young- Out (Knee, quadriceps)Anthony Davis- Out (Finger)Alex Sarr- Out (Diagnosed with a right hamstring strain)D’Angelo Russell- Out (Coach\u2019s decision)Cam Whitmore- Out (Diagnosed venous condition)<\/p>\n

Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards – Game Prediction<\/p>\n

On Friday night in Washington, the Pacers (15-41) and Wizards (15-39) will play each other for the second time in as many nights. In the first part of the back-to-back match on Thursday at Capital One Arena, the Wizards won 112-105. The Wizards had a 17-point lead early in the third quarter of the previous game, but the Pacers rallied with a 14-3 run to grab a 92-91 lead early in the fourth. Later, Washington responded with a 14-0 run of its own to end it. During the outburst, Carrington made a 3-pointer from the top of the arc and a 17-foot jumper. Gill made the game 110-97 with a layup to start and a baseline 3-pointer to end. In the fourth quarter, Indiana led at multiple moments, including 97-96 with less than six minutes remaining, after rallying from a 17-point hole in the third quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards preview (Image via NBA) The fourth of four regular-season games between the Indiana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,15331,126,6,26769,8889,37877,81356,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-613982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-capital-one-arena","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-game-preview","13":"tag-nba-injury-report","14":"tag-nba-starting-lineups","15":"tag-pacers-vs-wizards-prediction","16":"tag-washington","17":"tag-washington-wizards","18":"tag-washingtonwizards","19":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116103875201247822","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613982","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=613982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}