{"id":619519,"date":"2026-02-23T08:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619519\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:44:18","slug":"washington-heads-to-atlanta-for-conference-showdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619519\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington heads to Atlanta for conference showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Wizards<\/a> (16-40, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks<\/a> (28-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta faces Washington in a matchup of Eastern Conference teams.<\/p>\n

The Hawks are 5-6 against division opponents. Atlanta allows 118.3 points and has been outscored by 1.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Wizards are 11-24 in conference play. Washington allows 122.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 10.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Hawks average 116.9 points per game, 5.9 fewer points than the 122.8 the Wizards give up. The Wizards are shooting 45.9% from the field, 1.6% lower than the 47.5% the Hawks’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Hawks won 131-116 in the last matchup on Dec. 7. Jalen Johnson<\/a> led the Hawks with 30 points, and Tristan Vukcevic<\/a> led the Wizards with 18 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is averaging 23.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.1 assists for the Hawks. CJ McCollum<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Kyshawn George<\/a> is averaging 14.9 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists for the Wizards. Will Riley<\/a> is averaging 13.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 4-6, averaging 112.9 points, 44.9 rebounds, 26.8 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Wizards: 4-6, averaging 113.6 points, 40.5 rebounds, 26.5 assists, 9.5 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 125.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Hawks: Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Wizards: Anthony Davis<\/a>: out for season (finger), Justin Champagnie<\/a>: out (knee), Tristan Vukcevic: out (hand), Cam Whitmore<\/a>: out for season (shoulder), D’Angelo Russell: out (not injury related), Alex Sarr<\/a>: out (hamstring), Trae Young: out (knee).<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington Wizards (16-40, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (28-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Atlanta;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[979,495,208,7,4836,7046,78812,2990,867,10683,6333,1407,6,26518,682,468,3892,982,683],"class_list":["post-619519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-washington-wizards","tag-alex-sarr","tag-anthony-davis","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-basketball","tag-cam-whitmore","tag-cj-mccollum","tag-event_preview","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-justin-champagnie","tag-kyshawn-george","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-tristan-vukcevic","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-will-riley","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116119067905414388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619519","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=619519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}