The Cleveland Cavaliers (21-38) take on the Washington Wizards (26-33) who have won seven consecutive games and nine of 10.
The last thing the Cleveland Cavaliers need right now is to face a team that is on fire, but that happens to be the case Sunday night. The Cavs are traveling to Washington to face the Wizards who happen to be winners of their last seven contests. Washington is making a charge to be in the play-in tournament in the Eastern Conference and they appear more than capable of doing so. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers have lost 6 of their last 10 games as they reside in the bottom of the east.
This will be the first matchup between the two teams this year after their scheduled back-to-back matchups in January were postponed. The Cavaliers will get a good look at a team that is firing on all cylinders while they continue to navigate irrelevancy. The duo of Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook have been incredible this season. Westbrook is averaging a triple double with 21.9 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 10.9 assists per game while Beal is leading in scoring overall with 31.1 points per game. Slowing this combo down will prove to be a difficult task.
As has been the case this season the Cavaliers remain at the bottom in the three-point department. The good news is that Washington is not efficient in this area either as they rank 28th in makes (10.4), 26th in attempts (29.9), and 25th in percentage (34.9%).
