Poole, Wizards to host Simons and the Trail Blazers

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Portland Trail Blazers (25-33, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (10-47, 15th in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Portland visits Washington for a non-conference matchup.

The Wizards are 6-25 on their home court. Washington has a 3-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Trail Blazers have gone 9-19 away from home. Portland is ninth in the Western Conference scoring 48.1 points per game in the paint led by Deandre Ayton averaging 10.8.

The Wizards are shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 3.3 percentage points lower than the 47.2% the Trail Blazers allow to opponents. The Trail Blazers' 45.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.2 percentage points lower than the Wizards have allowed to their opponents (47.4%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Bub Carrington is scoring 9.1 points per game and averaging 3.9 rebounds for the Wizards. Jordan Poole is averaging 22.1 points and 3.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Deni Avdija is scoring 14.8 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Trail Blazers. Anfernee Simons is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 4-6, averaging 113.2 points, 43.4 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 6.4 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.6 points per game.

Trail Blazers: 6-4, averaging 116.1 points, 45.3 rebounds, 26.2 assists, 8.6 steals and 5.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.0 points.

INJURIES: Wizards: Saddiq Bey: out (knee), Khris Middleton: out (ankle), Alex Sarr: day to day (ankle), Marcus Smart: out (trade pending), Malcolm Brogdon: day to day (ankle).

Trail Blazers: Deandre Ayton: out (calf), Matisse Thybulle: out (ankle), Robert Williams III: out (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.