WIZARDS VS. HAWKS
March 21, 2016, 8 p.m., Philips Arena
Starters
Hawks (41-29, 23-12 home)
Jeff Teague
Kyle Korver
Kent Bazemore
Paul Millsap
Al Horford
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hip surgery)
Inactives: Splitter, Lamar Patterson (D-League), Edy Tavares (D-League)
Wizards (34-35, 15-18 road)
John Wall
Bradley Beal
Otto Porter
Markieff Morris
Marcin Gortat
Injury report: Questionable – Alan Anderson (left ankle), Bradley Beal (pelvic sprain), Marcin Gortat (sore lower back)
Inactives: Jarrell Eddie, Anderson
Officials: Bill Spooner, David Jones, Scott Wall
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 109-97 home win over the Rockets Saturday, their fifth straight win. … The Hawks have also won six straight at home. … The teams meet again in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. … Tim Hardaway Jr. is averaging 20.5 points in 25 minutes over the past two games – both 20-point efforts – without a turnover. The last Hawks player to have back-to-back 20-point games without a turnover was Joe Johnson in Dec. 2010. … A victory would tie coach Mike Budenholzer for sixth on the Hawks’ all-time wins list with Cotton Fitzsimmons (140).
From the Wizards
The Wizards are coming off a 99-89 home win over the Knicks Saturday, their fourth straight victory. ... During four-game win streak, the Wizards are averaging 109.8 points per game. … All five projected Wizards starters average double-figure scoring. … Wall is averaging 20.6 points, 10.5 assists and 6.2 rebounds over the past 21 games. … The Wizards lost to the Hawks in November after committing a season-high 25 turnovers.
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