Washington visits Portland on 3-game road slide

Updated Mar. 12, 2022 3:22 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Washington Wizards (29-36, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (25-40, 12th in the Western Conference)

Portland, Oregon; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST

LINE: Trail Blazers -7.5; over/under is 218.5

BOTTOM LINE: Washington travels to Portland looking to break its three-game road losing streak.

The Trail Blazers have gone 16-18 at home. Portland is 15-29 against opponents over .500.

The Wizards are 12-19 on the road. Washington is 7-15 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 12.7 turnovers per game.

The teams square off for the second time this season. The Trail Blazers won 115-110 in the last meeting on Jan. 16. Anfernee Simons led the Trail Blazers with 31 points, and Spencer Dinwiddie led the Wizards with 27 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Simons is averaging 17.3 points and 3.9 assists for the Trail Blazers. Damian Lillard is averaging 24 points and 7.3 assists over the past 10 games for Portland.

Kyle Kuzma is shooting 45.8% and averaging 17.3 points for the Wizards. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is averaging 16.9 points over the last 10 games for Washington.

LAST 10 GAMES: Trail Blazers: 4-6, averaging 102.8 points, 42.0 rebounds, 22.2 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 41.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.2 points per game.

Wizards: 4-6, averaging 114.8 points, 41.5 rebounds, 27.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.9 points.

INJURIES: Trail Blazers: Nassir Little: out for season (shoulder), Jusuf Nurkic: out (foot), Didi Louzada: out (kne), Damian Lillard: out (abdominal), Eric Bledsoe: out (achilles), Justise Winslow: day to day (achilles), Anfernee Simons: day to day (quad), Joe Ingles: out for season (knee).

Wizards: Bradley Beal: out for season (wrist).

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