Deandre Ayton’s Portland Trail Blazers (25-33) and the Washington Wizards (10-47) square off at Capital One Arena on Wednesday, February 26, starting at 7:00 PM ET.The Trail Blazers are

The young team has made improvements on offense and defense with help from veterans Marcus Smart and Khris Middleton.

It took 57 games for the Washington Wizards to hold a team under 100 points this season. Marcus Smart and the Wizards held Brooklyn to 12 points in the fourth quarter of their 107-99 victory over the Nets on Monday night.

The Charlotte Hornets have been disappointing all season, but in a fairly standard way. When they lost on the road to the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 20, they fell to 14-40. Bad, of course, but a 21-win pace is hardly rock bottom for a tanker.

In a perfect world, everyone would be able to get the respect they feel they deserve. Oftentimes, people are treated with respect in America. That is the case a

It was certainly a busy day for the Washington Wizards at the NBA trade deadline. Given that they were a rebuilding squad who had plenty of veterans, Washington was expected to be big time sellers. Although their performance has been awful this year,

We've got another exciting Eastern Conference contest on Monday's NBA schedule as the Washington Wizards will host the Brooklyn Nets. Washington is 9-47 overall and 5-24 at home, while Brooklyn is 21-35 overall and 12-17 on the road.

Playing in just his third game with the team out of the nation's capital, Smart took a fourth-quarter charge while guarding Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford—and drew a foul. He then proceeded to get himself off the floor with a kip-up and fired up the Washington crowd.

Orlando is eager to get back in the win column after dropping a back-and-forth 105-104 battle with the Western Conference powerhouse Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. In that outing, miscommunication down the stretch proved costly, as the Magic were unable to take advantage of their last possession and come away with a win.