The Wizards face the Pelicans in the second game of a two game series. This time, the Wizards are hosting.

The Washington Wizards and the New Orleans Pelicans will meet for the second time in just 48 hours, after playing in New Orleans on Friday (where the Pelicans won), in an away-and-home format. Here’s the preview.

Game Info

When: Sunday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. ET

Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C.

How to watch: League Pass

Injury Report

Wizards: Bilal Coulibaly (GTD), Marvin Bagley III, Saddiq Bey (Out)

Pelicans: Karlo Matkovic, Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram (Out)

Pregame notes

A game that could have (only) draft implications — Before the game on Friday we discussed the draft implications of this away-and-home series as these two bottom-feeders “square off”. The Pelicans sported 5 wins before Friday’s game, and after beating the Wizards on Friday the playing field is even to the delight of Wizards’ fans: both teams now sit at 6 wins for the season. Whoever wins this next one will have pretty huge implications for the draft lottery. If the Pelicans win, they also win the tie-break and increase the chance of them finishing above the Wizards. This discussion would likely not affect the chances at the top 1 pick, but would have implications for the other top picks.

Trades — As the trades start popping up around the league, the most interesting thing to watch about the Wizards in the next weeks are… who will leave via trade. Valanciunas? Poole? Brogdon? Kispert?

Flashback: the Wizards lose on Friday

Here are the highlights from Friday’s loss: