Overview
- Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden with local TV on NBC Sports Boston and MNMT and streaming available via Fubo.
- Jayson Tatum is out for Boston with an Achilles injury, and Khris Middleton is out for Washington with a knee issue per team reports.
- Boston enters on a two-game slide in 11th place in the East at 3-5, while Washington is 1-7 with five straight losses and sits 14th.
- Probable starters: Celtics — Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Josh Minott, Neemias Queta; Wizards — Kyshawn George, CJ McCollum, Justin Champagnie, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr.
- In their last outings, the Celtics lost 105-103 to Utah and the Wizards fell 119-102 to the Knicks, with analysts emphasizing Boston’s need to improve rebounding, focus, and defense.