Bub Carrington, Tre Johnson, Bilal Coulibaly, Will Riley and Julian Reese will start Tuesday's game against the Magic.
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Bub Carrington, Tre Johnson, Bilal Coulibaly, Will Riley and Julian Reese will start Tuesday's game against the Magic.The Wizards won't have Kyshawn George for Tuesday's game after he suffered a sprained left elbow during Monday's loss to the Rockets. He's been replaced in the lineup by Riley, who stands to have increased fantasy value over the final month of the season. Also, Reese gets a second consecutive start with Tristan Vukcevic and Anthony Gill still sidelined.
Bilal Coulibaly finished Monday's loss to the Rockets with 23 points (9-of-16 FGs), one rebound, one steal, two blocks and five three-pointers.While Coulibaly has reached double figures in seven of his last eight appearances, Monday's defeat was one of his most productive performances of the season. The Wizards wing finished with a season-high in points, recording his second 20-point game. Coulibaly did play both games of Washington's last back-to-back, which may bode well for his availability for Tuesday's game in Orlando.
Celtics spoil Giannis Antetokounmpo's return, trouncing Bucks 108-81 without Jaylen BrownMILWAUKEE (AP) Payton Pritchard scored 25 points, rookie Hugo Gonz lez had career highs of 18 points and 16 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee 108-81 on Monday night to spoil Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo s return from a right calf strain.Derrick White also scored 18 points for the Celtics, who have won three straight and seven of eight. White and Pritchard each had nine assists.Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes in his first action since getting injured on Jan. 23. The Bucks went 8-7 during his absence.Overall this season, the Bucks are 15-16 with Antetokounmpo and 11-18 without him.ROCKETS 123, WIZARDS 118WASHINGTON (AP) Alperen Sengun had 32 points and 13 rebounds, Kevin Durant scored 30 and Houston beat Washington.Trae Young was ejected from the game after leaving the bench to come on the court to complain to a referee, days before he is expected to make his Wizards debut.Durant made all 11 free throws and added seven assists and six rebounds in his only game close to his Maryland home this season. Amen Thompson had 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Reed Sheppard finished with 19 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and six steals in his first career double-double.Bilal Coulibaly scored 23 points and Sharife Cooper had 21 for the Wizards.
Raptors take control in the second half and hand the Wizards their 4th straight loss, 134-125WASHINGTON (AP) Immanuel Quickley had 27 points and 11 assists to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 134-125 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.Brandon Ingram added 24 points for the Raptors, who rebounded from back-to-back home losses to Western Conference contenders Oklahoma and San Antonio earlier in the week. Toronto is in fifth place in the East, now three games clear of the play-in group.Will Riley scored 19 points for Washington, which lost its fourth straight game after beating Indiana twice in a row coming out of the All-Star break.The Wizards remain without newly acquired Anthony Davis (finger) and Trae Young (knee, quad), and 7-footer Alex Sarr (hamstring) didn't play either. Collin Murray-Boyles (thumb) did not play for Toronto.Washington led by three in the middle of the third quarter before an 11-2 Toronto run capped by Ingram's 3-pointer. The Raptors were up 98-92 after three and pushed the lead into double digits early in the fourth.All five Toronto starters scored at least 18 points. RJ Barrett contributed 21, and Scottie Barnes scored 18 and Jakob Poeltl had 18 with 10 rebounds.Bilal Coulibaly and Kyshawn George scored 14 points each for the Wizards. Washington shot 16 of 34 from 3-point range, but Toronto countered by going 42 of 63 inside the arc.Washington signed former Maryland standout Julian Reese to a two-way contract earlier Saturday. He was not active.The Wizards lost despite a 64-26 advantage in bench scoring.Up nextRaptors: Host New York on Tuesday night.Wizards: Host Houston on Monday night.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA
Bilal Coulibaly accounted for 14 points (6-of-10 FGs, 0-of-2 FTs), five rebounds, four assists, one steal and two three-pointers in Saturday's loss to the Raptors.None of the Wizards' five starters exceeded 23 minutes on Saturday, with Coulibaly leading the way in that category. He was productive in those 23 minutes, but the Wizards' rotation continues to be a frustrating one for fantasy managers to fill out. Coulibaly hasn't been the best fantasy option this season, and it's fair to question if that changes in the final six weeks of the regular season. With Washington's four-game Week 19 beginning with a back-to-back, there isn't much to gain from picking up Coulibaly.