Bilal Coulibaly

Due to the nature of Thursday's game, with the Wizards losing 146-101, Middleton only played 25 minutes. In a more competitive game, he likely plays more, especially with Bilal Coulibaly and Tre Johnson sidelined due to injury. Rostered in 14 percent of Yahoo! leagues, the veteran forward has been a 12th-round player over the last two weeks. That doesn't move the needle much in fantasy basketball, especially for a player who isn't playing both ends of back-to-backs.

It's a brutal blow for the Wizards, since Coulibaly is their top perimeter defender. Bub Carrington and Justin Champagnie will see more minutes, but it will likely just mean more usage for guys like Kyshawn George and CJ McCollum.

Coulibaly (oblique) is likely to be sidelined for multiple weeks, Josh Robbins of The Athletic reports.

Coulibaly had just two points and was -20 in 25 minutes against the 76ers on Tuesday. The 21-year-old shooting guard is set to miss Thursday's game against the Celtics with a right oblique strain. Bub Carrington and Will Riley are candidates for more minutes in Coulibaly's absence.

Coulibaly has been ruled out for Thursday's game against Boston due to a right oblique strain.