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FINAL UPDATE: Kyle Kuzma's Injury Status For Wizards-Pistons Game

Kyle Kuzma is on the injury report for Tuesday’s game.

FINAL UPDATE: Kyle Kuzma has been upgraded to available.  

On Tuesday evening, the Washington Wizards will be in Michigan to face off with the Detroit Pistons.   

For the game, they could be without one of their best players, as Kyle Kuzma is questionable on the injury report.     

Ava Wallace of Post Sports provided more info about Kuzma's status for the game on Tuesday morning.   

Via Wallace: "Kyle Kuzma’s (right knee soreness) availability will be decided closer to game time in Detroit, Wes Unseld Jr. said, though he did go through some work at shootaround."

The NBA Champion forward is in the middle of a solid season with averages of 21.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per contest in 58 games (while shooting 44.4% from the field).  

After spending the first four seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kuzma was traded to the Wizards during the summer of 2021.

Right now, they are the tenth seed (the final play-in tournament spot) in the Eastern Conference with a 30-34 record in 64 games. 

They are in the middle of a two-game losing streak and are 5-5 in their last ten games. 

On the road, the Wizards have struggled, going 15-19 in 34 games outside of Washington, D.C. 

As for the Pistons, the franchise is in rebuilding mode and comes into the evening as the 15th seed in the east. 

They are 15-50 in 65 games and in the middle of an eight-game losing streak.

At home, the Pistons are 8-24 in the 32 games they have hosted in Detroit, Michigan.