Injury Update: RJ Barrett And Quentin Grimes OUT
The New York Knicks PR has announced that RJ Barrett (migraine) and Quentin Grimes (wrist) are ruled out for tonight's In-Season Tournament game against the Washington Wizards.
Donte Divincenzo and Josh Hart will be starting in Barrett and Grimes' absence.
The Wizards starters remain the same with Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Poole, Tyus Jones, Deni Avdija, and Daniel Gafford.
As Inside The Wizards Staff Writer Tyrone Montgomery wrote,
It seems like the Wizards schedule continues to get tougher the deeper we get into the NBA regular season. Tonight’s matchup will pose as a difficult matchup once again as they hope to slow down Jalen Brunson. Not having Delon Wright is a tough problem to have. They could certainly use his defensive efforts tonight. Jalen Brunson will probably get whatever he wants tonight and that’s okay. The goal is to have Tyus Jones do the best he can against him. What the Wizards want is to have Julius Randle taking shots he shouldn’t be taking. He tends to shoot the Knicks out of games at times. The goal should be to avoid having him get to the free throw line. If the Wizards can do that and weather the storm of the Knicks bench, they should have a fighting chance in this matchup.
Both Inside The Wizards staff writers Darrell Owens and Gage Sheets have predicted a Wizards loss tonight. Not having Barrett and Grimes does not make this match-up any easier for the Wizards. Aside from the In-Season tournament, the team is in desperate need of a win. All starters and the bench will have to be explosive if they are looking for a win against the Knicks this evening.
