Coming off an undefeated home-and-home series with the Houston Rockets, the Brooklyn Nets welcomed the Washington Wizards to the Barclays Center seeking their f

The Nets lost to the Wizards 119-102 after a second half that saw them trail by as many as 25 points due to the overall lack of effectiveness from Brooklyn on both ends of the floor. The Nets were playing on the second night of a back-to-back and that resulted in other players having to pick up some slack,

Jordan Poole scored 19 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 119-102 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.

The 32-year-old Valanciunas is averaging 11.5 points and 8.2 rebounds this season despite playing a career-low 20.1 minutes per game.

The Washington Wizards were active ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, sending forward Kyle Kuzma to the Milwaukee Bucks and center Jonas Valanciunas to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday in exchange for prospects and draft picks.

A league source told The Sacramento Bee the Kings are trading newly acquired Sidy Cissoko and two-second round draft picks to the Wizards in exchange for Valanciunas, a 6-foot-11, 265-pound center who will backup Lithuanian countryman Domantas Sabonis.

The Washington Wizards(8-41) and Brooklyn Nets (17-33) meet Wednesday at Barclays Center. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Wizards vs. Nets odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

The Nets enter this matchup following a 99-97 win over the Rockets on Tuesday in which Brooklyn scored six points in a matter of 4.9 seconds to come away from Barclays Center with another win over one of the best teams in the Western Conference.

It’s Wednesday, February 5, and the Washington Wizards (8-41) and Brooklyn Nets (17-33) are all set to square off from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Wizards won one game in the entire month of January.