Tuesday’s NBA Injury News & Starting Lineups (March 1): Klay Thompson, Draymond Green Out, LeBron James to Play
Scott Audette/NBAE via Getty Images. Pictured: Fred VanVleet #23 of the Toronto Raptors.
There are six NBA games on the docket for Tuesday night, including two games on NBA on TNT: the Atlanta Hawks vs. Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Lakers.
Across the slate, the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors meet for the second consecutive night. Toronto's Fred VanVleet, who missed Monday's game, is out as is teammate OG Anunoby. Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving will not be allowed to play in Canada due to his vaccination status and new center Andre Drummond is out, too.
LeBron James will play despite a left knee injury. James has played in 43 of the Lakers' 60 games this season as LA fights for a playoff berth.
Let's run through the injuries present for each team on tonight's slate, along with each team's projected starting lineups.
Pistons vs. Wizards
7 p.m. ET
Pistons Projected Starting Lineup:
PG – Cory Joseph
SG – Cade Cunningham
SF – Saddiq Bey
PF – Jerami Grant
C – Isaiah Stewart
Injury news:
- Marvin Bagley III (Doubtful, ankle)
- Frank Jackson (Questionable, back)
- Hamidou Diallo (Doubtful, ankle)
Wizards Projected Starting Lineup:
PG – Raul Neto
SG – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF – Corey Kispert
PF – Kyle Kuzma
C – Daniel Gafford
Note: Daniel Gafford will start for Kristaps Porzingis, who has yet to make his Wizards debut due to a knee injury.
Injury news:
- Kristaps Porzingis (Out, knee)
- Bradley Beal (Out, wrist)
- Tomas Satoransky (Day-to-day)
Nets vs. Raptors
7:30 p.m. ET
Nets Projected Starting Lineup:
PG – Goran Dragic
SG – Patty Mills
SF – Seth Curry
PF – James Johnson
C – LaMarcus Aldridge
Note that the Nets' four best players are out.
Injury news;
- Kyrie Irving (Out, unvaccinated players cannot play in Canada)
- Kevin Durant (Out, knee)
- Ben Simmons (Out, conditioning)
- Joe Harris (Out, ankle)
- Andre Drummond (Questionable, knee)
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