The Washington Wizards will meet the Memphis Grizzlies tonight in an NBA basketball game you can watch live streaming online free from FedEx Forum in Memphis at 8:00 PM ET
The Wizards (25-25) are in position for their first playoff berth since 2007-08, and they climbed above .500 for the first time in over four years by opening this month with impressive wins over Oklahoma City and Portland to begin their five-game homestand.
Washington, though, lost close games to San Antonio and Cleveland following those victories before nearly blowing a 17-point lead in a 93-84 win over Sacramento on Sunday.
"I don't care about .500," said Nene, who finished with a team-high 18 points against the Kings. "We need everything we can. That's the mentality. If you're going to think small like that, it's fine, just stop right there. If you want to go for the gold, the championship, make the team better, you need to think forward."
"I don't want them to be satisfied," Wizards coach, Randy Wittman said. "We're back to .500. We're better than .500. I want them to believe that. They believe that."
Washington has finished at least 26 games below .500 in each of the last five seasons, but it is tied with Chicago for the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.
The Wizards face Houston on Wednesday before the break.
"We wish we could have had at least 10 more wins, but at the end of the day, we really can't complain where we are at," Beal said. "We're in a solid position playoff-wise, but we still have a lot of moves to make."
Memphis also will be looking to improve its standing following the All-Star break, but it has lost three of four as Mike Conley continues to nurse a sprained right ankle suffered in a win over Minnesota on Jan. 31.
The Grizzlies (27-23) fell to 2-5 without Conley this season after Sunday's 91-83 overtime loss at Cleveland.
"He's progressing," coach David Joerger said. "He'll be a game-time decision against a Washington Wizards team that has been playing very well."
Memphis, which visits Orlando on Wednesday before the break, currently is on the outside of the playoff picture in the West.
"We've got 30 games after the break, and we've put ourselves in a bit of a hole," Joerger said. "That's a tough place to be in the West. You don't ever want to be in a position where you have to say, 'To get to X number of wins, you have to go 22-8 or whatever it may be.' That can be too difficult to overcome."
The game will be broadcast over the TSOH television network and live streamed on nbaliveonline.tv/streaming/
