Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards Live Stream: Watch Online Streaming NBA Game

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards are playing live on ESPN as the All-Star break ends and the NBA schedule picks up with coverage on the WatchESPN website at 8 pm ET and has LeBron James and the Cavs taking on John Wall and the Wiz as the second half push starts.

James and the Cavaliers come in after losing to the Chicago Bulls in an important game before the break and now they will try and bounce back. The Cavs are right behind the Bulls in the standings and they are looking to start things off in the second part of the season with a win. The team was mostly quiet at the trading deadline, but they may look at adding Kendrick Perkins after his buyout from the Jazz.

The Cavaliers have 33 wins on the season and they have looked much better than they did earlier in the year when they were still under .500. James and the team are playing with more chemistry and the addition of Timofey Mozgov has been huge for the defense. The team is now ranked in the top half of the league in points allowed per game and that is a marked improvement after they were near the bottom earlier in the year.

The team is ranked in the top 10 in scoring with 102 points per game and James comes in leading the team in scoring average. James had 31 points in the game against the Bulls before the break and Mozgov added 11 rebounds, while Kyrie Irving led in assists. The team plays the Knicks next at the Garden and that should be an easy win, as Carmelo Anthony has shut things down and the Knicks have basically given up on the season.

The Wizards come into the game in the mix in the east and this could end up being a potential playoffs preview. The team comes in after a close win against the Raptors and they next will play on the road against the Pistons. The team got 21 points and eight assists from John Wall and he has continued to be impressive this season. The team is ranked 18th in scoring, but they are in the top 10 across the board in points allowed, rebounds per game and assists per game.

The Cavaliers did their trade work earlier in the season and the Wizards are dealing with life without Bradley Beal and they made one move at the deadline with Andre Miller. The Cavaliers and Wizards are right there together in the east standings and the Cavs are just one game back of the Wiz, actually it's a half game back. The Cavs and Wizards are both looking to stay in the top part of the east and this has two of the best point guards in the league with Wall and Irving.

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