Both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards may be without multiple key players in Wednesday night's matchup.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jaden McDaniels has been ruled out of the team's game against Washington because of a sprained left wrist, his first absence in nearly two years.

Playing patsies the majority of games early in the season doesn't equip the Timberwolves for the playoff race in the Western Conference.

Winners in five of their last six games, the Minnesota Timberwolves will hope for another balanced scoring effort on Wednesday when they face the plummeting Washington Wizards in Minneapolis.

While appearing on a live version of the Zach Lowe Show, Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch took a shot at JJ Redick.

Clark, 24, leads the team in defensive rating, with Minnesota surrendering just 103.3 points per 100 possessions when he’s on the floor — just a tenth of a point off the Thunder’s team-wide pace, and fifth-best among non-Thunder players across the league — despite playing 39% of his minutes this season with the previously leaky Randle-Reid pairing.

The Dallas Mavericks will rest Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II for Monday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Mavericks’ top two centers were ruled out for Dallas’ second game in as many days because of injury management for their respective ailments.