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The Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards will meet Sunday to end the regular season, but the game could be a primer for a future battle as well.
Sunday's matchup comes before each team will play in an Eastern Conference postseason play-in game Tuesday night. That could come against each other.
The outcome on Sunday should help sort out the eighth, ninth and 10th seeds.
The Wizards (33-38) topped the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-105 on Friday night to clinch a spot in the play-in round.
"It's huge that we kept on persevering and kept on grinding," Wizards forward Robin Lopez said.