Live updates: Warriors vs. Wizards, Thursday at 5 p.m.

Join us for live news and analysis Thursday at 5 p.m. as the Warriors are in the nation’s capital to take on the Washington Wizards.

The Warriors (33-14) take an eight-game winning streak into their battle against the Wizards (20-26), who are on a bit of a roll themselves, having won their last two and seven of 10. Washington has been gaining ground in its chase for an Eastern Conference playoff spot despite playing without All-Star point guard John Wall and center Dwight Howard.

The Wizards are hoping to display the type of defense they did during Monday’s 101-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Frankly, they’ll need to do much better than they did against the Warriors in October, when…