On Thursday, the NBA announced that the Washington Wizards’ game against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday, Jan. 24 will be moved up to 12 p.m. ET from its original time of 6 p.m. ET. This is due to an imminent
winter storm that will hit Charlotte this weekend.
The Charlotte area will be under freezing temperatures between Saturday night and Sunday, but will see mostly sleet and ice. The same ice storm in Charlotte will hit the Washington area Saturday night into Monday morning, mostly as snow in the first half, but sleet in the second half.
The immediate Washington area will receive about 5-10 inches of snow before sleet kicks in. Western suburbs will see closer to 12 inches of snow before sleet. So in the end, this delay is likely because of the Wizards’ need to get back home before the weather becomes treacherous.
Washington’s next game is on Tuesday when they host the Portland Trail Blazers. The winter storm will be gone by then, and it’s unlikely the game will be cancelled because of that given that it’s rare for NBA games to be postponed due to weather unless it’s on the same day and time as a storm.
