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NBA Pick: 801 Denver Nuggets @ 802 Washington Wizards
Rating: 3 units - Single Dime Play
Pick: Over 208 (Play up to 209.5)
Odds: -110 / 1.91 on Pinnacle Sports OR -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker OR -109 / 1.92 on Matchbook
Detailed Write Up:
Washington's last game against the LA Lakers showed that the Wizards also know how to play on run and gun style. They were coming from three super slow paced games, but they had no problems in adapting to a faster pace by dominating the paint and shooting decently as well from the perimeter. Of course they were facing the lowly Lakers on a back to back spot for them, but Washington still did what they had to do in that game.
The Wizards will now host Denver in an exciting contest. This should also be another nice match up for the Wizards' offense. This is because Denver has zero help defense, with their undersized PF's getting outplayed on defense time and time again, with everybody looking lost on the defensive rotations. This was the main reason why Aldridge absolutely crushed them on the Nuggets' last game. This also means that with Wall attacking off dribble, this will attract a lot of Nuggets into closing down Wall's drive to the basket, which will leave an open Wizards player time and time again for an easy score.
On the other hand, Washington's defense is coming from two games against Miami and the Lakers, two jump shooting teams who aren't aggressive at the rim. This was why the Wizards allowed just 36 and 20 points in the paint in those games. However, things will be very different today against Denver, a much more aggressive team in attacking the rim and in fact, Washington's rim defense isn't that good with 63.5% FG allowed. Therefore, I see both teams having relevant edges on offense on this match up and so, I'll take the Over in here.