Saturday NBA and we will see the Washington Wizards travel to the FedEx Forum to take on the Memphis Grizzlies. Free Pick to follow. The game has a start time of 8:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised locally. Current Vegas betting odds have the Grizzlies listed as 7.5 point favorites, while the total is set at 186.5.
Analysis: The Washington Wizards are not really playing good ball at the moment as they come in having won just 3 of their last 8 games, with the 3 wins coming vs New York, Philly and Charlotte. For the year they are now 43-33 overall, but just 15-21 on the road. If the playoffs started today they would have the number 5 seed in the East. Washington has gone 8-21-1 ATS in their last 30 road games and 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Wizards have not been a great offensive team this year, ranking 19th in scoring (98.4 ppg), 4th in shooting, 9th in 3 point shooting and 23rd in FT shooting. Defensively the Wizards have been solid this year, ranking 9th in points allowed (97.6 ppg), 2nd in defensive FG% and 12th in 3 point defense.
The Memphis Grizzlies come in tied with the Houston Rockets for the second best record in the NBA. The Grizzlies are off a win solid win vs the Oklahoma City Thunder and they have now won 2 in a row after a bad 3 game losing streak last week. Memphis has gone 3-7 ATS in their last 10 home games, but are also 6-2-1 ATS the last 9 at home in the series. The Grizzlies have been an average offensive team this year, ranking 18th in scoring (98.6 ppg), 9th in shooting, 18th in 3 point shooting and 16th in FT shooting. Defensively the Grizzlies have been very good this year, ranking 2nd in points allowed (95.4 ppg), 11th in defensive FG% and 17th in 3 point defense.
Pick: Lets go with the Under here. The Grizzlies have struggled defensively of late, but they did just allow a strong OKC offense just 92 points on this floor last night and for the year the Grizzlies have allowed just 94 ppg at home. That plays good here as the Wizards have averaged just 94.2 ppg on the road. Memphis is not a good offensive team and the wizards have been solid on defense all year. THis one should be played around 180 points.
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