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NBA Gambling: NY vs Washington

The Washington Wizards (23-11) host the lowly New York Knicks (5-32) tonight in the NBA. Be sure to visit us often at Cappers Picks for our latest free NBA picks that we’ll be providing all season long.

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NY vs Washington
When: Wednesday, Jan 7th 2015 at 7:05pm ET
Where: Verizon Center
TV: MSG
NBA Gambling Line: Wizards –14.5
NBA Gambling O/U Line: 189 Points

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NYK comes into this game with a 12-game losing streak and it won’t be broken tonight. Washington is just 5-5 in their L10 games, but they have a very impressive 14-4 record when playing at home this season.

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This is a tough match-up to predict because of the massive point spread. The Wizards are going to win at home, but will they win by 15+ points? Recent performances and H2H trends suggest they won’t.

The Wizards haven’t been dominating opponents in a while and they’ve been lucky to scrap by with the wins that they’ve gotten. This is an extremely talented team, but they play down to the opponent.

Washington is scoring 99.8 PPG (18th) while only allowing 97.5 PPG (4th). They’ve only been average on the glass (42.7 RPG – 14th), but they dish the rock well (24.8 APG – 4th). They really should be better on paper.

This is a team with John Wall, Bradley Beal, Paul Pierce, Marcin Gortat and Nene Hilario. They have a ton of depth off the bench. They have size in the paint and they have one of the best guard duos in the NBA.

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NYK has shown some life on the defensive end of the floor (101.2 PPG – 21st), but they rank 29th in points scored (93.1 PPG) and rebounds (39.5 RPG). Losing Tyson Chandler in the off-season really hurt this team.

The Knicks just traded J.R. Smith recently as well, so the talent took another hit. Carmelo Anthony has no one to work with, but he’s still putting up 23.9 PPG. He seems to lack killer instinct on the court though.

Amar’e Stoudemire is also out of the line-up for the Knicks. However, that may not be a bad thing, as Acy and Aldrich are both playing great. With the injuries and loss of Smith this team is a mess though.

They’ve been blown out in five consecutive games now and there is no sign of life.

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Anthony is going to still produce scoring, but that’s about it. I’ll be betting on the Wizards even though the spread is huge.

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I may regret this bet, but the public is on the Knicks right now and I just can’t see them hanging around with this game in Washington. The Knicks smallest loss in the L5 is 13 points and that was against MIL.

Washington Wizards –14.5 (-110)

The H2H trends have been close, which worries me a bit also. The Wizards are 5-0 (5-0 ATS) in the L5 H2H meetings, but they’ve only won by 15 points once in that span, so covering this spread will be tough.

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By Scott Jack

Scott is new to Cappers Picks, but has been in the industry for 7 years and he’s only 25 years old. He lives in Toronto, Canada and bleeds blue and white. He grew up playing sports and still has a love for the competitiveness.