{"id":27672,"date":"2013-02-08T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27672"},"modified":"2013-02-08T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:19:41","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-picks-brooklyn-nets-vs-washington-wizards-27672\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Picks: Brooklyn Nets vs. Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Nets at Washington Wizards
\nFriday, 2\/8\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 YES
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 185
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 186
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Washington Wizards are 5-2 ATS as home underdogs of three points or less<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brooklyn has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, as it comes off a 93-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons as two-point road underdogs Wednesday night, while going UNDER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 The Nets have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with center Brook Lopez leading the way in scoring 18.9 points per game.\u00a0 The team has compiled an even 11-11 record on the road this year, including an 8-6 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Brooklyn is 3-1 ATS as road favorites of three points or less the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Nets have won 13 of 18 games since the start of the calendar year, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 New Jersey is 15-6 since interim coach P.J. Carlesimo took over on the bench, with the team averaging 96.7 points per game in that span.\u00a0 The franchise is 18-1 when playing teams with a record below .500 at the time a game is played.<\/p>\n

Washington will try to sweep its current three-game homestand, as it comes off a 106-96 victory over the New York Knicks as 4.5-point underdogs, while going OVER the total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe get up for those big games,\u201d commented Wizards point guard John Wall.\u00a0 He is averaging 14.6 points and 6.9 assists in 15 games this year.\u00a0 The Wizards have held opponents under 100 points in a season-high seven straight games.\u00a0 Washington is 5-2 ATS as home underdogs of three points or less this season.<\/p>\n

The Wizards have won seven of their last eight home games, as they\u2019ve managed to average 101.5 points in that span.\u00a0 Washington is 10-14 overall at the Verizon Center, including a 6-8 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Through the first 48 games of the season, the team is holding opponents to 43.9 percent shooting, which ranks eighth in the league.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 8-3 in the Wizards last 11 games.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Nets at Washington Wizards Friday, 2\/8\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 YES Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Brooklyn -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Washington -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 185 Current Total:\u00a0 186 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Brooklyn has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, as it comes off a 93-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[7131,3622,843,18,6012,644],"class_list":["post-27672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-eastern-conference","tag-john-wall","tag-nba","tag-verizon-center","tag-washington-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27673,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27672\/revisions\/27673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}