Golden State Warriors at Washington Wizards (NA)
The end of the Warriors’ five-game road trip can’t come soon enough. The Warriors have been without guard Stephen Curry due to a foot injury in the last four and have had trouble putting points on the board. Usually one of the highest-scoring teams in the NBA, the Warriors have been held to 80.3 over the past four. The low point came on Sunday, when Golden State shot 36 percent in an 83-75 loss at Toronto.
The Washington Wizards represent the last stop on the trip. The Wizards rank 29th in the NBA in scoring defense and have surrendered at least 98 points in each of their last eight games. But Washington snapped a six-game slide with a 101-98 victory over Cleveland on Saturday.
Washington has played hard recently, coming up just short in losses to Sacramento, Milwaukee and Orlando sandwiched around the All-Star Break. The Wizards finally broke through on Saturday, grabbing a fourth-quarter lead and hanging on until the finish. The backcourt duo of John Wall and Jordan Crawford handled the bulk of the scoring against the Cavaliers. Wall is averaging 24.3 points over the last four games and has cut his turnovers down in the last two as well.
Andray Blatche returned to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 28 on Saturday and chipped in nine rebounds.
Washington is 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings.
Pick: Wizards ---
Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder (-7, 195)
If the Thunder are going to become the best in the West, they’ll need to go through the reigning NBA champion first. Oklahoma City has gone 2-1 in its three meetings with Dallas this season, most recently taking a 95-86 road victory on Feb. 1.
Dallas' ongoing drama with reserve forward Lamar Odom is over – for now. After leaving the team for undisclosed personal reasons on Feb. 22 and being threatened with a demotion to the D-League, Odom returned to the team Saturday and issued an apology for his abrupt departure.
The best news for the Mavs was the eruption by Dirk Nowitzki, who scored a season-high 40 points in Saturday's win over Utah.
OKC point guard Russell Westbrook looked mostly healthy in the team's loss to Atlanta, scoring 25 points despite an ankle injury. But he grabbed no rebounds and had just four assists. The Thunder could not overcome 21 turnovers.
Dallas is 12-3-1 in its last 16 visits to Oklahoma City.
Pick: Mavericks +++
Orlando -6 ---
Utah/Cleveland Under 195.5 ---
LA Clippers +3 +++
LA Clippers/Minnesota Under 197.5 +++
Dallas +6.5 +++
Dallas/Oklahoma Over 194 ---
Philadelphia -2 ---
Philadelphia/Milwaukee Over 188 +++
Indiana +7 ---
The end of the Warriors’ five-game road trip can’t come soon enough. The Warriors have been without guard Stephen Curry due to a foot injury in the last four and have had trouble putting points on the board. Usually one of the highest-scoring teams in the NBA, the Warriors have been held to 80.3 over the past four. The low point came on Sunday, when Golden State shot 36 percent in an 83-75 loss at Toronto.
The Washington Wizards represent the last stop on the trip. The Wizards rank 29th in the NBA in scoring defense and have surrendered at least 98 points in each of their last eight games. But Washington snapped a six-game slide with a 101-98 victory over Cleveland on Saturday.
Washington has played hard recently, coming up just short in losses to Sacramento, Milwaukee and Orlando sandwiched around the All-Star Break. The Wizards finally broke through on Saturday, grabbing a fourth-quarter lead and hanging on until the finish. The backcourt duo of John Wall and Jordan Crawford handled the bulk of the scoring against the Cavaliers. Wall is averaging 24.3 points over the last four games and has cut his turnovers down in the last two as well.
Andray Blatche returned to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 28 on Saturday and chipped in nine rebounds.
Washington is 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings.
Pick: Wizards ---
Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder (-7, 195)
If the Thunder are going to become the best in the West, they’ll need to go through the reigning NBA champion first. Oklahoma City has gone 2-1 in its three meetings with Dallas this season, most recently taking a 95-86 road victory on Feb. 1.
Dallas' ongoing drama with reserve forward Lamar Odom is over – for now. After leaving the team for undisclosed personal reasons on Feb. 22 and being threatened with a demotion to the D-League, Odom returned to the team Saturday and issued an apology for his abrupt departure.
The best news for the Mavs was the eruption by Dirk Nowitzki, who scored a season-high 40 points in Saturday's win over Utah.
OKC point guard Russell Westbrook looked mostly healthy in the team's loss to Atlanta, scoring 25 points despite an ankle injury. But he grabbed no rebounds and had just four assists. The Thunder could not overcome 21 turnovers.
Dallas is 12-3-1 in its last 16 visits to Oklahoma City.
Pick: Mavericks +++
Orlando -6 ---
Utah/Cleveland Under 195.5 ---
LA Clippers +3 +++
LA Clippers/Minnesota Under 197.5 +++
Dallas +6.5 +++
Dallas/Oklahoma Over 194 ---
Philadelphia -2 ---
Philadelphia/Milwaukee Over 188 +++
Indiana +7 ---
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