Eight times this year, Washington has been favored. They've lost seven of them. Cash in on the Charlotte Bobcats plus the points when they travel to meet the Wizards.
The Washington Wizards have been favored on eight different occasions so far this season. They’ve lost seven of those games in straight up fashion, consistently unable to beat weaker foes, even at home.
The Wizards have virtually no homecourt edge, playing in front of lethargic, half-empty crowds at the Verizon Center. They aren’t playing a lick of defense these days, ranked #27 out of 30 NBA teams in defensive field goal percentage allowed. They don’t rebound well, ranked #24 in the rebounding margin.
Offensively, without Gilbert Arenas or Deshawn Stevenson in the lineup, relying on newly acquired Mike James at the point, the Wiz are settling for perimeter jumpers, #26 in the league in shooting percentage. In their last six games, five of them losses, Washington has been held below 90 points on five occasions. During that span the Wizards are shooting a truly woeful 21% from three point land.
Washington lost to Charlotte when these two teams last met just before Christmas. They lost at home to the Bobcats in their last try here at the Verizon Center. And we can expect a strong showing here from Larry Brown’s squad, winless on their current road trip with a game at Detroit next – if the Bobcats are going to steal a win on this trip, Washington is the team they can do it against, and the team they’ll have the confidence to do it against. Take Charlotte.
Free Pick: Bobcats +3 (-110)