The Washington Wizards finally broke their franchise-record 16-game losing streak, and now they will be facing a highly motivated Chicago Bulls team.
Our Friday night NBA selection is on the Chicago Bulls minus the points on the road over the Washington Wizards.
On Wednesday, we used the Wizards here over New Orleans, and Flip Saunders' men rewarded us with an outright win, 96-91, as a double-digit underdog. Mike Miller's season-best 27 points for the victors with Andray Blatche adding 23 plus three swipes.
That victory snapped Washington's 16-game losing streak, but off that victory, we'll fade Washington as it returns home to face Chicago.
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Washington has won just 22 games this season (.297 win pct), and now falls into a "late-season" system of mine that's 67% ATS over the past 20 years. What we want to do is fade any .299 (or worse) team off a win in the final 24 games of the season.
These teams are generally playing out the string, and usually don't put together two consecutive strong performances.
Chicago is still fighting for a playoff spot, as it is currently in 9th place – two games behind Toronto for the final postseason berth.
With the Wizards 7-20 ATS off an upset, we'll play on Chicago on Friday night.
Free Pick: Bulls -4 (-110)