The 29-51 Washington Wizards will travel to play the 47-33 Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this NBA game has the home team Brooklyn Nets favored by -7 ½ points with an over under line of 192 points. There has been no line movement from this game since the odds came out a few hours ago.
This Wizards and Nets have met three times this campaign with Brooklyn winning two of the three games. Washington covered the spread in two of the three contests.
Washington has a road record of 7-32 on the year. They lose their fourth straight after a 97-86 home defeat on Friday to the Philadelphia 76ers as a -5 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished under 192 points. The Wizards shot just 41.4% from the floor and connected on 1 of 13 three pointers. They give up 43% shooting to Philadelphia and the Wizards lose because they turn the ball over 17 times and missed 8 of 21 free throws. John Wall led Washington with 24 points and seven assists as he made 9 of his 21 shots. The Wizards have put up some respectable defensive numbers this season ranking in the top seven in all three key areas. Their issue has been on the offensive end of the court as they rank in the bottom four of the league in points per game and shooting percentage. Cleveland averages 93.1 points a game with 43.4% shooting.
Brooklyn is 24-15 straight up on their home court. Their four game win streak was snapped on Sunday in a 93-87 road defeat to the Toronto Raptors as a -4 point betting favorite. The total landed under 194 ½ points. The Nets fell behind 51-32 at the half in defeat. They shot just 40.5% from the field and made 8 of 30 three pointers. Brooklyn gave up 43.9% shooting to the Raptors with 6 of 15 three pointers and allowed Toronto to grab ten more rebounds. Deron Williams led the Nets with 30 points and seven assists as he connected on 11 of his 20 shots. Brooklyn is locked into the number four seed in the Eastern conference and will have home court advantage against either Atlanta or Chicago in the first round of the playoffs next weekend. Brooklyn has done a good job of limiting points to opponents this season. The team ranks fifth in the NBA in scoring defense by allowing 95 points a game.