Who will WIN this matchup?
Washington Wizards (34-38)
@ Philadelphia 76ers (49-23)
Current odds:
Washington Wizards: (+265)
Philadelphia 76ers: (-330)
• The line for this game is 76ers by 7.5 points.
• The top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers are hoping an entire season’s worth of momentum will be enough to send home a Washington Wizards team that used its own late-season momentum just to reach the playoffs. The two teams tip off their Eastern Conference first-round series as the Sixers host eighth-seeded Washington in Game 1 of their best-of-series Sunday afternoon.
• The 76ers finished the regular season with a 49-23 record and spent the majority of the campaign atop the East standings — 93 days in total and 24 of the final 35 days of the regular season — and fended off the Brooklyn Nets down the stretch.
• Meanwhile, the Wizards defied the odds in the second half of the season to clinch the East’s final playoff spot with a 142-115 victory in a win-or-go-home play-in game against Indiana after a 34-38 regular season. With a 17-32 record on April 5, the Wizards had just a 0.6 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to ESPN. Washington doubled its win total over the final 23 games and finished 17-6 to lock up a spot in the play-in round.
• After losing to Boston in the seventh-seed play-in game, the Wizards locked back in and were sharp in a 142-115 drubbing of the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. Bradley Beal scored a game-high 25 points and Russell Westbrook added 18 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds. Westbrook and Beal averaged 53.5 points between them during the regular season and both have proved to be thorns in the 76ers’ side.
• Beal scored a career-high 60 in a 141-136 loss at Philadelphia on Jan. 6 and averaged 36.7 points in three games against the 76ers this season. Westbrook led all scorers with 25 in the teams’ last meeting — a 127-101 Philadelphia rout — on March 12.
• Philadelphia has its own two-headed monster in MVP finalist Joel Embiid and Defensive Player of the Year finalist Ben Simmons. Embiid averaged 30 points and 9.7 rebounds as the 76ers won two of their three regular-season meetings with the Wizards.
• When the 76ers’ starting lineup of Embiid, Simmons, Tobias Harris, Danny Green and Seth Curry has been intact this season, they were nearly unbeatable at 27-5 — and, at home, they were 16-0.
• 76ers forward Matisse Thybulle (hand) missed the final four regular-season games but has been a full participant in practice ahead of the playoffs. Embiid (non-COVID illness), Simmons (back) and Green (hip) were held out of Philadelphia’s regular-season finale on May 16, but are expected to be in the lineup for Game 1.
• Washington will be without forward Deni Avdija (right fibular hairline fracture) and center Thomas Bryant (torn ACL) for their postseason run.
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
•Coming Soon•
 
Top Pick Record For September 2022: 78-14
Top Pick Record For August 2022: 48-12
Top Pick Record For July 2022: 37-9
Top Pick Record For June 2022: 31-14
Top Pick Record For May 2022: 40-15
Top Pick Record For April 2022: 48-11
Top Pick Record For March 2022: 122-29
Top Pick Record For February 2022: 92-34
Top Pick Record For January 2022: 98-18
Top Pick Record For December 2021: 103-24
Top Pick Record For November 2021: 86-32
Top Pick Record For October 2021: 74-20
Top Pick Record For September 2021: 75-25
Top Pick Record For August 2021: 43-17
Top Pick Record For July 2021: 28-9
Top Pick Record For June 2021: 43-11
Top Pick Record For May 2021: 61-18
Top Pick Record For April 2021: 51-15
Top Pick Record For March 2021: 152-37
Top Pick Record For February 2021: 60-28
Top Pick Record For January 2021: 55-23
Top Pick Record For December 2020: 47-23
Top Pick Record For November 2020: 24-5
Top Pick Record For October 2020: 21-5
Top Pick Record For September 2020: `41-12
Top Pick Record For August 2020: 32-8
Top Pick Record For July 2020: 11-5
Top Pick Record For June 2020: 2-0
Top Pick Record For May 2020: 5-1
Top Pick Record For April 2020: 7-2
Top Pick Record For March 2020: 13-3
Top Pick Record For February 2020: 13-4
Top Pick Record For January 2020: 17-4
Top Pick Record For December 2019: 22-7
Top Pick Record For November 2019: 21-7
Top Pick Record For October 2019: 14-4
Top Pick Record For September 2019: 22-2
 
Top Pick Record For NBA: 220-106
Top Pick Record For NFL: 84-18
Top Pick Record For MLB: 195-76
Top Pick Record For NHL: 127-43
Top Pick Record For College Football: 120-34
Top Pick Record For Men's College Basketball: 241-83
Top Pick Record For Women's College Basketball: 137-23
Top Pick Record For WNBA: 56-11
Top Pick Record For Soccer: 68-12
Top Pick Record For UFC: 2-0
Top Pick Record For Tennis: 45-11
Top Pick Record For Hockey: 6-0
Top Pick Record For Golf: 3-1
Top Pick Record For Olympics: 3-0
Top Pick Record For Boxing: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Baseball: 3-2
Top Pick Record For Softball: 7-3
Top Pick Record For Volleyball: 6-0
Top Pick Record For Other: 21-0
Top Pick Record For Hoops: 6-1
Top Pick Record For Television: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Eating: 3-0
Top Pick Record For Cricket: 1-0
Top Pick Record For Lacrosse: 4-0
Top Pick Record For Track & Field: 1-0
 
An update on the old Streak for the cash game formally run by ESPN: http://streakforthecash.com