[7:10 PM] Rockets @ Wizards

Who will WIN this matchup?

Houston Rockets (3-3)

@ Washington Wizards (1-4)

 

Current odds:

Houston Rockets: (+110)

Washington Wizards: (-130)

 

• ESPN simulations have Washington as XX% favorites to win the game.

• XX% of sports bets are currently on Houston to win as (TBD) favorites.

• The line for this game is Washington by 2 points.

• The Washington Wizards will try to get a dormant offensive unit going with star point guard John Wall back in the lineup when they host the Houston Rockets on Monday. After an 88-86 loss at Orlando on Saturday, the Wizards had seen their scoring average dip to 97.2 – 26th in the NBA – and when Markieff Morris had a potential game-winning 3-pointer rim out at the buzzer it left the squad’s long-range percentage at a woeful 27.2.

• Harden has at least 30 points and 10 assists in four of Houston’s first six games and newcomer Eric Gordon has been a nice complement in the backcourt, although he was held to a season-low nine points against the Hawks. They take the bulk of the Rockets’ NBA-leading 35.3 3-point attempts per game, while Ryan Anderson (15-of-36) and Trevor Ariza (14-of-37) round out the quartet of deep threats. Harden averaged 41 points while making 11-of-18 triples in two meetings with the Wizards last season.

• Washington ranks last in the league with 14.5 points from its bench and the reserves had a collective plus-minus rating of minus-47 in the loss to Orlando. Wall averaged 22 points and 10 assists in the first four games of the season before getting his first scheduled night off.

• While Houston leads the NBA in 3-point attempts per game, Washington is last (18.4).

• The Rockets have won three straight in the nation’s capital.

• Harden has at least 26 points, seven assists and six rebounds in each game, the longest such run since Michael Jordan did it 10 straight times in 1988-89.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Washington Wizards  

Confidence: 4/10

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