Washington - San Antonio Today's second proposal from the NBA parquet with the Washington vs San Antonio showdown at the Verizon Center.
The Wizards were in good shape at the start of the homestand with two possible victories against remarkable opponents. They started with 96-81 opposite Thunder and continued with Portland 100-90, and 3 stayed home with the Cavs and Kings following. The 4 + team managed to raise the record over the .500 sample of what is positive this year, while the fact that stands out is the exceptional defensive presence in the last period (85 μ.ο) against good offensive teams . Inside the Wizards are 12-11 and 10-13 ats, with 6-6 ats against opponents with a record of .500. Booker, who was missing for personal reasons on Monday, may return today while staying away from long-term injured Harrington.
The Spurs remain a good off-season team, experienced but a little older. They have to cover a space without Ginobili available for the next 3-4 weeks while Leonard remains out and until the end of the month. Two victories count against Spurs, 95-93 with Kings in, and the start of the current road-trip in New Orleans 102-95, without convincing their performance in either match. In the last match they did not give enough energy in the last quarter to catch up and win a comeback victory as 3.5 favorite. Tomorrow they travel to Brooklyn for back to back matches. All in all 5 counts 3 defeating Spurs, and they first covered the spread in their previous match. 17-5 off-season this year (13-9 ats), 4-5 against teams with a record of over 500, and 13-21 this year after winning.
At their first meeting this year (13 / 11), Spurs easily won Texas 79-92 as 10.5 Points favorite, and generally have a fairly good tradition against the Wizards. In the individual trends, there is nothing special about the Spurs in today's show, while for the Wizards we have a 16-11 this year when looking for a rematch, and two 4-0 against teams with a positive record in the second half of this season and against teams that score over 99 points.
The Spurs have not convinced me lately with their performance and they should probably feel lucky to have left the Pelicans with a victory. The Wizards have worked hard to improve their record and rise in the standings, playing good basketball lately and especially against capable opponents. They have another derby today and the motivation is there as they are looking for a rematch but also a correction against the bad tradition they maintain with the Spurs. The fact that the Spurs have back to back here means that if the match goes wrong early I do not see them giving everything as in the previous one as their age does not help for such acrobatics. I will go with the hottest team today in a relatively difficult match with the books giving us a pick. Bet365 and Betsonic have the Wizards at 1.95 moneyline.
