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2022 NBA Handicapping
(27-32) Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (35-24)
Date: Saturday, February 26th
Time: 8:00 PM (ET)
Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
NBA Moneyline Odds: Wizards +252 | Cavaliers -274 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Cavaliers -7
NBA Betting Total: 209
Saturday, February 26th the Washington Wizards face the Cleveland Cavaliers for the fourth and final time this season. Washington won the November 10th (97-94) and December 30th (110-93) matches while the Cavaliers took the December 3rd contest (116-101).
Cleveland returned from the break perhaps still nursing a hangover from hosting the All-Star break losing 103-106 to the Pistons while the Wizards are playing a back-to-back set having lost a heartbreaker (153-157) in double-overtime to the Spurs on Friday.
All-time the Wizards have the advantage of winning 118 of 227 matches versus the Cavaliers. Last season the teams played three times with the Wizards sweeping the regular-season series.
Washington Wizards
Despite losing Bradley Beal for the season and the newly acquired Kristaps Porzingis still sidelined with a bone bruise the Wizards are clicking — well at least on offense where they scored the third-most points of the season on Friday.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as the Spurs scored the second-most points to beat them in double-overtime. Notably, Washington is doing most of their damage in the paint where they rank third in the league scoring 50.5 points per match.
Seven Wizards scored in double-figures in the loss with Kyle Kuzma continuing his recent productivity leading his team with a season-best 36 points along with eight rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and a block.
Raul Neto also scored a season-high with 22 points adding nine assists, and four rebounds. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24), Daniel Gafford (17), Deni Avdija (14 and nine rebounds), Corey Kispert (12), and Ish Smith (10) were the other double-figure contributors.
Kristaps Porzingis (knee) is out indefinitely. Bradley Beal (wrist) had season-ending surgery.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Although the Cavaliers dealt with early injury adversity losing Collin Sexton for the season with a knee injury in some ways his absence allowed for Darius Garland to emerge as the captain on the court and become more productive.
He thrived playing with Ricky Rubio and then the vet tore his ACL and was also lost for the season. Koby Altman acted quickly to fill those spots via the addition of Rajon Rondo to offer a similar role as Rubio and Caris LeVert was acquired to provide scoring punch in the backcourt.
But suddenly that duo plus Garland are also sidelined albeit for a presumed shorter timeframe but still, the backcourt injury woes continue. Fortunately, Cleveland has one of the easier strengths of schedules remaining.
To wit, Garland (back) was downgraded to out, LeVert will miss one to two weeks with a foot injury, and Rondo (toe) is out indefinitely.
Lauri Markkanen was back on the court after missing 11 games due to a severely sprained ankle and led his team with 22 points while all five starters and Brandon Goodwin registered double-figure scoring.
Not surprisingly, with the Cavaliers shorthanded the bench got outscored 53-35 by the Pistons.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Wizards are 7-3 in their last 10 meetings against each other
- The Wizards are 6-4 ATS in the last 10 matches against the Grizzlies
- The over/under is 4-6 in the teams’ last 10 head to head matches
- Cleveland is 13-6 SU in their last 19 games.
- Washington is 4-15-1 ATS in their last 20 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland’s last 7 games at home.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington’s last 7 games.
Free Washington Wizards vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Prediction
As I’ve highlighted repeatedly the games just before and after the All-Star break typically are two of the four hardest for teams to play and the Cavaliers losing both perhaps hints to the signs of their youth and could be a forewarning for the playoffs.
Certainly, the Cavaliers have the benefit of Washington arriving following a double-overtime game while they’ve also got the rest advantage and are playing at home. That said, Washington’s recent uptick in the offense should equate to a closer score than the seven-point spread.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Wizards +7
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