Washington Wizards vs Indiana Pacers Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 16 (2/16): NBA

Washington Wizards vs Indiana Pacers Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 16 (2/16): NBA

Credit: photo by Trevor Ruszkowski- USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 7:30 p.m. EST
Wizards money line -105
Wizards spread +0.5
Pacers money line -110
Pacers spread -0.5
Over / under 224

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Washington Wizards Indiana Pacers
Record 26-30 19-39
Road / home record 11-15 13-17
Streak 1W 6L
Points per game 106.86 109.07
Points allowed per game 109.91 111.74
Rebounds per game 43.88 44.72
Rebounds allowed per game 44.91 43.07
Over / under record 27-27-2 32-26

 

Preview

After playing 5 streak games at home the Washington Wizards will travel to Indiana to face the Pacers on Wednesday night. These teams have met twice already this season and each one took the win at home.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS

The Wizards finished their 5 home games with a 103-94 win against the Pistons as -3.5 favorites. Kyle Kuzma scored 17 of his 23 points in the third quarter, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 16, and Deni Avdija had 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. After the Wizards traded Davis Bertans, Spencer Dinwiddie, Montrezl Harrell and Aaron Holiday at last week's trade deadline, the team seems refreshed.

Their offense is averaging 106.9 PPG and their defense is alloowing 109.9 PPG.

Kristaps Porzingis is still out for this game.

INDIANA PACERS

The Pacers have lost 6 games in a row and have lost 17 of 21 games in 2022 and they still have a lot of players out. They are losing by an avg of 11.4 pts in their last 5 games.

Indiana lost to Cleveland 129-120 as +7.5 pts underdogs. Oshae Brissett had a season-high 22 points and matched his career high with 13 rebounds for Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton added 22 points and 16 assists, one short of tying his career high in just his second game with the Pacers. The difference was Minnesota's size and depth.

Their offense is averaging 109.1 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 111.7 PPG against them.

BETTING TRENDS

Washington are 8-17-1 ATS on the road.

The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 6 games vs Indiana.

Indiana are 14-15-1 ATS at home.

The total has gone OVER in 9 of Indiana's last 10 games.

Prediction

The Pacers are averaging 112.43 pts at home and the Wizards allow 109.46 on the road. With the Over cashing most of the time with the Pacers and having cashed in the last 6 head to head games against the Wizards, I have no other option but to follow this trend. Give me the over.

PICK: Over 224 (-110)

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