Philadelphia 76ers vs Washington Wizards Prediction and Betting Pick. Philadelphia 76ers host Washington Wizards as +8 underdogs with a line of 191.5 on Wednesday 07.00 PM ET, April 8 2015. Washington won the last meeting at home 106-93, covering a -10 spread as the game went over 190.0.
Nerlens Noel (PHI) is a Rookie of the Year contender
Philadelphia 76ers are the third-worst team in the NBA this season, with a .231 record. They have now lost six straight and are using this season to audition young talent. If you look beyond the win-lose record they’re not doing that bad against the spread, and since they’re focusing on young players good times are bound to come.
Washington Wizards are enjoying their road trip so far as they opened it with a 83-92 win at Memphis, and have now won three in a row. The Wizards could have a shot at the #3 spot in the Eastern Conference if they continue with their winning streak as they’re one game behind Raptors and two behind Bulls.
Tale of the Tape
Philadelphia Record: 18-60 (12-26 Home)
Philadelphia Against the Spread: 39-37 (23-15 Home)
Philadelphia Last 10: 2-8 (5-5 ATS)
Washington Record: 44-33 (16-21 Road)
Washington Against the Spread: 30-45 (13-23 Road)
Washington Last 10: 5-5 (3-6 ATS)
Philadelphia and Washington Team News
Philadelphia are without one of their few players who made an impact, Isaiah Canaan, but he’s questionable and could return for this game. Thomas Robinson is also questionable while Luc Mbah a Moute, Tony Wroten and Joel Embiid are out. Washington could have Paul Pierce and Nene back for this game. Both are recent additions to the injury list and have missed 2 and 1 games respectively. Garrett Temple is the only certain absentee.
76ers vs Wizards Lineups
76ers: Jerami Grant, Nerlens Noel, Furkan Aldemir, Robert Covington, Ish Smith.
Wizards: Otto Porter, Drew Gooden, Marcin Gortat, Bradley Beal, John Wall.
Washington at Philadelphia
7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia 76ers vs Washington Wizards Prediction. Washington will definitely win this game, especially if Paul Pierce and Nene return to action, but Philadelphia don’t get routed that often and are actually quite good against the spread. Expect them to hang in there against the Wizards even if they’ll lose the game in the end. 76ers vs Wizards Betting Pick: 76ers +8. 76ers vs Wizards Predicted Score: 95-102
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