Picks/Best Bets: Can Jazz hang at San Antonio? – CBSSports.com

Our CBSSports.com NBA Expert Picks for Monday, December 14, 2015 from James Herbert, Zach Harper and Matt Moore. First we’ll share our best bets for Monday, then below, we’ll measure ourselves against one another by picking three common games.

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BEST BETS

Herbert:Wizards (+3.5) over Grizzlies: I can’t figure out the Grizzlies, and I’m not even sure the Grizzlies can figure out the Grizzlies. On Sunday Jeff Green played 45 minutes and Zach Randolph played 26 minutes. Washington’s extremely inconsistent, but I trust this team more than Memphis right now.

Harper: Magic (-2.5) over Nets: Even after things evened out with the Magic ATS after their hot start, they’re still one of the best in the league at covering. Brooklyn has been good ATS this season but that’s mostly due to low expectations in the line. That building is a mausoleum at this point and Orlando won’t have to deal with a raucous crowd.

Moore: Wizards (+3.5) over Grizzlies: The Grizzlies are in freefall, struggle with teams that are offensively-centric, are terrible ATS at home and are on a back-to-back. Other than that, this should be no problem. Ride the Wiz.

Gordon Hayward and the Jazz visit San Antonio on Monday. (USATSI)

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