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The NBA has a jam-packed slate of 12 games on Wednesday night.
There is so much action that🤑 I'm not even making a specific pick for Giannis
Antetokounmpo, despite this being his fifth and final matchup against the🤑 Pacers this
regular season. But, I'll still drop Giannis' stat line in four games against the
Pacers, just in case🤑 it's of interest: 46.3 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 4.8 APG featuring two 50-10
games and a 30-point triple-double.
And from there, let's🤑 look at some of the other
interesting matchups and angles for Wednesday night's games.
Dre's favorite plays for
Wednesday
Cleveland Cavaliers (-9.5)🤑 over Washington Wizards (-105).
The Cavaliers have
been a largely neutral team with a record three games over .500 and an🤑 average scoring
margin of -0.1 PPG. Despite several injuries to key starters, the Cavaliers have
continued to play at a🤑 high level over the past month (+ 0.3 PPG scoring margin in past
15 games) and at home (+0.3 PPG🤑 scoring margin in home games during that span).
The
Wizards, on the other hand, have struggled (20 games under .500, -9.5🤑 PPG scoring
margin), but have been even worse in the past month (-11.3 PPG scoring margin in past
15 games),🤑 particularly on the road (-15.3 PPG scoring margin in road games during that
span). In addition, the Wizards have difficulty🤑 defending lead guards (second-most
fantasy points allowed to point guards, sixth-most to shooting guards) and the
Cavaliers are led by🤑 one of the most productive lead guards in the NBA in Donovan
Mitchell. I'll give the points and take the🤑 Cavs.