Golden St Warriors versus Washington Wizards Pick Prediction NBA Pro Basketball Odds Preview 3-23-2013

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The 25-43 Washington Wizards will be on a back to back when they face the 39-31 Golden St Warriors in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night. Tip off time from Golden St is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.

The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home team Golden St Warriors favored by -8 ½ points with an over under line of 193 points. There has been no movement in the lines since the odds came out a few hours ago.

The teams went head to head back on December 8th where the Warriors posted the 101-97 road win at the Wizards as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The game finished over 197 points.

Washington has a road record of 7-26 on the year. They move to 20-15 with the return of John Wall to the lineup after a 103-100 road victory against the LA Lakers on Friday night as a +9 point underdog. The game finished at over 198 ½ points. The Wizards overcame an 18 point second half deficit as they outscore LA 62-43 in the second half. They shot 46% from the floor and made 11 of 26 from the three point line. Washington allowed the Lakers 48.1% from the floor and 11 of 23 makes from three. The team had nine less rebounds than LA and win because he Wizards forced 17 Lakers turnovers. Off the bench former Laker Trevor Ariza led Washington with 25 points and four rebounds on 9 of 15 shooting. The win was the second straight and five in six games for the Wizards. We have seen some upsurge from this team offensively as Washington has put up 103 or more points in four of their past six games. They have some solid defensive numbers ranking in the top six in all three key areas of defense including third best in the NBA in defensive field goal percentage by allowing 43.6% shooting to their opponents.

The Warriors are 22-10 playing on their home court on the season. They return home from a 2-1 road trip as they drop a 104-93 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday as a +8 point underdog. The game finished under 203 points. Golden St fell behind 60-47 at the half. They shot 44% from the floor and connected on 6 of 12 shooting. The Warriors give up 48.2% shooting to the Spurs and gave away the game with 17 turnovers. Stephen Curry led Golden St with 24 points and four rebounds on 8 of 20 from the floor. The team sits in the sixth seed in the Western conference and holds a four game lead over the eighth seeded Utah Jazz with 12 games remaining.

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