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NBA Pick of the Day (4/14) - Washington Wizards @ Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers will look for their sixth straight win Tuesday night against
the visiting Washington Wizards. Indiana's playoff hopes are in their own hands, guaranteeing themselves a spot in the postseason with victories in the final two regular season games (Washington tonight, at Memphis on Wednesday
AccuScore has the visiting Pacers as 64 percent favorites to win Tuesday night. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 96 - 92.
AccuScore Best Bet:: There's nearly a 65 percent chance the Wizards cover a +9.5 spread, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. In the past week, AccuScore has gone 12-9 (57.1%, +210 units) when picking eastern conference game point spreads.
Compared to the approximate 53 percent a bettor has picking against the spread, a 64-to-65 percent probability at covering is very
appealing. The Wizards Are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing on the road vs the Pacers.
There's a 59 percent chance the total combined score stays UNDER 192.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of the Pacers' last 9 games when playing at home vs the Wizards.
Projected Leaders:
John Wall: 18 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 TOs
Paul George:13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 TOs