Free NBA Picks Today: Brooklyn Nets vs Washington Wizards 2/4/23

Free NBA Picks Today: Brooklyn Nets vs Washington Wizards 2/4/23
Sat 4th February 2023

The Brooklyn Nets (31-20, 15-8 Home), one of the league’s top shooting teams, welcome the Washington Wizards (24-27, 12-16 Away) on Saturday.

Washington is playing on back-to-back days after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers 124-116 at Capital One Arena yesterday. Bradley Beal was the leading scorer in the loss with 34 points. Kristaps Porzingis chipped in with 32 points and eight rebounds. The Wizards are the ninth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Brooklyn lost in blowout fashion on Wednesday at TD Garden, falling to the Boston Celtics 139-96. Kyrie Irving topped the scoresheet in defeat with 20 points. With 19 points, Cameron Thomas also played a part. The Nets are fourth in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the last time this season.

After winning all three of the prior season meetings against Washington, the most recent of which was a 112-100 victory at Capital One Arena in December 2022, their third straight head-to-head victory, Brooklyn will be pursuing a season sweep. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 30 points, nine rebounds, and six assists.

Will Barton had 22 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists in the losing effort. Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma, averaging 22.2 and 21.6 points per game, respectively, are leading the Wizards in scoring this season. Porzingis also has grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game.

Meanwhile, Monte Morris is dishing 5.3 assists per game. Durant and Irving have been the primary providers of the Nets’ offense, averaging 29.7 and 26.4 points per game, respectively. Durant ranks eighth in the league. Nicolas Claxton is collecting 8.9 rebounds per game, and Ben Simmons is distributing 6.1 assists.

Shooting 50.7% from the field on the season, the Nets are one of the league’s most accurate field goal shooting teams (2nd). The Nets have had the advantage in recent games between the teams at Barclays Center, winning six of the last 10. Washington is pursuing a sixth consecutive road win this season.

Meanwhile, the Wizards are 6-3 when playing on consecutive nights this season and 4-3 in such games against rested opponents. The Nets are 2-2 with a rest advantage. Washington is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +5.0 (117.1-112.1).

Brooklyn has gone 4-6 over the last 10, allowing 118.2 points per game on average while scoring only 114.3 (-3.9 margin). The Nets are averaging 114.2 ppg for the full season while allowing 112.1.

WIZARDS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Daniel Gafford: 22.8 | 14.2 | +8.5
Rebounds per game:
Deni Avdija: 8.4 | 6.2 | +2.2
Assists per game:
Monte Morris: 3.8 | 5.3 | -1.5

NETS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
T.J. Warren: 4.5 | 12.3 | -7.8
Points per game:
Seth Curry: 14.8 | 10.4 | +4.4
T.J. Warren: 2.0 | 8.5 | -6.5
Rebounds per game:
Ben Simmons: 3.0 | 6.2 | -3.2
Assists per game:
Kyrie Irving: 7.0 | 5.1 | +1.9

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Brooklyn Nets (-110)

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