Free NBA Picks Today: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Washington Wizards 1/6/23

Free NBA Picks Today: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Washington Wizards 1/6/23
Fri 6th January 2023

The Oklahoma City Thunder (16-22, 11-9 Home) play host to the Washington Wizards (17-22, 7-15 Away) Friday at Paycom Center. Washington was defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks 123-113 at Fiserv Forum on Tuesday. With 22 points and nine rebounds, Kristaps Porzingis was the key player in the losing effort. The Wizards are the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference.

Oklahoma City dropped their last game on Wednesday at Amway Center, falling to the Orlando Magic 126-115. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points in the loss to lead the team. The Thunder are the 12th seed in the Western Conference. It’s the final meeting of the season between the teams.

After taking the only prior season game against Washington 121-120 at Capital One Arena in November 2022, Oklahoma City will be looking for a season sweep. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 42 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. Porzingis had 27 points and nine rebounds in the loss.

The Wizards have been led this season by Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma, who are averaging 22.2 and 21.3 points per game, respectively. Porzingis also has grabbed 8.9 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Monte Morris is dishing 5.4 assists per game. Gilgeous-Alexander has supplied much of the Thunder’s offense, averaging 30.9 points per game.

He ranks as the fourth-highest scorer in the league. Gilgeous-Alexander also has distributed 5.7 assists per game. Josh Giddey has averaged 8.0 rebounds per game. The Wizards have come up short more often than not in recent trips to Paycom Center, losing six of the last 10.

In the last 10 games, Washington is 6-4 with an average margin of +6.0 (115.3-109.3). Oklahoma City has split the last 10 (5-5), scoring 117.8 points per game on average while allowing 116.1 (+1.7 margin).

WIZARDS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Bradley Beal: 19.0 | 31.5 | -12.5
Points per game:
Rui Hachimura: 19.6 | 13.5 | +6.1
Bradley Beal: 13.5 | 22.9 | -9.4
Assists per game:
Monte Morris: 7.0 | 5.4 | +1.6

THUNDER HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Tre Mann: 17.8 | 13.2 | +4.6
Aleksej Pokusevski: 4.0 | 15.9 | -11.9
Points per game:
Tre Mann: 12.0 | 8.9 | +3.1
Rebounds per game:
Aleksej Pokusevski: 1.0 | 5.1 | -4.1

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Washington Wizards (-110)

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