WagerTalk NBA handicapper Andy Lang offers his Denver Nuggets vs Washington Wizards betting preview for Monday, December 13. At the time of posting, the Nuggets are holding steady as a 3.5-point home favorite over the visiting Wizards, with the total sitting at 216.5 points.<\/p>\n
Stay on top of the latest NBA<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><\/p>\n The Wizards have been struggling as of late and the big road trip they\u2019re on isn\u2019t helping. They are in the middle of a 10 game stretch where 9 of them are on the road, and they\u2019ve lost three out of fourth start that stretch with the only win being against the Pistons in overtime. Meanwhile, the Nuggets just wrapped up seven game road trip going 4-3 and will finally play a game at home with a day of rest as well. Denver is -3.5 and the total has opened at 218, so we\u2019ll see if a play is worthy of our time and money.<\/p>\n The Nuggets are probably happy with 4-3 on that road trip as one of their losses was to the Bulls and another was in a brutal back to back where the first game went to overtime in New Orleans and they had to travel to San Antonio for a game the very next night. With Jokic back the Nuggets are night and day better (obviously), but on the season they don\u2019t consistently cover the spread as they are 11-15 ATS for the season and only 5-6 at home. Nothing really jumps out for season trends for Denver, but for Washington there are some things we need to pay attention to.<\/p>\n The Wizards started off the year going 10-3 to tease their fans, but they\u2019ve cooled off as the season has gone on. I\u2019m not really worried about season ATS with them, but I am interested in them not covering the spread in their last five games, and Kyle Kuzma is out against Denver. The other big concern is they rank 10th worst in guarding centers, and that\u2019s going to be a problem going up against the reigning MVP.<\/p>\n The Wizards are slumping and it\u2019s a brutal road trip for them, and with Denver having a good matchup against the interior of Washington, and finally getting home I have to roll with the Nuggets here. The number of -3.5 is good enough for me to play, I would play it up to -5 as I think we see a rested Nuggets team perform well in front of their home crowd.<\/p>\n OFFICIAL PLAY: Nuggets -3.5<\/p>\n Monday on WagerTalk TV: \u2014 WagerTalk (@WagerTalk) December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDenver Nuggets vs Washington Wizards Predictions<\/h3>\n
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