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FINNs NBA BIG DOG PLAY of the WEEK   -  Washington Wizards +5.5 (-110)  | the spread position in this Eastern Confernce contest is good with the Wizzards at +4 or larger. 
4% game rating

Today's Saint Patricks Day best bet in the Association takes us to Cleveland inside of Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse off Lake Erie for a matchup between the visiting Washington Wizards and the Cavaliers

This Cavaliers' troupe has been over-the-top consistent, invisible if you will, playing in a fashion, consistent fashion that has made them neither the feature topic in the major portals. To be a featured talking point in the Association you must either be really good or exceptionally porous and the Cavs have been steadily climbing the Eastern Conference latter since last January. That steady is more accurately described as consistent and morphs into being invisible. The watercooler conversations in America's offices, in particular on a St Patties Day Friday need more drama than Mobley's rim-protecting batterymate Jarred Allen being out to an eye injury.

Allen will miss his fourth consecutive matchup.

D.Garl / D.Mitchell / I.Okoro /  L.Stevens / E.Mobley have been on the court together for 74 possessions this season and own a -9.8 net rating.

D.Garl / C.LeVert /  I.Okoro / C.Osman / E.Mobley have been on the court together for 65 possessions this season and own a +56.4 net rating

The second most used lineup for the Cavs this season with Allen inactive, above, finds the Cavs with a 146.2 offensive rating and 89.7 defensive metric. 

Lamar Stevens should remain in the starting lineup against Washington and while examples and evidence of who the Cavs rotations are without Allen on the floor are sparse. The duo of Allen and Mobley in the paint together makes a focus on attacking the rim for any team in the league a daunting task. A better term for the challenge is "waste of time" or rather a giveaway game.

Washington has size and versatility in the frontcourt with Porzingis and Gafford. In the three games since Allen injured his eye the Cavaliers have surrendered 115.1 points per 100 possessions in non-garbage time per CleaningtheGlass.com. The Wizards are not a dominating force on the offensive boards but the metrics in this matchup suggest that Washington should be gambling in situations due to the absence of Allen and do so for the sole reason of cheap second-chance points. 

The Cavalier opponents have rebounded 33 percent of their missed shots in the last three games, contests without Allen.

Washington owns a solid 117.2 points per 100 putback rating  – which ranks seventh in the league.  

Washington Wizards +5.5 (-110)