Charlotte Bobcats vs. Washington Wizards
Free Pick: Washington Wizards +8.5 (-110 odds)
Tue February 9th 2010 7:05p
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Aside from losing Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton for the season because of their suspension (gun possession), the Washington Wizards finally have all of their pieces back on the court. Mike Miller, Caron Butler, and Antawn Jamison all have missed some significant time this season, but with all three back on the court at the same time, the Wizards have been playing better basketball. Washington has won three of their last five games which is just the second time they’ve done it this season. They enter tonight off a nice upset win at Orlando as double digit underdogs so there’s some good morale on this team right now.

‘Overall, it’s probably been good. We’ve had some spirited practices,’ said Washington head coach Flip Saunders. ‘No doubt, winning that last game helps. Guys have a sense of feeling good about themselves and we can be more demanding of what we expect in practice from a perfection standpoint.’

Charlotte doesn’t come into this game the same way. The Bobcats have lost three straight games and six of their last nine. They are not in good form at all, and with point guard Raymond Felton a game-time decision, things do not look promising for the Bobcats tonight. Felton sprained his right ankle in practice on Monday, and he left the facility in a walking boot. If he does not play tonight, Charlotte will have trouble on the offensive end as he is the facilitator who gets scorers Stephen Jackson and Gerald Wallace the ball in perfect position to score.

What keeps this play from being a Best Bet selection is the fact that Washington was caught in Orlando for a couple of days because they couldn’t get back home due to the snow in the D.C. area. So their routine was thrown off as they had to stay and practice in Orlando. Wizards’ coach Flip Saunders called it ‘a mini-all-star break before the all-star break’ (they’ve been off for 3 days) and that may have the players already off mentally for tonight’s game.

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