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It’s Thursday, January 16th, and the Phoenix Suns (19-20) and Washington Wizards (6-32) are all set to leave Capital One Arena in Washington.
Neither team has had much to smile about this season. The Suns have won 3 of their last 4, but are in a disappointing 11th in the West while the Wizards have lost 7 in a row and are sitting on 15th place in the east Kevin Durant leads Phoenix in scoring with an average of 27.2 points per game, while rookie Alexandre Sarr (12 points and 8 rebounds per game in January) is starting to pick up his game with the Wizards.
The Suns are currently 6-12 on the road with a -1 point differential, while the Wizards are 3-7 in their last ten home games.
We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest on how to catch the tip, odds, recent team performance, player stats and of course our predictions, picks and best bets for the game from our modeling tools and our team of experts.
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Game details re: Suns vs. Wizards today
- Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
- Time: 19:00 EST
- Place: Capital One Arena
- City: Washington, D.C
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Game odds for Suns vs. Wizards
The latest odds from Thursday:
- Odds: Suns (-546), Wizards (+404)
- Spread: Only -10.5
- Over/Under: 233 points
That gives the Suns an implied team point total of 120.94, and the Wizards 115.46.
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Expert picks and predictions for Thursday’s Suns vs Wizards game
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread, and over/under bets for each game on the NBA schedule based on data points such as recent performance, player matchups, trend information and projected game totals.
After the model has finished running, we put its projections next to the last betting lines so that the game reaches a relative confidence level for each bet.
The best bets our model is projecting for today’s Suns & Wizards game:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet recommends betting on the Phoenix Suns on Moneyline.
- Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning toward an ATS game on the Washington Wizards at +10.
- Total: NBC Sports Bet stays away from a play at the Game Total of 233.
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Important stats, trends and statistics to know before Suns vs. Wizards of Thursday
- The Wizards have lost 6 of their last 7 home games
- 7 of the Wizards’ last 9 home games with the Suns have gone over the total
- The Suns have failed to cover in 3 straight games as favorites
- Suns are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite
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