Brooklyn Nets vs Washington Wizards: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 1/31/2021

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets (13-8) will look to fend off Bradley Beal's Washington Wizards (3-12) on January 31, 2021. The Nets are a 6-point favorite. A 245.5-point total has been set for the matchup.

How to Watch

Time: 7:00 PM EST
TV Channel: NBA TV

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Nets vs. Wizards Betting Data

Nets Betting Data

• Brooklyn has a losing 9-12 record against the spread this season.
• The Nets have not fared well as a 6-point favorite, going 3-9 against the spread when favored by at least 6 points.
• Brooklyn and its opponents have hit the over in 71.4% of games (15 out of 21 matchups).

Wizards Betting Data

• Against the spread this season, Washington is under .500: 6-9.
• The Wizards have a losing record (0-2) when they're at least 6-point underdogs.
• Washington hit the over in a majority of its outings this season: 9 of 15 games (60%).

Point Total Insights

• Brooklyn's games this season have resulted in a higher total score than Sunday's matchup total (245.5 points) in six out of 21 opportunities (28.6% of matchups).
• In four out of Washington's 15 games this year (26.7%), the competing teams scored more points than the point total in Sunday's matchup.
• The point total for the game of 245.5 is 9.8 points more than the combined points per game averages for the Nets (121 points per game) and the Wizards (114.7 points per game).
• This matchup's total is 9.2 fewer points than the 236.3 these two teams combine to give up per game in 2020-21.
• This season the average total for Nets games is 237.2 points, 8.3 fewer than the over/under of 245.5 points for this contest.
• A difference of 10.7 points separates this contest's over/under (245.5 points) and the average total points bet in Wizards' games (234.8 points) this season.

Previous Matchups

Washington has won a majority of its last 10 games against Brooklyn, going 6-4, while the Wizards are also 3-1 against the spread when playing the Nets.

Nets Players to Watch

• The Nets leader in points and rebounds is Durant, who scores 30.5 points and pulls down 7.5 rebounds per game.
• James Harden is Brooklyn's best passer, distributing 11.1 assists per game while scoring 24.5 PPG.
• Joe Harris makes more threes per game than any other member of the Nets, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 3.1 per contest.
• Kyrie Irving is Brooklyn's leader in steals, averaging 1.1 steals per game, while DeAndre Jordan leads them in blocks with 1.5 per contest.

Wizards Players to Watch

• Russell Westbrook puts up 9.3 rebounds and 9.6 assists per game, placing him at the top of the Wizards' rebound and assists leaderboards.
• Beal counts for 34.7 points per game, making him the top scorer on Washington's team.
• Davis Bertans is consistent from distance and leads the Wizards with 2.6 made threes per game.
• Beal (1.4 steals per game) is the steal leader for Washington while Thomas Bryant (0.8 blocks per game) is the block leader.

Injury Report

Nets: Nicolas Claxton: Out (Right knee), Iman Shumpert: Out (Not With Team), Spencer Dinwiddie: Out For Season (ACL), James Harden: Out (Left Thigh)

Wizards: Raul Neto: Out (Groin), Thomas Bryant: Out For Season (Left knee)