Based off games I've seen, a lot of teams don't double Howard, they shoot their 3's regardless, and there going up against one of the worst defensive teams in the country, my concern isn't the Magic putting up 98+, it's the Wiz, but with no Howard, think it yields them a few more easy buckets, plus the books think the game will be close with a 5.5 spread...
I took the under for this reasoning, they may be shooting the same amount of 3 pointers but are they going to be QUALITY 3 pointers? A wide open NBA 3 pointer because your defender is doubling Howard is a much Higher % shot than a 3 with a hand in your face.
Also Howard is 20ppg being taken away from the offense and the wizards arn't a team that gets to the basket regardless of who they play, they just jack it up and don't have great shooters this is a big reason why they suck. Last game when Orlando scored over 100 they shot lights out over 50% from the field 50% from 3s thats not sustainable figured they were unlikely to score over 100 if at all.
Also Wizards last 10 games they average like 93ppg I was banking on one of the 2 teams to have a bad offensive game, seemed like they would both have to shoot well to go over.
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