Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards Prediction, 3/19/2024 Preview and Pick
Game: Houston Rockets vs Washington Wizards
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC
TV: Monumental Sports Network
The Washington Wizards (11-57) will try to defeat the Houston Rockets (32-35) at Capital One Arena on Tuesday.
The Rockets faced off with the Cavaliers and notched a win by a score of 117-103 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Rockets walked away with 19 and the Cavaliers had 12 personal fouls. They also buried 12 of their 38 tries from beyond the perimeter. Cleveland went 85.0% when shooting free throws by making 17 of 20 attempts. Additionally, Cleveland snagged 45 boards (7 offensive, 38 defensive) and earned 7 rejections. Cleveland recorded 22 dimes and had 6 steals for the game. When discussing the defense, Houston allowed the other team to go 45.1% from the field on 37 of 82 shooting. They also recorded 28 dimes in this matchup as well as creating 15 turnovers and earning 9 steals. With regard to hauling in boards, they earned 48 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Rockets knocked down 8 of 12 attempts for a rate of 66.7%. Houston wrapped up the contest with a 48.0% FG percentage (47 out of 98) and buried 15 out of their 42 shots from 3-point land.
Jalen Green is a guy who came through for the matchup. Green ended up shooting 45.0% from the floor and also dished out 4 dimes. He saw the court for 33 mins and collected 11 rebounds. He accounted for 26 points on 9 of 20 shooting.
Houston heads into this one with a win-loss record of 32-35 this year. They currently have an average of 113.2 pts per contest (20th in the league) while shooting 45.9% from the floor. The Rockets are hitting 35.0% on three-point shots (818 of 2,337) and 76.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Houston is pulling in 45.9 boards per contest and has racked up 1,658 dimes for the season, which has them ranked 27th in the league in terms of passing. They turn it over 13.0 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 21.0 fouls every game.
When they are on the defensive end, the Rockets are able to force 13.6 turnovers per game and they draw 19.7 personal fouls. They rank 3rd in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,640 surrendered so far this year. The Rockets defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.1% (2,713 of 5,887) and they relinquish 44.7 boards per game as a team. They are surrendering 34.7% on 3-point shots and they rank 10th in the league in PPG allowed (112.5).
The last time they took the court, the Wizards walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 130-104 against the Celtics. Concerning attacking the glass, Washington allowed Boston to get 43 in total (12 on the offensive side). They finished 48.0% from beyond the perimeter by hitting 24 out of 50 and finished the game at 20 of 24 from the charity stripe (83.3%). The Wizards allowed the Celtics to convert 43 out of their 87 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.4% in the game. Overall, the Wizards finished 41 out of 89 from the floor which had them shooting 46.1%. With respect to shots from downtown, Washington made 10 of their 34 tries (29.4%). They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 85.7%. The Celtics were called for 17 fouls for this game which took the Wizards to the charity stripe for 14 shots. They also gave up possession of the ball 16 times, while getting 3 steals for the game. The Wizards were able to corral 30 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards for a total of 40 in the game.
Jordan Poole was important for the Wizards in this contest. He converted 12 of 19 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 63.2%, and accumulated 2 rebounds. Poole totaled 31 points in his 23 mins of playing time and accumulated 4 dimes in this game.
Washington has a mark of 11-57 this year. As an offensive unit, the Wizards are shooting 47.0% from the floor, which ranks 17th in the NBA. Washington has 7,741 points so far this season (113.8 per game) and they pull in 40.5 boards per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 28.1 times per contest (8th in basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 13.9 times per game. The Wizards are committing 19.8 personal fouls per contest and they hit 76.5% from the free throw line.
The Wizards defensively are ranked 30th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 124.0. They are forcing 14.4 TO's every game and have let teams shoot 50.1% from the floor (30th in the NBA). The Washington defense concedes 36.9% on 3-point attempts (848 of 2,299) and their opponents are connecting on 77.5% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 29.6 assists and 49.3 boards per contest, ranking them 30th and 30th in basketball.
Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington
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