NBA Tue 6/3

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Sport	NBA
Event	Toronto Raptors @ Washington Wizards
Selection	Washington Wizards -4
Strength	10/10
Date	06/03/2007
Bookmaker/Price	Pinnacle Sports @ 1.97 (Back)
Reasoning	Selling half a point to get more value. Both teams strong offensively and yeah pretty bad in defence, but looking at Wizards latest defesive escapades, it seems they are getting better. Raptors have now lost Parker and also this years 1st pick, Italian Bargnani is questionable as he went home - should be back in the roster, but will probably not play- anyway Italy and USA are different time zones - he will need some time to adjust. Both teams should be pretty fresh as Wizards had 1 one day of rest when at home and Raptors were playing their last match on 3rd March. Okay, Wizards own the series vs .Raptors at home and also should be pretty pumped up for revenge as they lost last 3 vs. them, but they also won last three at home and with two importnat missings in Toronto team they will have the chance to complete the home series with 3 straight wins record. IMO they have a big chance of doing that as Toronto is in a down trend with 1 win in last 4 and with mentioned missings the chances of Wizards covering the spread are pretty good. Also Wizards temas home and away records speak the story, Wizards 28-9 and Raptors 9-20.