Washington at Cleveland

Get rid of the Wizards already. Unless you are from Washington, how can you like this team? They have proven themselves to be trash talking thugs. And losing ones at that. DeShawn Stevenson took out LeBron last game and then charged him. It should have been LeBron charging this pretender. While we like Cleveland to end this thing tonight, we are going to make our play on the first-half UNDER. In the first four games, there have been 91.3 points scored in the first half. The Cavs are all about defense in the playoffs and in an important closeout game, we think they bring it tonight. This team is 25-17 UNDER at home this season. In the playoffs, they are allowing only 44.7 per game. Over their last 23 home games, they are 16-7 to the first-half UNDER. When favored at home by 2-3 points on the first-half line, they are 28-15 UNDER the past three seasons. This season they are 25-14 UNDER in the first half vs. winning teams. The Wizards are 31-16 UNDER in the first half as an underdog this season including 21-10 as a dog of 3.5 to 9.5 points. Overall they are 30-13 UNDER in the first half on the road , 16-6 UNDER in division games and 25-14 UNDER vs. winning teams. We look for another defensive battle with the first-half coming in under 94 points.