beal 2

Las Vegas - Thinking about the Hawks over the Wizards, but ONLY if Bradley Beal is watching from the bench. Beal strained his hamstring in the game against the Pacers on Saturday night, and it looks like it might cost him a few games. Washington is pretty much set in the 7-10 group which means Play-In Tournament. With 32 wins, the Wiz will not catch Atlanta (37 wins) or Miami (37 wins) for the 6th seed, so why take a chance on playing Beal and exacerbating the hammy. They finish with one more game against Atlanta, then get Cleveland and Charlotte, so it should be an easy ticket to the Play-In. With a two way knot for the 5th and 6th seed, the Hawks should be motivated for this contest, because they don't wanna drop back into Play-In territory. The Celtics are just two back with 35 wins and could sneak in if Atlanta isn't careful. As long as Trae Young is 100%, we're gonna go with the ATL but now that the line has ballooned to -8, we'll just make it a tickle.

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