This play almost made my other card but I like it enough to post as I think it will hit for us.

Roll with me on washington@ Cleveland under 197. Let's look at some numbers:

**Last season 3-1 ATS On the under in the two meetings between the teams.

**Washington is 2-1 ATS on the under with their over being against a hapless Nets team.

**Cleveland is 4-0 ATS on the under against the opening line.

I like this under for a number of reasons. No Antwan Jamison, the Wizards are 4-0 ATS in the last 4 against Cleveland meaning they know how to play defense against LeBron, the Cavs at home are a great defensive teams and Shaq inside will force the Wizards to work on their outside game. LeBron is going to get his, but this game will be high scoring first, low scoring 2nd, and if it's a not a blow out, I expect it to tighten up from there. Cleveland hasn't exactly set the world on fire to start the season and they have a solid team. They have one of the worst coach's in the NBA in Mike Brown and he doesn't know how to utilize his weapons. The Cavs had some big off season acquisitions but Brown isn't utilizing them correctly. A steady diet of feed LeBron should get us the under. I don't see this game going over 190 and quite possibly, a Cavs blowout will lead to under 180. The Cavaliers need to start dominating and tonight I expect a great defensive effort with Washington matching them defensively but having trouble offensively. Let's roll the under and see what happens.

Roll with me on under 197