New Orleans at Washington

New Orleans has an opportunity to end its losing streak against a team it has beaten in the past four meetings, although this is the first one this season. The Pelicans are a slight favorite because Washington traded two of its better players, CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert, to Atlanta for Trae Young, who is out with a quad injury. The Wizards are only 10-26 and 15-21 ATS anyway, so the subtraction of two players before Young can play again is the reason they are still home underdogs. Washington was blown out 131-110 by Philadelphia on Wednesday while failing to cover a 16.5-point spread. The 76ers shot 54 percent and hit 14 of 37 3-point tries. The Wizards have lost eight of 10 against Western Conference teams, and they are 6-14 ATS in their past 20 versus the Southwest Division. Take the Pelicans.