Washington at Cleveland

Cleveland needed overtime Monday to beat Minnesota 127-125, and Saturday's home opener against Brooklyn finished 125-121. In between, they fell 114-106 to Philadelphia on October 22. Across those three games, including overtime, the Cavaliers allowed 120 points per game. Washington is 2-2 after going 17-65 last season, a year in which Anthony Davis never played for the club. Davis opened with 34 points and 12 rebounds in a 128-116 win over Milwaukee, then put up 29 and 10 in Monday's 110-103 loss at Charlotte. In that game, Washington trimmed a deficit to 103-100 with 1:13 left, and Trae Young scored 22. Washington scored 38 fourth-quarter points in the opener and 35 on Monday, while Brooklyn scored 41 in the fourth quarter against Cleveland on Saturday. That defense now has to slow Davis and Young for 48 minutes, and I expect the Wizards to keep this within reach. I'm on Washington on the spread, with No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa listed questionable for his debut after missing all four games.