Atlanta at Washington

It has been about four months since the Washington Wizards have been above .500. They knocked off this same Atlanta team on the road in their last contest to make it five straight wins, while ending the Hawks own five-game winning streak. Washington averages 111.2 points per game in the five-game winning streak, and were very aggressive offensively vs. Atlanta. Atlanta has a poor regular season track record here lately, dropping four of their last five to the Wizards. Washington has been sizzling at home where they have put nine of their last 10 in the win column, and has caught fire just in time to make a playoff run. The Wizards' secret has been shutting down the instant offense of Kyle Korver who has just 10 points in the last three meetings. I think the intensity will be high for this one, so play on Washington.