We like the Atlanta Hawks to defeat the Washington Wizards on Wednesday at 7:10pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Washington did win against Atlanta on Monday. But, they will be without their top player in Kyle Kuzma tonight as he suffered a groin strain in that game.

That's a big miss for the Wizards as they are already thin without him.

Atlanta has won five straight meetings in games played at Washington entering today.

They are also 16-4 overall in their last 20 meetings against each other.

The Wizards have lost five home games in a row since the end of last season.

Trae Young will bounce back today and Jalen Johnson finally woke up in their last game. That will help Atlanta tons in the future.

We've got the Hawks to bounce back and even up the season series at one game a piece on Wednesday. Lay the small number.

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