Each of the last four head-to-head meetings has gone under the total, a 97-87 Hornets win at Charlotte last week included.

I think the oddsmakers have set the total too high once again when the teams clash in Washington Monday night. The Wizards are a slow-paced team, entering this contest with the third-lowest pace factor (the number of possessions a team uses per game) in the NBA, and the under is 8-1 in Wizards' last 9 overall.

Charlotte is playing at a faster pace, but note that the under is 14-6 in Hornets' last 20 games as a road underdog.

10* play on UNDER.