Indiana Pacers vs Washington Wizards 8/3/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Indiana Pacers look for their second consecutive victory in the seeding games when playing the Washington Wizards on Monday. Indiana restarted its NBA season with a 127-121 victory on Saturday over the Philadelphia 76ers. TJ Warren scored 53 points for the Pacers to set a new career-high. The victory moved Indiana into fifth place one game ahead of the 76ers in the Eastern Conference.

TJ Warren is leading Indiana in scoring with an average of 19.2 points per game. Malcolm Brogdon is the third-leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 16.3 points and 7.1 assists per game. Victor Oladipo is the fourth leading scorer for Indiana with an average of 13.9 points per game. Indiana is playing without its second leading scorer and leading rebounder Domantas Sabonis.

Washington opened its restart to the NBA regular season with a 125-112 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. The Wizards fell behind by 7 points after one quarter and 15 points at the half and could not fight back for a victory. In the loss, Rui Hachimura led the Wizards with 21 points while Jerome Robinson scored 20. Wizards leading scorer Bradley Beal will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury.

In the absence of Bradley Beal and David Bertans, the leading scorer for Washington is Rui Hachimura with an average of 13.5 points per game. Troy Brown leads the Wizards in rebounds with an average of 5.3 while Hachimura is the leading active player in assists with an average of 6.1.