{"id":6909,"date":"2009-01-07T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T21:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=6909"},"modified":"2009-01-07T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T21:39:30","slug":"raptors-wizards-free-pick-70109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/raptors-wizards-free-pick-70109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting &#8211; Raptors vs. Wizards (Jan. 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA Action &#8211; Struggling Wizards Host Streaky Raptors<\/h2>\n<p>The Toronto Raptors (14-21 SU, 13-21-1 ATS, 20-15 O\/U) may be the most perplexing team in the league so far this season. Toronto had its modest two-game winning streak snapped by losing to the Milwaukee Bucks 107-97 on Monday.\u00a0The Washington Wizards (7-26 SU, 15-18 ATS, 13-19-1 O\/U) have struggled all season long and fell to the Orlando Magic 89-80 on Tuesday. The Wiz did manage to cover the spread for NBA sports betting backers as a 12.5-point road underdog in the BetUS Sportsbook. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Playing without Jermaine O&#8217;Neal and Jose Calderon, the Raptors got 31 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Bosh. Former No. 1 overall draft pick Andrea Bargnani &#8211; O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s replacement at center &#8211; added 21 points, but backup point guard Will Solomon struggled to replace Calderon, scoring just four points on 2-for-13 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of the shots we had were good shots. They just didn&#8217;t go down,&#8221; said shooting guard Anthony Parker, who scored 12 points. &#8220;We just didn&#8217;t get it done. It&#8217;s disappointing because this certainly was a winnable game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wizards, who have dropped three of its last four, got a team,-high 29 points from all-star forward Caron Butler, all in the second half, including 21 in the third quarter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/11892\/mid\/2183\/default.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Betus NBA Betting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sportsimagestore.com\/showbanner.asp?affid=11892&#038;banid=1399 alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>The Wizards crept within 83-80 with 1:18 remaining on Butler&#8217;s final basket, but the Magic scored the game&#8217;s final six points to finish off their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We put ourselves in the grave in the second quarter. And in the third quarter, we kind of dug ourselves out,&#8221; Wizards coach Ed Tapscott said. &#8220;But even you have those real big lulls, when you get down double digits, so much energy is expended trying to get back. Then when you get even, that&#8217;s where they make their run.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a look at the key trends for each team, followed by my in-depth analysis and NBA Free Picks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Washington<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto&#8217;s last 7 games<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto&#8217;s last 6 games on the road<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Toronto<br \/>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto<br \/>\nWashington is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Toronto<br \/>\nWashington is 7-1-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against Toronto<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Raptors +1 -110<br \/>\nWashington Wizards -1 -110<\/p>\n<p>Over 192 -110<br \/>\nUnder 192 -110<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: While I am really disappointed in the Toronto Raptors this season, the Washington Wizards have even bigger problems. Simply put, I like the Raptors to extend their dominance (4-1 ATS in last 5) over the Wizards with a narrow win and cover tonight.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Free Picks: Raptors +1 Point\/Under 192 Total Points<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free pick and preview plus NBA betting odds and basketball lines for the matchup featuring the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1979,3938,3939,1975,4045,744,4044,3942,747,3925,5379,8201,5068,8200,2877,5257],"class_list":["post-6909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-handicappers","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-predictions","tag-raptors-betting-trends","tag-raptors-vs-wizards","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-toronto-raptors-vs-washington-wizards","tag-washington-wizards","tag-wizards-betting-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6916,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions\/6916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}