The Toronto Raptors close out a two-game road trip on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets.
The pregame narrative: Toronto has been good against lower-seeded opponents, so I’ll back the away team to cover the spread. This +320 SGP also includes picks on Scottie Barnes and Ziaire Williams.
Check out my Raptors vs. Nets SGP predictions for March 26.
Raptors vs. Nets predictions
Parlay: Raptors +2.5 | Barnes over 30.5 points/rebounds/assists | Williams 2+ threes (+320)
Raptors +2.5 (-113): These teams certainly fit the tanking category, but the Raptors refuse to roll over.
Toronto is 5-5 over its last 10 games, including a 5-1 record against teams lower in the standings.
That’s the case with the Nets, one of four teams below the Raptors in the Eastern Conference.
They’re doing a better job at tanking, losing seven of their last eight games. Brooklyn will also be without Cameron Johnson, who scores 18.9 points per game.
The Nets are 3-14 without Johnson in the lineup this season.
NBA SGP legs
Barnes over 30.5 points/rebounds/assists (-127): Barnes had one of his best games of the season against the Nets on Jan. 1:
- 33 points
- 13 rebounds
- 5 assists
- 14-of-18 shooting
He smashed this line, covering the number with points alone. That level of production isn’t needed on Wednesday, but anything close would do.
Barnes has been good against this wager recently, too. He has cleared this mark in three straight games, averaging 36.7 PRA.
The Raptors’ young star is worried more about winning than tanking and this is a great matchup to fill the statsheet.
Brooklyn has the 11th-worst defensive rating (116.9) and grabs the second-fewest rebounds per game (41.2).
Williams 2+ threes (-245): Williams missed a game on March 22 but returned against the Dallas Mavericks a couple of days later and hit two threes in reduced playing time.
With Johnson out, I predict Williams will return to his normal workload. Including his 21 minutes on Monday, he’s averaging 30.4 minutes over his past eight appearances.
During that run, Williams has been lighting it up from 3-point range:
- 3.1 makes on 7.4 attempts per game (42.4%)
- 2+ threes in 6 of 8 games
Someone needs to step up and replace Johnson’s 7.2 three-point attempts and Williams seems the most likely candidate.
Raptors vs. Nets predictions made at 9:40 a.m. ET 03/26/2025.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.