The Toronto Raptors welcome the Charlotte Hornets for a late-season tank off.
The pregame narrative: The Raptors are a bad team, but they seem to be a tier above the bottom dwellers, so I’ll back the home team on the moneyline. This +350 SGP is rounded out with picks on Immanuel Quickley and Mark Williams.
Check out my Hornets vs. Raptors SGP predictions for March 28.
Hornets vs. Raptors predictions
Parlay: Raptors ML | Quickley over 17.5 points| Williams over 9.5 rebounds (+350)
Raptors ML (-200): The Raptors fit a certain trend and that’s losing against good teams and beating the bad ones.
Charlotte is definitely in the ‘bad’ category. The team is 18-54 and remains without LaMelo Ball. When Ball doesn’t play, the Hornets are a pitiful 2-23.
That alone should be enough to sell the Raptors, but I’ll break down their recent results, too.
- They are 8-5 over the past 13 games.
- That includes a 6-1 record vs. teams below Toronto in the standings.
The Raptors are also a pretty respectable 16-21 at home. I expect them to get the job done tonight.
NBA SGP legs
Quickley over 17.5 points (-150): Much like last season, Quickley has come alive in the second half.
Toronto’s point guard has played 16 times since Feb. 9:
- 20.0 PPG
- 30.3 MPG
- 11-5 vs. this line
- 15+ PPG 15 times
That’s a solid floor to work with against a weak defensive team.
And the Hornets are exactly that. They have the seventh-worst defensive rating in the NBA (117.2) and have given up 124.7 PPG over the last three contests.
Williams over 9.5 rebounds (-200): The seven-footer has been a beast on the glass down the final stretch of the season.
He has double-digit rebounds in 10 of his last 13 games, averaging 11.3 during that time.
Jakob Poeltl will be starting for the Raptors, but he hasn’t played over 27 minutes in 10 straight games. He’s the only big man on the team who has a shot at containing Williams.
Toronto has allowed the third most rebounds to centres over the past 15 games (15.92), per Fantasy Pros.
Hornets vs. Raptors predictions made at 1:33 p.m. ET 03/28/2025.
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.