{"id":324452,"date":"2025-01-29T12:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=324452"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:20:49","slug":"raptors-vs-wizards-predictions-january-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/raptors-vs-wizards-predictions-january-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors vs. Wizards predictions Jan. 29: Fade the Wizards, back Scottie Barnes on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Washington Wizards host the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The Raptors head to the U.S. capital in solid defensive form. Therefore, I am backing the Wizards to go under their team total. I&#8217;m also betting on Scottie Barnes to stuff the stat sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Raptors vs. Wizards predictions for Jan. 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raptors vs. Wizards predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:107859\">Embed: #107859<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Wizards under 111.5 total points (-108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As wild as it may seem, the Raptors are currently one of the best defensive teams in the league. Here are their stats since Jan. 13:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6-1 record<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd in defensive rating (105.4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd in opponent FG% (43.4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s an insane turnaround for a team that once was at the centre of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes and Davion Mitchell are playing elite defence, and opposing guards are struggling to find success with their perimeter shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raps should have no trouble defending a dreadful Wizards team, which possesses the league&#8217;s lowest offensive rating (104.8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington is on a 14-game losing streak and stands as the worst team in the league \u2014 and it&#8217;s not even close. Meanwhile, the Raptors are on the rise, at least defensively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> The Wizards have gone under 111.5 points in five straight games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barnes over 15.5 rebounds\/assists (-127):<\/strong> Barnes has been putting up impressive numbers in recent games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Jan. 13, the Raptors star is averaging 8.4 rebounds and 7.3 assists. He&#8217;s cashed this prop in four of his last five matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes gets a tasty matchup with the Wizards, who allow 17.5 RA on average to power forwards, per Fantasy Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, with rookie centre Alex Sarr ruled out for Wednesday, the Wizards will have further issues defending the paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes was recently named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for his impressive stretch of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 11:23 a.m. ET on 01\/29\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Wizards host the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The pregame narrative: The Raptors head to the U.S. capital in solid defensive form. Therefore, I am backing the Wizards to go under their team total. I&#8217;m also betting on Scottie Barnes to stuff the stat sheet. Check out my Raptors vs. Wizards predictions for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":324529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83,12],"class_list":["post-324452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raptors vs. Wizards predictions and odds: Jan. 29 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Raptors vs. Wizards predictions for Jan. 29. 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