{"id":331256,"date":"2025-03-02T11:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=331256"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:29:54","slug":"raptors-vs-magic-predictions-march-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/raptors-vs-magic-predictions-march-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors vs. Magic same-game parlay predictions March 2: Bet on Scottie Barnes in a +325 SGP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Raptors face the Orlando Magic on Sunday for the first of two matchups in three days in Central Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/scottie_barnes\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> has put up strong numbers in both games against Orlando so far this season, and I&#8217;m counting on that to continue. In addition to a Barnes prop and an alt total, I&#8217;m backing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/wendell_carter_jr\">Wendell Carter Jr.<\/a> in a +325 SGP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Raptors vs. Magic same-game parlay predictions for March 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raptors vs. Magic predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Under 213.5 points | Barnes 30+ PRA | Carter 8+ rebounds<\/strong> <strong>(+325)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110619\">Embed: #110619<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Under 213.5 points <\/strong>(-167):<\/strong> Unders are generally a good call when betting on Orlando games, and Toronto seems like a worthy dance partner in that regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unders are 38-23 (62.3%) in Magic games this year, per Team Rankings. That includes a 20-11 unders record at home.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As for the Raptors, unders are 16-12 (57.1%) when they&#8217;re on the road \u2014 compared to just 13-19 at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Toronto&#8217;s past seven road matchups, the average total was just 208.7 points. This under cashed in five of those games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating back to March 2024, unders are 4-0 in the past four matchups between Toronto and Orlando. Both previous meetings this year finished below 205 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Barnes 30+ points\/rebounds\/assists<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-150):<\/strong> Orlando is a tough matchup for any stat-stuffers on the other side, but Barnes is well worth a look at this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, he cleared this mark in both prior games against the Magic this season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jan. 3: 32 PRA in 37 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jan. 21: 36 PRA in 34 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of those games were in Toronto, mind you, but it&#8217;s still encouraging to see success against one of the NBA&#8217;s elite defensive squads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his past 30 games against any opponent, Barnes has averaged 20.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists (33.7 PRA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s cashed this milestone in 23 of those 30 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Carter 8+ rebounds<\/strong> (-205):<\/strong> Carter was recently re-inserted into the Magic&#8217;s starting lineup, and that makes quite a difference for his rebounding potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a starter (31 games), Carter is averaging 8.5 rebounds in 27.3 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a reserve (17 games), he&#8217;s averaging 5.6 rebounds in 21.8 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Jakob Poeltl has been on a minutes restriction in two games since returning from injury. If that continues, Carter will have an even greater opportunity to feast on the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carter has cashed this prop in both games against the Raptors this year, including once when he grabbed nine rebounds in just 18 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his past six games, he&#8217;s averaged 11.0 rebounds and hit this milestone five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 11:10 a.m. ET 03\/02\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Raptors face the Orlando Magic on Sunday for the first of two matchups in three days in Central Florida. The pregame narrative: Scottie Barnes has put up strong numbers in both games against Orlando so far this season, and I&#8217;m counting on that to continue. In addition to a Barnes prop and an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":331315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-331256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-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. Magic predictions: March 2 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Raptors vs. Magic same-game parlay predictions for March 2. 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