{"id":332298,"date":"2025-03-07T11:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=332298"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:46:44","slug":"jazz-vs-raptors-sgp-predictions-march-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/jazz-vs-raptors-sgp-predictions-march-7-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz vs. Raptors SGP predictions March 7: Back Barnes and Walter at +320"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two bottom-feeders meet when the Toronto Raptors host the Utah Jazz at Scotiabank Arena on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Toronto is playing good basketball right now and I don&#8217;t think the club will be able to out-tank the Jazz. I&#8217;m taking the Raptors to win and have player props on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/scottie_barnes\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/ja_kobe_walter\">Ja&#8217;Kobe Walter<\/a> in this +320 same-game parlay wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Jazz vs. Raptors SGP predictions for March 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jazz vs. Raptors 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: Raptors moneyline | Barnes 8+ rebounds | Walter 14+ points<\/strong> <strong>(+320)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110951\">Embed: #110951<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Raptors moneyline <\/strong>(-200):<\/strong> Despite coach Darko Rajakovic&#8217;s best efforts, the Raptors continue to win ball games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their injury report is extensive tonight but I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;ll matter. RJ Barrett, Jakob Poeltl, Ochai Agbaji, Jonathan Mogbo and Gradey Dick are all ruled out for Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah is missing key pieces, too, as John Collins and Lauri Markkanen are sidelined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Raptors&#8217; last game against the Orlando Magic, Toronto closed the game with a unit of five bench players and the unthinkable happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1897118696537256357\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More on Walter later, but it&#8217;s clear the players don&#8217;t care about any tank and the Raptors are at home on Friday where they hold a 13-19 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s much better than the Jazz&#8217;s 7-23 away record. They&#8217;ve lost 10 straight games on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Barnes 8+ rebounds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-143):<\/strong> With all the injuries to Toronto&#8217;s frontcourt, Barnes should step up on the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 6-foot-7 point forward averages 7.8 boards and is coming off a 13-rebound game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orlando Robinson should get the start at centre tonight and his hands will be full with Walker Kessler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utah&#8217;s big man averages 12.1 rebounds per game and will clean up against the inexperienced Robinson without some help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes has cashed this wager in four of the past six games that Poeltl has been sidelined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Walter 14+ points<\/strong> (-106):<\/strong> Let&#8217;s get back to the rookie who looked more like Kobe than Ja&#8217;Kobe during his game-winning 3-pointer against the Magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the injuries, Walter should start again and he&#8217;s been more effective in that role this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Starter<\/strong>: 24.7 minutes, 11.9 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reserve<\/strong>: 18.6 minutes, 6.5 PPG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Feb. 4, the rookie has scored 13-plus points in all three starts, logging over 28 minutes in each contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s gaining the trust of the coaching staff and should be in for another hefty workload against Utah, which has the worst defensive rating (120.3) in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jazz vs. Raptors predictions made at 10 a.m. ET 03\/07\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two bottom-feeders meet when the Toronto Raptors host the Utah Jazz at Scotiabank Arena on Friday. The pregame narrative: Toronto is playing good basketball right now and I don&#8217;t think the club will be able to out-tank the Jazz. I&#8217;m taking the Raptors to win and have player props on Scottie Barnes and Ja&#8217;Kobe Walter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":332329,"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-332298","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>Jazz vs. Raptors predictions: March 7 NBA SGP picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Jazz vs. Raptors SGP predictions for March 7. 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