{"id":334213,"date":"2025-03-16T12:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=334213"},"modified":"2025-03-16T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T16:36:40","slug":"raptors-vs-trail-blazers-sgp-predictions-march-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/raptors-vs-trail-blazers-sgp-predictions-march-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors vs. Trail Blazers SGP predictions March 16: Bet on Scottie Barnes and Donovan Clingan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Raptors take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: The Raptors have caught fire at the wrong time, and I&#8217;ll back them to cover as teased-up road underdogs tonight. Prop bets 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\/donovan_clingan\">Donovan Clingan<\/a> round out this +270 wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Raptors vs. Trail Blazers SGP predictions for March 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raptors vs. Trail Blazers 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 +10.5 | Barnes 6+ rebounds | Clingan 10+ rebounds<\/strong> <strong>(+270)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:111290\">Embed: #111290<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Raptors +10.5<\/strong> (-240)<\/strong>: Masai Ujiri and Bobby Webster have to be shaking their heads behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto has won six of its last seven games, devastating its chances at winning the draft lottery and owning the rights to select Duke Blue Devils superstar Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raptors&#8217; lone loss in that span came by a single point and they&#8217;ve covered a +10.5 spread in 11 of 12 games since the all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portland has lost five straight games \u2014 albeit against solid competition \u2014 and might be without standout guard Anfernee Simons (questionable, hand).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backing the Raptors as a road underdog has been profitable this year (17-13 ATS), so I&#8217;ll gladly bank a few extra points with them tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Barnes 6+ rebounds<\/strong> <\/strong>(-225):<\/strong> Barnes has been one of the few Raptors playing on a nightly basis, and his production on the glass has been solid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7.9 RPG on the season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.8 RPG in March<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6+ rebounds in 10 of his last 13 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Portland has some solid rebounders \u2014 like Clingan, who I&#8217;ll touch on in a moment \u2014 but this teased-down milestone should be very much in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trail Blazers give up the second-most rebounds per game to small forwards, according to Fantasy Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Clingan 10+ rebounds<\/strong> (<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-124):<\/strong> I might be trying to thread the needle by backing two players on opposing teams to reach a rebounding milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But given Clingan&#8217;s recent production, I think it&#8217;s worth the risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 No. 7 overall pick has been a beast since re-entering the starting lineup on Feb. 12, averaging 9.5 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clingan is the only 7-footer in Portland&#8217;s active lineup \u2014 in fact, he&#8217;s the only player listed above 6-foot-9 \u2014 which puts him in a good spot to succeed on a nightly basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With backup big men DeAndre Ayton and Robert Williams sidelined, I like the rookie to grab double-digit boards against a Raptors team allowing the sixth-most rebounds per game to opposing centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Raptors vs. Trail Blazers predictions made at 12:15 p.m. ET 03\/16\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Raptors take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. The pregame narrative: The Raptors have caught fire at the wrong time, and I&#8217;ll back them to cover as teased-up road underdogs tonight. Prop bets on Scottie Barnes and Donovan Clingan round out this +270 wager. Check out my Raptors vs. Trail Blazers SGP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":334239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-334213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raptors vs. Trail Blazers predictions: SGP picks March 16 | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Raptors vs. Trail Blazers SGP predictions for March 16. 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