{"id":27906,"date":"2013-02-24T19:53:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27906"},"modified":"2013-02-24T19:53:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:53:55","slug":"nba-picks-washington-wizards-vs-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-washington-wizards-vs-toronto-raptors-27906\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Washington Wizards vs. Toronto Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Wizards at Toronto Raptors
\nMonday, 2\/25\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Toronto -4.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Toronto -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Washington Wizards are 31-15 ATS as an underdog this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington has won and covered the spread in two consecutive games, including a 105-103 victory over the Houston Rockets as 1.5-point home underdogs last Saturday, while going UNDER the total for the fifth time in six contests.\u00a0 The Wizards are the NBA\u2019s worst road team with a 4-22 mark, but they have won 13 of their last 22 games overall.\u00a0 Washington is 31-15 ATS as an underdog this season, with the UNDER going 28-18 in that situation, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Wizards are 1-15 away from home when taking on Eastern Conference opponents, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Washington\u2019s resurgence really lined up with the return of starting point guard John Wall to the lineup, as he\u2019s averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 assists in 21 games.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 96.4 points per game with him on the floor, while it was held to 89.2 without him.<\/p>\n

Toronto has also been playing its best basketball of the 2012-13 season, as it has won six of its last seven games, including a 100-98 victory over the New York Knicks as one-point home underdogs last Friday.\u00a0 The Raptors have been very pleased with the offensive production of forward Rudy Gay since he was acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies, as he is averaging 21.4 points in 10 games.\u00a0 Toronto is 5-2 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points this season, with the UNDER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Raptors have won seven of their last 10 games versus conference opponents, while they\u2019ve enjoyed success recently due to their defense.\u00a0 Toronto is holding foes to 92.9 points through 10 games this month, which is tied for the fifth-fewest points in the league during that span.\u00a0 The team is hoping that center Andrea Bargnani can start putting things together, as he\u2019s been held scoreless over 34 minutes of combining action in his last two games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 17-6 in the Raptors last 23 home games versus a team with a losing road record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Wizards at Toronto Raptors Monday, 2\/25\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Toronto -4.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Toronto -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 189.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington has won and covered the spread in two consecutive games, including a 105-103 victory over the Houston Rockets as 1.5-point home underdogs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,843,18,2068,693,644],"class_list":["post-27906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-john-wall","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-washington-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27907,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27906\/revisions\/27907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}