Washington at Toronto

The Toronto Raptors took it on the chin in game one at home vs. Washington, and look to even the series at one game apiece tonight at home in game two. At one point the Raptors trailed by 15 points, but rallied late to get the game into overtime, but fell by 7. The Raptors just could not get shots to drop the entire game, shooting under 40%. I expect a much better shooting game tonight, and Toronto does have a pair of games this season vs. Washington where they scored 120, and 103 points. The Raptors saw three key contributors, two of them their top scorers in Lowry, DeRozen, and Ross combine to go 11-41 from the floor and 0-11 from deep. Despite the horrific shooting they still had a chance to win. That should be a good sign heading into tonight as even an average performance from the trio would have been good enough in game one for the win and cover. Washington has not been good on two days of rest where they are 4-13-1 ATS in their last 18, and Toronto fits a playoff situation that is 83-38 ATS. Washington has aalso been an OVER team with two days of rest at 8-1 to the OVER in their last nine, and five of their last seven quarterfinal playoffs games have topped the total. Toronto has eclipsed the total in 7 of their last 10 against a winning team, and is 13-6 ATS in the last 19 in this series. Tonight the shots fall in a much higher scoring game. Play Toronto and the OVER.