It has been a trying season for the Indiana Pacers after coming oh so close to their first NBA Championship.<\/p>\n
Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s injury and players leaving have the Pacers at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. The bright side? They\u2019ve won three in a row heading into tonight\u2019s matchup with the Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n
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Unfortunately, my Raptors vs. Pacers predictions and NBA picks<\/a> are here to tell you why Toronto is a bad matchup for Indiana and a good value as just a 2.5-point favorite for this matchup at Gainbridge Fieldhouse tonight.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers prediction<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers best bet: Raptors -2 (-110)<\/p>\n The Indiana Pacers<\/a> have won three in a row thanks to some great perimeter defense. Unfortunately for them, with players like Scottie Barnes<\/a> and Brandon Ingram<\/a>, the Toronto Raptors<\/a> do their best work inside the 3-point line.<\/p>\n Toronto has the sixth-highest two-point attempt percentage and ranks 13th in two-point field goal percentage.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Bet on that to continue against an Indiana squad that surrenders the fourth-highest 2-point FG percentage in the NBA.<\/p>\n Combine that with the Raptors\u2019 Top 10 defense going against the Pacers dead-last offense and there is value with Toronto on this short spread.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers same-game parlay<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram is the face of the Raptors\u2019 mid-range game. He\u2019s averaging 21.7 points per game, and that\u2019s up to 25.3 over a 12-game stretch spanning most of December and into January.<\/p>\n But a thumb injury and tough matchups have hammered his output lately. That said, this looks like a prime bounce-back spot, and in his last matchup against the Pacers, he went for 26 points.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Another place the Pacers struggle is on the glass, where they rank next-to-last in rebounding rate. Take rookie Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a> to go Over 7.5 rebounds after averaging 8.8 over his last seven games.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers SGP<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram Over 25.5 points<\/p>\n Collin Murray-Boyles Over 7.5 rebounds<\/p>\n Our “from downtown” SGP: CMB secures a double-double<\/p>\n CMB just over rebounds is boring. Let’s go with a double-double instead with the Raptors rookie averaging 9.1 points over his last seven games.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers SGP<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram Over 25.5 points<\/p>\n Collin Murray-Boyles double-double<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers odds<\/p>\n Spread: Raptors -2 | Pacers +2<\/p>\n Moneyline: Raptors -130 | Pacers +110<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 222.5 | Under 222.5<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers betting trend to know<\/p>\n The Raptors have covered the 1Q Spread in 27 of their last 40 away games for +12.15 Units and a 26% ROI. Find more NBA betting trends<\/a> for Raptors vs. Pacers.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n How to watch Raptors vs Pacers<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Wednesday, January 14, 2026<\/p>\n Tip-off<\/p>\n 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n TSN, FDSN Indiana<\/p>\n Raptors vs Pacers latest injuries<\/p>\n Not intended for use in MA. This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a trying season for the Indiana Pacers after coming oh so close to their first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3774],"tags":[7,4441,964,113,126,3866,6,114,1261,476,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-540770","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indiana-pacers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-ingram","10":"tag-collin-murray-boyles","11":"tag-indiana","12":"tag-indiana-pacers","13":"tag-indianapacers","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-pacers","16":"tag-scottie-barnes","17":"tag-toronto-raptors","18":"tag-tyrese-haliburton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115905358888179073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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