You may not realize it, but the Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the best teams in basketball since the calendar hit 2026.<\/p>\n
Tonight, they\u2019ll be home underdogs against a scrappy Toronto Raptors team that sits in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n
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One of the reasons Toronto is favored here is that Immanuel Quickley is playing great basketball again. <\/p>\n
My Raptors vs. Trail Blazers predictions and NBA picks<\/a> highlight a player prop for IQ in what should be an entertaining nightcap on Friday, January 23.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers prediction<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers best bet: Immanuel Quickley Over 17.5 points (-110)<\/p>\n The Toronto Raptors<\/a> 27-19 record is more impressive when you consider the rash of injuries they\u2019ve dealt with. Even tonight, Jakob Poeltl is out while RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles are questionable.<\/p>\n Luckily for the Raps, Immanuel Quickley<\/a> has picked up his game. IQ is averaging 19.1 points with a 50.5 eFG % over his last 15 games.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> are playing great ball in 2026, going 9-2 SU\/ATS. But they play at a high pace (seventh in the NBA) and foul a lot (sixth most opponent free throw attempts).<\/p>\n Quickly averages 5.1 free throws per game during this stretch.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers same-game parlay<\/p>\n The Raptors will also need good ball movement against a solid defensive team like the Trail Blazers, and that\u2019s something Brandon Ingram<\/a> has provided lately.<\/p>\n Ingram averages 3.8 assists per game this season, and that\u2019s up to 4.8 over the last seven games, topping 3.5 six times over that stretch.<\/p>\n Both teams enter this game playing well, and are Top 10 defenses, but the Raptors have slightly more offensive punch, so I like them to pull out the win.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers SGP<\/p>\n Immanuel Quickley Over 17.5 points<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram Over 3.5 assists<\/p>\n Our “from downtown” SGP: Mamu!<\/p>\n Let’s switch the Raps moneyline to covering the spread, and a red-hot Sandro Mamukelashvili <\/a>should get another big run going against Donovan Clingan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers SGP<\/p>\n Immanuel Quickley Over 17.5 points<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram Over 3.5 assists<\/p>\n Sandro Mamukelashvili double-double<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers odds<\/p>\n Spread: Raptors -3.5 | Trail Blazers +3.5<\/p>\n Moneyline: Raptors -140 | Trail Blazers +120<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 225.5 | Under 225.5<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers betting trend to know<\/p>\n The Raptors have covered the 1Q spread in 28 of their last 40 away games (+14.30 Units \/ 31% ROI). Find more\u00a0NBA betting trends<\/a> for Raptors vs. Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n How to watch Raptors vs Trail Blazers<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Moda Center, Portland, OR<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Friday, January 23, 2026<\/p>\n Tip-off<\/p>\n 10:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n TSN, KUNP<\/p>\n Raptors vs Trail Blazers latest injuries<\/p>\n Not intended for use in MA. Advertisement<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You may not realize it, but the Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the best teams in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,4441,964,974,3715,1399,6,687,471,3967,1041,7990,476,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-556577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-brandon-ingram","11":"tag-collin-murray-boyles","12":"tag-donovan-clingan","13":"tag-immanuel-quickley","14":"tag-jakob-poeltl","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-portland","17":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","18":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","19":"tag-rj-barrett","20":"tag-sandro-mamukelashvili","21":"tag-toronto-raptors","22":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115947149934530965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556577","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=556577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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