{"id":679109,"date":"2026-03-25T23:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/679109\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:21:17","slug":"nba-wednesday-picks-odds-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/679109\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Wednesday picks, odds, bets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNew York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/nba-betting-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> is arguably the toughest league to handicap, as it requires such a wide range of knowledge and attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>I believe we have a unique situation Wednesday when the Los Angeles Clippers host the Toronto Raptors as 3.5-point favorites with a total of 224.5 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Clips recently adjusted their rotation, moving stud defender Kris Dunn out of the starting lineup in favor of a better shooter. <\/p>\n<p>That has opened the offense and increased their scoring. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past three games, the Clippers rank fourth in the NBA in offensive efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>All-Star Kawhi Leonard is the reason they are on a 30-15 stretch and making noise in the Western Conference playoff picture. <\/p>\n<p>A large reason for Leonard\u2019s dominance is the Clippers having surrounded him with shooters who can space the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors rank eighth in defensive efficiency and play one of the slower paces. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38883808\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/toronto-raptors-forward-scottie-barnes-124292188.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes reacts after making a basket at the buzzer to end the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Salt Lake City.\" class=\"wp-image-38883808\"  \/>Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes reacts after making a basket at the buzzer to end the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Salt Lake City. AP<\/p>\n<p>Those are the main reasons Toronto has only gone over its total in 28 of 71 games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the Clippers have a lot of shooters in Leonard, Darius Garland, Brooke Lopez, Nicolas Batum and even Derrick Jones Jr., when he is left open. <\/p>\n<p>Betting on the NBA? <\/p>\n<p>That is a lot of capable shooting to defend, especially after trading post player Ivica Zubac to create more minutes for the perimeter-oriented Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>I have a 106-88-2 record in this Post sports section, and my next play is the Clippers team total to go Over 113.5 points (-110, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/fanduel-sign-up-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He\u2019s also the rare personality who has documented success \u2013 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,212,135,6,214,681,66,215,216,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-679109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-betting","13":"tag-raptors","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sports-betting","16":"tag-sports-picks","17":"tag-toronto","18":"tag-toronto-raptors","19":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116292386757097007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679109","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=679109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}