Scottie Barnes has a career-high 26.5% usage rate this season. That has helped him average 20.2 points per game. Immanuel Quickley is out again for the Raptors, so Barnes should receive plenty of shot attempts. Both the Wizards and Raptors rank inside the top-nine in the league in pace of play. The Wizards have the worst defensive rating in the league. This is a great spot for Barnes to score in bunches.

FanDuel. Jonas Valanciunas should see an uptick in his minutes today, with starting center Alex Sarr unavailable. Valanciunas has cleared this line in 4/4 games without Sarr, and gets a good spot against the Raptors.

Big number for Washington's Jordan Poole considering he averages 21.2 PPG on the season and 20.8 at home. Toronto has won six of eight and during that stretch has been one of the NBA's better defensive teams. Poole hasn't topped this in five straight. Our model has him a shade over 20 points tonight. I will address a Wizards futures prop with them on a 14-game skid in today's newsletter.