Washington vs Toronto prediction

Wizards (36-23) host Toronto (36-25) in a battle for the 1st spot in the East. Big match here and my pick is Wizards -3.5 at 1.71 on bet365. This is actually a rematch from 2 nights ago when Washington managed to beat really easyly the Raptors in Toronto ! This time Washington host and at home they are amazing. They won 20 of their last 22 home games! Only two defeats, one against Cleveland and one against Utah. In their last home game, Wizards won against the Golden State Warriors so really the Wizards this year are a real deal and thanks to their really really strong starting line up who plays unbeliveable basketball since 3-4 months. Since the start of the season, observers were saying that Washington lack of quality on the bench to be a credible threat for the Cavs. However, they just acquired Bogdanovic from the Nets a really good scorer and coming off the bench so far he's been amazing for us. Last game, against Toronto, he scored 27 pts on 6-7 from 3's. Not only that as they also acquired Brandon Jennings in the FA. The point guard who was at NY so far joined them and he's an excellent back up for John Wall. He's going to make his debut tonight in DC. While for Toronto, the last year conference finalist, it has been a difficult 2017 year so far with up and downs but mostly downs as the result were really poor giving what they accomplished last year. However, they also made some moves at the deadline acquiring Ibaka and Tucker 2 solid experience players that are going to help them a lot defensively mostly but also offensively with Ibaka now being a stretch 4. But they are missing their star or second star whatever, that's Kyle Lowry. The 31 year old point guard is injured until the play off and so that's a massive loss for Toronto as Lowry was having a career year shooting the basketball really well specially from 3's with more then 40%. Lowry is also the player in the league who averages the most mins played by match with nearly 38 mins a match so that shows how important he is for them. So of course, they still have Derozan a starting all star and a excellent player and Corry Joseph the Lowry's back up is a good player but I feel like they are going to struggle with time goes on. They are still 3-1 without Lowry but they lost their last match at home against Washington and tonight I expect them to lose again. Washington won 20 of their last 22 home game. Their form is really high and with the newest additions they are even better. Wizards ah -3.5. Good luck !