Toronto Raptors vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 9 (3/9): NBA

Toronto Raptors vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 9 (3/9): NBA

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Odds
Time 8:30 p.m. EST
Raptors money line -135
Raptors spread -2
Cavaliers money line +115
Cavaliers spread +2
Over / under 228.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Toronto Raptors San Antonio Spurs
Record 34-30 25-40
Road / home record 17-15 12-19
Streak L3 W1
Points per game 108.25 112.82
Points allowed per game 107.27 112.92
Rebounds per game 44.81 45.34
Rebounds allowed per game 44.67 46.77
Over / under record 33-31 32-29-4

 

Preview

The Toronto Raptors travel to San Antonio, TX to take on the Spurs on Wednesday night. This is the second time these teams face off this season, the Spurs were detroyed by the Raptors last time 129-104 at Toronto.

TORONTO RAPTORS

The Raptors have lost 3 games in a row and are 17-15 on the road this season. They have a are 34-30 record overall ranking 3rd in the Atlantic division. Toronto is coming from a loss against the Cavs. Pascal Siakam scored 24 points and Chris Boucher 21 for the Raptors, who opened a six-game road trip without All-Star guard Fred VanVleet (knee soreness) or forward OG Anunoby (fractured finger).

VanVleet is scoring 21.4 points per game with 4.5 rebounds and 6.9 assists for the Raptors. Pascal Siakam is averaging 21.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists for Toronto.

In their last 10 games the Raptors are 3-7, averaging 103.6 points, 44 rebounds, 20.7 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.3 points.

INJURIES: VanVleet says he's playing Wednesday. Anunoby, Flynn and Johnson are out.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

San Antonio are 25-40 overall ranking 12th in the Western Conference and they're 12-19 at home. The Spurs have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are coming from a win against Lakers. Dejounte Murray had 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Poeltl and Richardson each had 18 points. Richardson was making his first start with San Antonio.

Dejounte Murray is averaging 20.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, 9.4 assists and two steals for the Spurs. Poetl is averaging 9.1 rebounds per game for San Antonio.

In their last 10 games the Spurs are 5-5, averaging 122 points, 43.7 rebounds, 30.2 assists, 7.7 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.3 points.

BETTING TRENDS

Toronto are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games.

San Antonio are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.

The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 7 games against Toronto.

Prediction

The Raptors have struggled lately but they will have Vanvleet back in the court for this game, they already beat the Spurs earlier this season and I think they bounce back today. The Spurs win only the 26% of the time as underdogs. Take the Raptors.

PICK: Raptors -2 (-110)

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