Tonight on NBATV the San Antonio Spurs will take on the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The game has a start time of 7:00 pm (Eastern). Current Vegas betting odds have San Antonio listed as 1 point favorites, while the total is set at 201.5.
Analysis: The San Antonio Spurs have been playing very good of late and that may be due to the fact that they are finally fully healthy. The Spurs have won 9 of their last 11 games and come in off a rather 98-85 home win over the Heat. The win has the Spurs now at 32-18 on the year, but still that is only good enough for 7th place in the Western Conference playoff picture. The Spurs have gone 23-11 ATS in their last 34 games playing on 1 days rest, but just 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games following a SU win of more than 10 points. The Spurs have been a good offensive team this year, ranking 12th in scoring (101.1 ppg), 10th in shooting, 6th in 3 point shooting and 11th in FT shooting. Defensively the Spurs have been solid this year as they come in ranked 6th in points allowed (97.2 ppg), 12th in defensive FG% and 17th in 3 point defense.
Friday night the Raptors snapped their brief 2 game losing streak by blasting the road weary clippers at home by a score of 123-107. The Raptors are 34-17 on the year and have a comfortable 12 game lead over the 2nd place Brooklyn nets in the Atlantic Division. If the playoffs started today the Raptors would have the number 2 seed in the East. Toronto has gone 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, but just 3-12-1 ATS in their last 16 games playing on 1 days rest. The Raptors have been a very good offensive team this year, ranking 5th in scoring (106.2 ppg), 9th in shooting, 15th in 3 point shooting and 5th in FT shooting. Defensively the Raptors have not been so good, ranking 23rd in points allowed (101.3 ppg), 26th in defensive FG% and 15th in 3 point defense.
Pick: Lets take a shot at the Over in this game. The Raptors know how to play offense, but this team is not too keen on the defensive end of the floor and they will be taking on a Spurs team that is fully healthy and ready to get back to putting some points on the board. The Spurs have averaged just 97.3 ppg on the road, but they will be taking on a struggling Raptors defense that has allowed 107.2 ppg in their last 5 games. The spurs have been solid on defense, but Toronto has averaged 109.4 ppg in their last 8 games. Both teams will look to run in this game and I can see at least 205 points scored in this one.
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