The Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 09.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 00:30 UK;
Venue – Scotiabank Arena (19.800);
City – Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-8) for Raptors – 1.62.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 231 – 1.678.
As Toronto continue to battle with Chicago, Washington, Indiana and Orlando for the play-off spot at the end of the regular season, a home game against one of the major underdogs in the league become crucial. The Raptors simply have no margin for error in this game.
The Raptors have five wins in the last ten meetings. In that span, the team scored an average of 116.5 points per game while allowing their opponents to score 113.8. The Spurs scored an average of 112.5 points on offence and allowed an opponent 126.6 points per game.
The Toronto Raptors’ seven-match away streak came to an end. The Canadian team won the last two games. They defeated the Houston Rockets (117-111) and Memphis Grizzlies (106-103).
Two players contributed to the effort. Fred VanVleet was the best in the game against the Rockets. He scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Raptors are in 10th place in the East, a play-in zone. The Canadiens have a negative balance of wins and losses. The team has won 25 games and lost 30.
The Toronto Raptors are conceding an average of 111.0 points per game at home.
Nine defeats in a row for the San Antonio Spurs. The Texans have been winless since January 18. In the last game, the Spurs suffered an away defeat against the Chicago Bulls (104:128).
The series also includes failed games against the Philadelphia 76ers (125-137), Sacramento Kings (109-119), Washington Wizards (106-127), Phoenix Suns (118-128), Los Angeles Clippers (100-138 and 126-131) and Los Angeles Lakers (104-113).
The San Antonio Spurs won their last game against the Brooklyn Nets (106-98) on January 18.
The San Antonio Spurs are 14th in the Western Conference with 14 wins and 40 losses.
The San Antonio Spurs have lost 79.2% of their away games (5-19).
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Toronto Raptors: Fred VanVleet – Gary Trent Jr. – Pascal Siakam – Scottie Barnes – Precious Achiuwa.
San Antonio Spurs: Malaki Branham – Josh Richardson – Keldon Johnson – Keita Bates-Diop – Jakob Poeltl.
O.G. Anunoby (Out) and Otto Porter Jr. (Out) are injured for the Toronto Raptors.
Devin Vassell (Out), Jeremy Sochan (Out), Romeo Langford (Out), Dewayne Dedmon (Out) and Tre Jones (Day-to-day) are injured for the San Antonio Spurs.
The fixture will be played at Scotiabank Arena (19.800) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This starting whistle will sound on the 9th of February, 2023, at 00:30 UK Time.
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