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Eight and a Half Is Too Many, Take Toronto
NBA · THU NOV 12 · 7:00 PM ET · Xfinity Mobile Arena · FINAL TOR 112, PHI 123
Raptors +8.5Spread · −110
−110Bet at FanDuel →Our edge: Toronto is down its two best players, and the market has priced the Raptors like they're done. They're not. They just took Boston to the wire without Kawhi Leonard and Scottie Barnes, and Philly has two stars of its own on the injury report. Our pick: Raptors plus 8.5.
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Raptors +8.5
Toronto is short-handed and still fighting
No Kawhi, no Barnes, and the Raptors still lost only 98-93 to Boston last night. They’ve won at the Clippers and in Milwaukee within their last five games, and Jamal Shead is handing out 6.9 assists a night.
Philly is good, I know
The Sixers are 9-3 and have won seven of their last ten. Tyrese Maxey is scoring 26.7 a game, and they give up only 109.2. But they score just 110.2, which isn’t the kind of offense that buries people by double digits.
Bodies
Joel Embiid (foot) and LeBron James (back) are both day-to-day, and Dominick Barlow and Adem Bona are out. For Toronto, Trayce Jackson-Davis is day-to-day with an illness and Nate Bittle is out. Check both injury reports before tip.
Our numbers have the Sixers by less than a point. Be honest about that: those ratings still think Kawhi and Barnes are suiting up, so the real number is bigger. Knock off several points for the missing Raptors and you’re still short of eight and a half, and that’s before we know whether Embiid and LeBron play.
What scares me: Toronto is on the second night of a back-to-back and shoots 32% from three, and if Embiid and LeBron both go, Philly has the horses to pull away late.
Take the Raptors plus 8.5 at −110 at FanDuel. Eight and a half is a big ask against a team that just hung with Boston. It lands on the receipts page win or lose. We the North.
+8.5−110Parlays
A short-handed Toronto team slows it down and keeps it inside eight and a half.
Raptors +8.5Spread−110
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