Toronto Raptors vs. Atlanta Hawks Prediction, NBA Odds
The Toronto Raptors will be gunning for a fourth straight win when they visit the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night in NBA CUP Group Play action at State Farm Arena. The Raptors kick off a five-game road trip energized by Tuesday’s decisive 128-100 win over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, and enter the weekend’s NBA betting action in a three-way tie with Atlanta and Miami for seventh place in the NBA Eastern Conference standings. The Hawks are coming off their first home win of the season, a convincing 127-112 victory over Orlando on Tuesday night, and have now posted wins in three of their past four contests.
The Hawks hold the edge as 2-point favourites on Friday’s NBA odds. The Raptors trail as a +115 bet on the NBA moneyline and the total is listed at 235.5.
Raptors vs. Hawks NBA Betting Odds
The Raptors rolled to a lopsided 138-118 victory in Atlanta on the opening night of the season, and have now taken four of five from the Hawks, with each of those victories coming at State Farm Arena. Toronto has also been a reliable bet when facing the Hawks, covering the spread in 11 of their past 15 meetings, and have seen each of their four recent wins in Atlanta come while pegged as road underdogs. The Raptors have also run up the score with regularity in recent dates with Atlanta, averaging 122 points over their past seven clashes, but matters getting settled by double-digit margins in four of those contests, the OVER has gone just 4-2-1 in totals betting over that stretch.
Overall, the Raptors have found their groove since following up their season-opening win in Atlanta with four straight crushing defeats. The club has claimed victory by an average margin of 17.3 points while winning their past three thanks to a stingy defence that has surrendered just 101.7 points per game. The Hawks have also shown signs of life since rebounding from a rough 1-3 start, recording over 120 points per game during their current 3-1 run. However, Atlanta has gone just 3-5 ATS during a 4-4 start and just 3-4-1 ATS in their past eight as betting chalk including three outright defeats.
Toronto Raptors
RJ Barrett and Scottie Barnes once again led the attack in Tuesday’s rout of the Bucks. Both Barrett and Barnes tallied a team-high with 23 points and combined to score seven threes on the evening. Indeed, the Raptors enjoyed plenty of success from beyond the arc in the win, going 17-for-38 from downtown and now rank fifth in the NBA while 38% on threes. Barrett has now averaged 23.3 points per game during the club’s 3-0 run, while Barnes has dominated in the paint, recording double-doubles in two of three contests. And with the Hawks surrendering the fourth most rebounds in the league to date, Barnes is worthy of a value bet as a +325 wager on the NBA player props to record his fourth double-double of the season on Friday night.
Atlanta Hawks
No Trae Young, no problem for the Hawks, who have gone 3-1 since the star guard suffered a knee injury that has sidelined him indefinitely. In Young’s absence, the Hawks have scored by committee, led by Jalen Johnson, who has led the team in scoring in three of four outings while averaging 21.3 points per game. Veteran point guard has also stepped up in Young’s
absence, scoring at least 20 points in two of the past three games, while Zaccharie Risacher is coming off his best performance of the season with 21 points and four boards on Tuesday, and offers value as a -105 bet to record OVER 13.5 points + rebounds on Friday.
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