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With We The North Support, Toronto Raptors a Good Bet

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Toronto Raptors open the 2014-2015 with the momentum of last season’s playoff experience, and an entire nation, behind them. But the man who’s most important to their success this season is coach Dwane Casey. Sports Interaction NBA Props Sports Interaction NBA Game Betting Sports Interaction NBA Futures After last year, when the Raptors won...

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Underdog Raptors Shorthanded in Back-to-Back vs. Boston

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Toronto Raptors caught a break with Oklahoma Thunder star Kevin Durant out of the lineup in Tuesday’s blowout victory. Now they’re the team with roster injuries Wednesday night when they visit the Boston Celtics. Starting centre Jonas Valanciunas was downgraded to doubtful today after suffering a right hand injury and taking a shot to...

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NBA Playoffs Odds: Toronto Raptors Open Postseason as Favourites

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The critics may not like Toronto’s defence, but oddsmakers have the Raptors as favourites in their first-round series against the Washington Wizards. The Toronto Raptors haven’t made it out of the first round of the NBA playoffs since way back in 2001, but if oddsmakers have it right, the Raps look poised to win their...

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NBA Draft Odds: Could Toronto Raptors Draft Canadian Trey Lyles?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Toronto Raptors GM Masai Ujiri has some work to do in the offseason. Could he make a move to draft Canadian Trey Lyles? After being swept in the first round of the National Basketball League playoffs, Toronto Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri admitted that he shares at least part of the blame for a disappointing...

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NBA Odds: Toronto Raptors Offseason Report

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Raptors cruised through much of the regular season last year, but stumbled in the playoffs. Now, they’re looking for more. Summer leagues are in full swing and we’re headed into the final stretch of the NBA offseason. The Toronto Raptors are coming off of a good season where they finished first place in the...

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Raptors vs. Cavaliers: NBA Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 29, 2017

If the Toronto Raptors wanted to reach the first NBA Finals in franchise history, there was really no chance they were ever going to avoid LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at some point in these Eastern Conference playoffs. The two clashed in last year’s East Finals, but it’s a round earlier this time. NBA...

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Bucks vs. Raptors: NBA Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 13, 2017

The Toronto Raptors could have their most talented team ever as they begin a quest to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history by opening the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. The Raptors will host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7, with the last two if...

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Celtics at Raptors: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 23, 2017

The Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors both have 25 games remaining in the 2016-17 regular season as they come out of the All-Star break on Friday night. If the Raptors have any shot of catching Boston for the Atlantic Division lead, then Friday is a must win. Toronto is a slight favourite on Sports Interaction...

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2017 NBA All-Star Game Odds: Three-Point, Slam Dunk Picks

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 17, 2017

The Toronto Raptors will have Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan representing their squad and the Eastern Conference at the 2017 NBA All-Star weekend. To say the NBA’s All-Star break is the halfway point of the regular season is inaccurate as every club in the league has played almost 60 of its 82 scheduled games. The...

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Raptors’ Slump Drops Their NBA Championship Odds

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 8, 2017

Just about every team in the grueling 82-game NBA regular season goes through a bit of a funk – last year’s record-setting Golden State Warriors the exception to the rule. The Toronto Raptors are in the midst of their own mini-slump. Has that affected their NBA futures odds at Sports Interaction and should it change...

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Raptors at Hornets: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 19, 2017

Were the NBA playoffs to start today, the Toronto Raptors would be the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and take on the No. 7 Charlotte Hornets in the first round. The Raptors close a three-game road trip on Friday night with their final regular-season visit to Charlotte. The Hornets opened as slight favourites...

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Raptors at Cavaliers Point Spread: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 14, 2016

The last time the Toronto Raptors visited the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was Game 5 of last season’s Eastern Conference Finals with the series tied 2-2. The Cavs would blow out the Raptors 116-78 behind big nights from LeBron James and Kevin Love and would then win Game 6 back in Toronto to eliminate the Raptors...

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Heat vs. Raptors: NBA Picks, Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 3, 2016

It’s the second playoff rematch of the young season for the Toronto Raptors on Friday night as the new-look Miami Heat visit Air Canada Centre. Of course the Raptors reached their first Eastern Conference Finals last season by knocking out Miami in Game 7 of the conference semifinals, 116-89, behind 35 points from Kyle Lowry...

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Toronto Raptors 2016-17 Preview: Odds, Predictions and Picks

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 25, 2016

The Raptors had the greatest season in franchise history last year, winning a team-record 56 regular-season games and a third straight Atlantic Division title. Toronto played with fire in each of the first two rounds of the playoffs but won a Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers in the first round and vs. the Miami...

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NBA Odds Make Toronto Raptors Championship Contenders

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: June 27, 2016

The Toronto Raptors had the greatest season in franchise history in the 2015-16 NBA campaign.  They won a team-best 56 regular-season games and reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time, losing to the eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. So one could make an argument that the Raptors were the third-best...

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Raptors GM Masai Ujiri Already Eying Canadian Andrew Wiggins

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 10, 2015

With tampering fines looming above the conversation, you won’t get Toronto Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri come out and say he wants Vaughn, Ontario native Andrew Wiggins playing home games at the Air Canada Centre. However, he’ll do everything but mention the Minnesota Timberwolves’ young superstar by name when asked about bringing Canadian talent to...

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NBA All-Star Odds Peg Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Lowry as Favorites

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 13, 2015

Canada will be well-represented at this weekend’s NBA All-Star festivities and if you think Kyle Lowry and Andrew Wiggins are just along for the ride, you have another thing coming. Wiggins, who hails from Vaughn, Ontario (just outside Ontario) will play in Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge, and is set as a +175 favorite to win...

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How the Raptors Kicked the Leafs Aside and Won Toronto

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 21, 2014

Wake up, Toronto. Forget the Toronto Maple Leafs and take your support to the Toronto Raptors. Of course, many Torontonians made that move long ago. They got fed up of Leaf-mania in the media and have been backing the Raptors for years. However, after the last week or so, you can bet on another flood...

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Hall of Fame Waits for Canadian Icon Steve Nash

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 24, 2014

Like so many athletes, Steve Nash’s true value to the sporting community in Canada won’t be realized until long after he retires. Thursday he took another step closer to calling it quits when he announced he would miss the entire 2014-15 season with a nagging back injury that he aggravated last week while lifting luggage....

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Defying The Odds: Bet Against Your Favorite NFL Team?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 17, 2014

Frank Doyle welcomes Gerry and Anonymous Gamblr, a pair of Sports Interaction line managers, back into the Defying the Odds studio for another sports betting podcast. This time around the trio tackles topics ranging from Team Canada’s men’s hockey odds for the 2014 Sochi Olympics to Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning and whether you can...