Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets Spread: NBA Odds, Prediction
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Charlie Grant
A busy, four-game week begins in Brooklyn for the Raptors but Toronto fans shouldn’t think of this game as an easy cover. The Nets enter Monday’s game with the second-best ATS mark in the NBA.
NBA Point Spread and Betting Analysis
The Dinos are on a four-game win streak and are 8-2 straight up over their last 10 games. Toronto owns the third-best record in the league at 27-10 and is 22-15 against the spread on the season. The Raps are averaging 128 points a night over their last three games and the over is 4-1 in their last five contests. Brooklyn lost 87-85 to the Boston Celtics on Saturday but covered as a 3-point home underdog. It marked the Nets’ fifth straight ATS win and their seventh in their last nine games. The Nets are 15-24 SU and 24-15 ATS for the season. The Raptors are 9-0 SU in their last nine games against the Nets including a 33-point victory at the ACC in December.
Toronto Raptors
It took a little bit longer than some might have thought but Serge Ibaka is becoming a perfect big man in Toronto’s system. The Raptors had coveted Ibaka for years and nearly traded for him before the Oklahoma City Thunder sent him to the Orlando Magic in the summer of 2016. Toronto finally got its marked man last season but Ibaka’s on/off court numbers weren’t great in his first 23 games with the club. Things appeared to change once head coach Dwane Casey started giving Ibaka more minutes as the lone big man on the floor for the Raptors. Ibaka averaged 16.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting .490 on 3-pointers in the month of December.
Brooklyn Nets
Toronto fans won’t see former Raptor DeMarre Carroll in action for Brooklyn on Monday. He’s been ruled out because of a knee injury. The Nets are expected to get second-year guard Caris LeVert back after he sat the last two games with a strained groin. LeVert is a multi-talented player and the Nets’ first sub of the bench.
