The Toronto Raptors will continue their quest for their first win of the season when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night as a 1.5-point outsider in the NBA odds at sports betting sites run by OddsShark.com.
Toronto squandered a 10-point lead en route to a 119-114 defense in San Antonio on Saturday. The Team is trying to maintain its first set of three opening game challenges of the season since 2005 when it meets hardwood for Tuesday’s game at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Raptors had difficulty keeping the cons tires during their Start without a win. The Team allowed 116 points per game while losing place as favorites on sports betting sites to both the Spurs and the New Orleans Pelicans.
The fluctuating start of this season survives in the blame of the Raptors ‘ performance in the NBA playoff bubble last summer, which they completed on a series of 2-5 ATS. Toronto also struggled with the Ball, finishing 24th in the NBA with one .443 field goal percentage, and connecting on only 15 of 41 three-point attempts on defense on Saturday in San Antonio.
A visit to Philadelphia can be exactly what the Raptors need to start their season. Toronto has dominated the Sixers in one-on-one meetings in recent years and has scored victories in 24 of the 28 regular season games since January 2013, including a 3-1 su record last season.
The 76ers return home after opening their schedule with three games in five days, topped by a surprising 118-94 defense in Cleveland as a 6-point chalk.
Sunday’s defense against the Cavaliers marked a minor setback for the 76ers after they opened their season with wins over Washington and New York. However, Philadelphia was simply unbeatable at the Wells Fargo Center, in the 16-0 SU range since mid-December last year, and with wins against the spread in 12 of those contests.
Things have also tended to be high scores when the Sixers play at home, with a total of more than 11 occasions during their winning 16 home wins,according to the OddsShark NBA Database. However, this is the least that paid into the shock of the first three Philadelphia games of the season, and in seven of its last eight World exits.
The 76ers ‘ big prognosis is the health of big man Joel Embiid, whose status remains questionable for Tuesday while battling a back-to-back blessing that kept him out of Sunday’s defense in Cleveland. However, Embiid had difficulties against Toronto, averaging just 13.8 points per game in his last 10 appearances against the Raptors.