The Toronto Raptors have been consistently awful on the road this season, going 6-29, but they can be a bettor’s best friend in that situation. The Raps are 14-19-2 ATS on the road, including 2-11 ATS over their last 13 road games, so we have a good idea of what to expect when they play the Clippers Saturday in their second leg of a back-to-back.
The Raps have shown flashes at home – they beat the Clippers in Toronto earlier this season – and they’ve seen nice offensive growth from Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan. But the good news pretty much ends there. This team is hopeless.
The Clippers: not so hopeless anymore. Sure, they’ve taken their lumps and they’re mathematically eliminated from playoff contention but they have an outstanding core to build around in Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon. Griffin exploded for a triple-double (33 points, 10 assists, 17 rebounds) during the Clippers’ 127-119 overtime win over Washington on Wednesday. Gordon, who scored 32 in that game, appears to be over his wrist injury.
It’s worth noting that the clippers have gone 0-5 ATS over their last five games. They were overrated as 13.5-point favorites against the Wizards and the same thing might happen against the lowly Toronto Raptors. It’s worth noting that the underdog is 11-5 ATS over the last 16 Raptors/Clippers matchups.
I’m pretty confident that the Clippers will beat Toronto, even after playing the Lakers Friday night, as the Raptors should be even more fatigued after playing Golden State on Friday. I’d tread carefully with the spread, however. If the oddsmakers inflated it to double digits, you might want to lean the Raptors’ way.
The Clippers should control the game more or less but I don’t foresee a blowout.
what do you think!!!!
The Raps have shown flashes at home – they beat the Clippers in Toronto earlier this season – and they’ve seen nice offensive growth from Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan. But the good news pretty much ends there. This team is hopeless.
The Clippers: not so hopeless anymore. Sure, they’ve taken their lumps and they’re mathematically eliminated from playoff contention but they have an outstanding core to build around in Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon. Griffin exploded for a triple-double (33 points, 10 assists, 17 rebounds) during the Clippers’ 127-119 overtime win over Washington on Wednesday. Gordon, who scored 32 in that game, appears to be over his wrist injury.
It’s worth noting that the clippers have gone 0-5 ATS over their last five games. They were overrated as 13.5-point favorites against the Wizards and the same thing might happen against the lowly Toronto Raptors. It’s worth noting that the underdog is 11-5 ATS over the last 16 Raptors/Clippers matchups.
I’m pretty confident that the Clippers will beat Toronto, even after playing the Lakers Friday night, as the Raptors should be even more fatigued after playing Golden State on Friday. I’d tread carefully with the spread, however. If the oddsmakers inflated it to double digits, you might want to lean the Raptors’ way.
The Clippers should control the game more or less but I don’t foresee a blowout.
what do you think!!!!
take some beer and put some money in play,let the clippers do the job for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
