Kings at Raptors UNDER 189?

[JinCanada]

Raptors game is never sexy for anyone, but their games had gone UNDER 7 of 10 and 5 of last 6.

Ytd night against the Wizards proved that they can be blown out by anyone and are horrible on back to back nights. Given that it's their third game in as many nights, would anyone be surprise if they go under 80 again?

[BigBurk]

I approve this under.

[larry040681]

I like under as well but I'll pass on this.. 189 is to low for me IMO... Evans and Cousins might score more tom and that will be a problem.. Bargnani can pour points as well....

[PR9]

as i said awhile ago, I bet Raps under in every game this year, and will continue to until the books realize what's going on (don't think they do yet). One unit on the under every night the raps play is an automatic.

The Raps only practice defense and no offense under Dwane Casey. He doesn't give a damn about offense in this first half of the season as he is trying to implement a foundation of good defensive "habits" going forward.


I live in the GTA area and hear all the news and WTF they do

[larry040681]

I read an article on this as well... thanks for bringing this up...

[mann2chc]

good point PR... Mr Casey is all abt defense and has a ring to prove it... if a man can make the mavs play defense then i have faith that he can make the raptors play d and as you can see they've been playing that... the only thing that bothers me is that the kings give up hella points but i still like the under here... the kings are still getting use to what the new coach wants so i like the raptors to cover in this one as well... GL!!!

[killersweet]

I was leaning towards the under, but then realized that raptors tend to score at home. and they are on a b2b2b and may play lackluster defense tonight. That might enable the kings to score as well (they have a good pace). Too close of a number for sure.
Last 4 home games for the raptors, they scored:
90, 92, 97, 97

[kl06ty]

I come from Toronto, and watching every game so far, I really think Casey has botched up the offense. It is only reliant on a two punch combo of Jose and Bargnani. I see another game of DeRozan being ice cold, which will probably affect his defense on Tyreke Evans. Cousins will most likely put Amir and Davis into foul trouble. Thus, I see a ton of free throws from the Kings side and a ton of 3's from the Raptors side. Line is around there, but I really feel the over just because Raptors tend to do much better at home with their miniscule crowd.

[PR9]

Not to mention that Sac plays and runs an "iso" offense. And that is easy for Toronto to defend.

We saw what Toronto head coach Dwane Casey did with Dallas last year as their defensive coordinator in the playoffs. The Mavs under Casey broke down every "iso" set other teams tried to deploy

Also remember that Toronto has a huge boulder in their dressing room, placed there by Dwane Casey. And they all touch it before every game as they head onto the court. That boulder is there and meant to be touched by every member of the team as a reminder to "pound the rock". IE: Play defense 1st and foremost is the message

[CHAZ]

[hels]

How the hell is Toronto -4.5 favs tonight??? Fukken lines on the Raps games make no sense.

[killersweet]

How the hell is Toronto -4.5 favs tonight??? Fukken lines on the Raps games make no sense.

Probably has to do more with kings than raptors. Kings have been terrible on the road with blowout losses.

[hels]

Probably has to do more with kings than raptors. Kings have been terrible on the road with blowout losses.

That makes sense but I would have thought this would be a pick'em game as both teams are struggling, raps 3rd in 3 nights etc etc.

When the line doesn't make sense you have to go with what looks wrong. Therefore Raps-4.5 is the play for me.

[Iceman44]

I like the under, I have it capped at 187