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Steffen Schmidt - November 4, 2022
Toronto Raptors will be searching for their third straight win on Friday night when they visit Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.
Analysis and Reason for Predictions
Toronto Raptors are firing on all cylinders these days. They started the week with two magnificent offensive displays, scoring 282 points combined in the wins over the Hawks and the Spurs.
Nick Nurse has obviously found the right formula as his Toronto managed four wins in the last five games despite facing the likes of the Heat, and the 76ers twice in the process.
Toronto’s latest victims were San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. The Raptors claimed an amazing 100-143 win on the road two days ago.
As many as seven players in the rotation ended the game with double-digits, including leaders Gary Trent and Pascal Siakam with 24 and 22 points respectively.
Siakam is posting his All-NBA Team numbers this season. He managed a triple double in the thumping of the Spurs.
The Raptors jumped to the third place in the league’s offensive ratings. The second position in this parameter is reserved for the likes of Dallas Mavericks, which is why we should expect a genuine point fest when these two teams come across each other.
The Mavs managed their third victory in the last four outings on Wednesday, beating the inspired Utah Jazz side 103-100 on the home floor.
The Mavericks finally managed to pick up the win in the crunch time after some disappointing defeats after failed attempts of buzzer-beaters, namely by Luka Doncic.
The Slovenian superstar led his team once again on Wednesday, scoring 33 points and getting 11 assist against the Jazz.
We have reasons to expect a fantastic affair on Friday night at American Airlines Center. As much as we respect Luka Doncic and everything he is doing, we just have to back Toronto Raptors while they are this hot. The main pick is Toronto to win in moneyline at the +100 odds, while we also have to take the Over 215.5 points at the -110 odds.
