The Toronto Raptors continue their west coast swing as they are in Oakland tonight to take on Golden State.
The Toronto Raptors have lost 4 consecutive road games as they head into Oakland tonight to take on the Golden State Warriors, a game that tips off at about 10:40pm ET. Even though the Raptors have not been winning road games lately, they have still come in as a slight favorite in this game as Players Only have them set at -1.5 on the spread betting line.
Taking a look at the Raptors recent results on the road, for the most part they have been getting blown out.
March 10th: Sacramento dumped Toronto 113-90.
March 1st: Houston dumped Toronto 116-92.
February 28th: Oklahoma City dumped Toronto 119-99.
While the Raptors were able to play the Los Angeles Lakers close at the Staples Center on March 9th (Lakers win 109-107) overall you can't feel too good about backing the Raptors to cover the spread as a road favorite.
Let's look at home Golden State have been playing lately, especially at home.
The Warriors are just 17-47 on the year and they are winless in March. However, of their 6 games in March only 1 has been played in Oakland, a March 11th loss to Portland 110-105.
In their last 6 home games, the Warriors have only covered a +1.5 spread twice and, like Toronto, they are not a confident team to back at the moment.
With no clear betting angle for this game based on recent history we're going to recommend being conservative with this game. Take Toronto to cover the -1.5 spread with Players Only, but don't pound it.
The reason we're backing Toronto is because there is a lot more on the line for them at this point in the season than there is for Golden State: Toronto still has to fight for playoff positioning. The Raptors will be looking to get back on track in the Eastern Conference and a game against a team with no direction this year is certainly a rallying point.
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