Can the Raptors Push the Cavs to the Brink of Elimination in Game 5? - Handicappers Hideaway

The Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying move
to one win of advancing the the NBA Finals on Wednesday when they
battle at Quicken Loans Arena. The series is tied at two games a piece
heading into tonights matchup. The Western Conference's favorite, the
Golden State Warriors, are on the brink of elimination and the Raptors
are trying to put King James and the Cavaliers into the same situation.



Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 11-point favorites versus the Raptors, while the game's total is sitting at 198.





Cleveland lost its last outing, a 105-99 result against the Raptors on
May 23. The Cavaliers failed to cover in that game as a -6-point
favorite, while the 204 combined points took the game OVER the total.





Toronto was a 105-99 winner in its last match at home against the
Cavaliers. They covered the +6-point spread as underdogs, while the
total score of 204 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.





Toronto:

Team record: 66-34 SU,51-48-1 ATS

Toronto is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games

Toronto is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road

Toronto is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road





Cleveland:

Team record: 67-27 SU,44-48-2 ATS

Cleveland is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games

Cleveland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home







Next up:

Toronto home to Cleveland Friday, May 27

Can the Raptors Push the Cavs to the Brink of Elimination in Game 5? - Handicappers Hideaway

NBA Odds: Cavs Cruise Into Game 2 Versus Raptors - Handicappers Hideaway

So far, so good for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They shook off a slow start
Tuesday night to bury the Toronto Raptors (+11 away) 115-84 in Game 1
of the Eastern Conference Finals. Game 2 takes place Thursday night in
Cleveland, tipping off at 8:30 PM ET on ESPN. Oddsmakers have the Cavs
as 12 points favorites against the spread and the total is bouncing back
and forth between 198.5 and 199.



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Toronto had to play Game 1 without starting center Jonas Valanciunas
(27.7 PER in the playoffs), who sprained his right ankle in the previous
series versus the Miami Heat. Valanciunas is expected to miss Game 2 as
well, and might not return at all this series. With zero injured
players, Cleveland should be fresh Thursday night after sweeping through
the first two rounds. No Cavalier needed to play more than 30 minutes
in the opener; LeBron James (25.0 PER) sat the entire fourth quarter
after scoring 24 points on 11-of-13 shooting.



The Raptors will only go as far as their shooters will take them, and
after showing signs of life in the Miami series, Kyle Lowry (16.3 PER)
struggled again in Game 1. Lowry shot 4-of-14 for just eight points,
missing all seven of his attempts from behind the arc. As a team,
Toronto went 5-of-24 from long range (20.8%).



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NBA Playoffs Tuesday Preview & Free Pick- Toronto at Cleveland Game 1 - Handicappers Hideaway

The top two teams in the East kick-off a best-of-seven series in the
conference finals this Tuesday night. The No. 2 Toronto Raptors come
into Game 1 as heavy 11-point road underdogs against the No.1 Cleveland
Cavaliers on BetAnySports’ opening betting line
and the total for the game is now at 201 after opening at 202.5. Game
time from Quickens Loans Arena is set for 8:30 and it will be broadcast
nationally on ESPN.



Toronto needed the full seven games to get past both Indiana in the
opening round and Miami in the conference semifinals, but it comes into
Tuesday’s game in solid form after crushing the Heat 116-89 in Sunday’s
Game 7 as a 4.5-point home favorite on BetAnySports’ closing line. The
Raptors are 5-9 against the spread in those 14 playoff games and the
total has gone OVER in four of their last seven outings.



The backcourt of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan has struggled at times
this postseason, but these two were at their very best in Sunday’s win.
Lowry led the way with 35 points while going 11-for-20 from the field
and DeRozan added 28 points and eight rebounds to help pace the win.
This was just the third time in the postseason that the Raptors scored
100 points or more after averaging 102.7 points per game in the regular
season.



Cleveland has barely broken a sweat in its first two playoff series with
four-game sweeps of both Detroit and Atlanta. It has gone 5-3 ATS in
those eight games and the total has gone 3-4-1 on BetAnySports’ closing
line. With four SU victories on their home court in the postseason, the
Cavaliers have now gone 37-8 SU at home, but that record falls to 23-22
ATS. The total has gone OVER in three of their last five home games.



As expected, LeBron James has played at a very high level in these
playoffs with an average of 23.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists,
but he has gotten some solid support from both Kyrie Irving and Kevin
Love. Irving is leading Cleveland in scoring with 24.2 PPG and Love is
adding 18.9 points and 12.5 rebounds. The Cavs averaged 104.3 PPG in the
regular season and this has jumped to 107.8 points in the playoffs.
They have allowed 100 points or more in just two of the eight games
played.



I like Cleveland at home on Tuesday night, but there may be just enough
rust from an extended layoff to keep things closer than 11 points on BetAnySports NBA betting line.

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NBA Odds: Top-Seeded Hawks Anything But Favorites In Eastern Conference Final - Handicappers Hideaway

NBA Odds







The top-ranked in the Eastern Conference will take on the prohibitive
season-long favorite this week as the No. 1 seed Atlanta Hawks play
host to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Despite starting the
series on the road, it’s the King’s Cavs that lead the pair with 13/5
odds of winning the NBA championship.





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After showing signs of mortality against both the Brooklyn Nets and
Washington Wizards, the Hawks are a far cry from the unstoppable force
that they were partway through the season. Since then, their opponents
have started to take form.





Even without the injured Kevin Love, the Cavaliers have dispatched
both the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics thanks largely in part to
their franchise icon and hometown boy. The Bulls, of course, were a
legitimate conference threat that could have just as easily been
handpicked for a spot in the Finals, making Cleveland’s success last
week all the more impressive.





With 9/1 odds on the NBA futures, the Hawks are a long-shot in the
sportsbook. That doesn’t mean that they can’t still deal damage on a
game-to-game basis though. Not only did Atlanta lead the East in wins,
they did so with a 50-30-2 record against the spread.





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