Raptors Seek Statement Win in Cleveland

Raptors Still Underdogs in East Despite Best Record

The Toronto Raptors (53-18 SU, 40-31 ATS) have the best record in the Eastern Conference. Oddsmakers still have the Cleveland Cavaliers (41-29 SU, 23-46-1 ATS) are +125 favorites to win the East and return to a fourth-straight NBA Finals.

They’ll meet Wednesday night in Cleveland at 7 PM ET on ESPN. Oddsmakers have the Cavaliers as 2-point favorites. The total is at 226.

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This is a rare opportunity for the Raptors to show their stuff to a national US audience, but the situation isn’t ideal. Although the Cavaliers are just 6-7 SU and 4-9 ATS since the All-Star break, they’ll have a day of rest before Wednesday’s game, while Toronto will visit the Orlando Magic on Tuesday.

The Cavs are a more talented team than they were before shuffling their roster at the NBA trade deadline. They’re still not getting the results they need from PG George Hill and SG Rodney Hood.

They’re also having some serious injury problems right now. The team has six players listed as out or day-to-day. This is including the best of their newcomers, PF Larry Nance Jr. He has missed the last two games with a tight right hamstring.

PF Kevin Love (broken hand) isn’t expected to return until the following game on Friday against the Phoenix Suns.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Toronto	53-18	40-31	112.24	103.66	8.58	19-16	21-15	35-35-1	16-18-1	19-17
Cleveland	41-29	23-46-1	110.49	110.17	0.31999999999999	8-25-1	15-21	35-33-2	16-16-2	19-17

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
TOR	23.94	12.87	1.86
CLE	23.54	13.54	1.74

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
TOR	9.89	33.93	43.82
CLE	8.33	33.60	41.93

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
TOR	47.15	44.87	2.28
CLE	47.58	47.25	0.33

Team Records

Toronto Raptors

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	53-18	29-6	24-12	40-31	19-16	21-15	112.24	103.66	8.58
Last 10	9-1	4-1	5-0	5-5	2-3	3-2	113.20	105.20	8.00
vs Div	10-3	6-0	4-3	9-4	6-0	3-4	112.46	98.46	14.00
vs EAST	35-8	19-3	16-5	26-17	13-9	13-8	113.37	101.91	11.46
vs WEST	18-10	10-3	8-7	14-14	6-7	8-7	110.50	106.36	4.14

Cleveland Cavaliers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	41-29	23-11	18-18	23-46-1	8-25-1	15-21	110.49	110.17	0.32
Last 10	5-5	2-2	3-3	4-6	2-2	2-4	112.60	112.10	0.50
vs Div	11-5	7-1	4-4	7-8-1	4-3-1	3-5	113.94	107.38	6.56
vs EAST	29-14	16-6	13-8	15-27-1	6-15-1	9-12	110.77	107.95	2.82
vs WEST	12-15	7-5	5-10	8-19	2-10	6-9	110.04	113.70	-3.66

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	112.24	3	110.17	27
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	111.28	3	111.21	28
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	43.00	16	43.29	20
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	110.49	5	103.66	6
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	111.29	7	104.97	7
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	42.09	26	43.08	9

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Toronto	2-8	3-6-1	7-3	104.20	53.60	46.95	42.10	133/322	5.80
Cleveland	8-2	6-3-1	7-3	109.10	51.40	45.09	41.10	91/260	7.40

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Jan 11, 2018	CLE	99	TOR	133	2.5	TOR	222	O	TOR	TOR	TOR	40	65	38.2	50	35	63	6/26	18/42	3	3
May 7, 2017	CLE	109	TOR	102	7	Push	209.5	O	CLE	TOR	CLE	61	49	47.6	47.1	36	38	16/41	10/29	9	7
May 5, 2017	CLE	115	TOR	94	3	CLE	215.5	U	CLE	CLE	CLE	49	52	51.3	43.7	49	25	13/23	2/18	2	9
May 3, 2017	TOR	103	CLE	125	-7	CLE	214	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	48	62	46.7	54.7	37	40	5/17	18/33	8	9
May 1, 2017	TOR	105	CLE	116	-7	CLE	211	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	48	62	43.8	45.9	43	46	10/26	14/34	5	8
Apr 12, 2017	TOR	98	CLE	83	4	TOR	201.5	U	TOR	TOR	CLE	53	34	46.5	36.8	48	43	8/26	10/37	8	5
Dec 5, 2016	CLE	116	TOR	112	-2	CLE	214.5	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	62	61	47.6	43.2	48	33	14/32	13/32	4	8
Nov 15, 2016	TOR	117	CLE	121	-6	TOR	210	O	CLE	CLE	Push	57	61	47.9	53	40	46	13/29	13/33	11	4
Oct 28, 2016	CLE	94	TOR	91	2.5	CLE	205.5	U	CLE	TOR	CLE	50	40	41.8	38.9	40	51	12/32	4/16	8	9
May 27, 2016	CLE	113	TOR	87	6.5	CLE	198.5	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	55	41	54.1	41.8	38	33	17/31	8/25	6	6

NBA Betting Trends

Toronto Raptors
Toronto is 14-7 ATS in its last 21 games
Toronto is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 12 games
Toronto is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Toronto's last 21 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games on the road
Toronto is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Toronto is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Toronto is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
Toronto is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Cleveland is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
Cleveland is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Cleveland is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Toronto
Cleveland is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Toronto

Team Last 5 Games

Toronto Raptors

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 20, 2018	ORL	93-86	W	-9	211	L/U	45.45	52.94	14	A
Mar 18, 2018	OKC	125-132	L	-6	219.5	L/O	56.79	78.26	15	H
Mar 16, 2018	DAL	122-115	W	-10	208	L/O	47.25	83.87	10	H
Mar 15, 2018	IND	106-99	W	-4	212.5	W/U	43.75	85.71	12	A
Mar 13, 2018	BKN	116-102	W	-9	218.5	W/U	48.35	80.95	11	A

Cleveland Cavaliers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 19, 2018	MIL	124-117	W	-2.5	226	W/O	49.43	85.19	15	H
Mar 17, 2018	CHI	114-109	W	-7	222	L/O	50.57	65.00	13	A
Mar 15, 2018	POR	105-113	L	6	220.5	L/U	51.25	57.14	11	A
Mar 13, 2018	PHO	129-107	W	-8	231	W/O	49.43	86.67	17	A
Mar 11, 2018	LAL	113-127	L	-2	229.5	L/O	46.59	82.61	12	A

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