Portland Trailblazers vs Toronto Raptors 1/7/2020 Picks Predictions

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The depleted Portland Trail Blazers barely got out of their 5-game losing streak after a win over the Wizards at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC and off they went to Miami and lost to the Heat to a score of 111-122 at the American Airlines Arena, Sunday night. Portland PG Damian Lillard delivered 24 points and 12 dimes while former Heat Center Hassan Whiteside brought 21 points and 18 rebounds off the glass to lead the Trail Blazers in the lost match to Miami. The Trail Blazers are on 10th place at 15-22 in the West and 4th in the Northwest Division.

The Heat’s assault collapsed Portland’s defenses as the Trail Blazers have 112.3 ppg at 45.3% from the field while granting other teams to score up to 114.0 ppg. Miami has 46.0 rebounds, 19.6 assists, 6.4 blocks, and 5.9 steals per contest. PG Damian Lillard is the team’s highest pointer with 27.1 ppg at 44.2% FG shooting and 88.8% from the foul line. Portland is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 matches versus the Raptors and 1-8 SU in its last 9 games against Toronto.

Portland Trailblazers vs Toronto Raptors Predictions 1/7/2020

The Toronto Raptors are on a seesaw win/loss trend in its past 6 games with the recent match winning over the Nets with a score of 121-102 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Raptors have their star players on the sidelines but Toronto is looking to capitalize a more injury riddled Trail Blazers. Raptors PG Fred VanVleet poured in29 points and 11 dimes, PG Kyle Lowry had 26 while PF Serge Ibaka capped his night with 21 points and 12 boards off the rim. The Raptors are on 4th place at 24-12 in the East and 2nd in the Atlantic Division.

Toronto will face the Trail Blazers as VanVleet is out on injury with 110.8 ppg at 44.9% from the field while plugging competition at 105.2 ppg. The Raptors play with 46.1 rebounds, 24.8 assists, 5.3 blocks, and 8.3 steals per encounter. PF Pascal Siakam is the leading scorer of the team with 25.1 ppg at 45.7% FG shooting and 81.3% from the foul stripe. Toronto is 14-5 SU in its last 19 matches at home and 4 out of its last 6 games went under the totals on the season.

Portland Trailblazers vs Toronto Raptors. The NBA pick for this game is the Detroit Pistons -1.5. Both squads are losing their players to injuries at this point of the season. The Trail Blazers have SG Rodney Hood ( Achilles), Center Jusuf Nurkic (leg), PF Skal Labissiere (knee), and PF Zach Collins (shoulder) ho will be on the sidelines. Lillard, Anthony, and Whiteside will absorb the weight and will still be too much for Ibaka and Lowry to handle with VanVleet out with a hamstring injury. Trail Blazers win this contest to a predicted score of 112-109

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