The 14-23 Toronto Raptors will be the road club as they face the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Brooklyn is scheduled for 7:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The current NBA point spread in this game has the home club Brooklyn Nets favored by -7 points with an over under line of 190 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds came out in this game a few hours ago.
The teams met twice this season with Brooklyn winning both games. Each team covered the point spread in their home game. Trend: Brooklyn Nets are 4-0 ATS in their past four games.
Toronto is 4-15 straight up on the road this season. The Raptors had their two game win streak snapped on Sunday afternoon in a 107-96 home defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks as a -2 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 192 ½ points. Toronto blows a 34-16 lead after one quarter. They allowed the Bucks to shoot nearly 52% from the floor and make 8 of 19 three pointers. The Raptors defended the two inefficient guards in Monta Ellis and Brando Jennings. Toronto allowed the Bucks bench to score 43 of the 107 points. The Raptors had a poor shooting day making 42% from the field and 3 of 13 from three. Toronto is a lower third shooting team this season making 43.7% from the field and 34.2% from three.
The Brooklyn Nets are 14-7 on their home court. The team is playing their best basketball of the season with six straight wins and winners of eight of their past nine games. They have held their past five of their past six opponents 93 points or less. They are coming off the 97-86 home win on Sunday to the Indiana Pacers as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 181 points. The Nets allowed the Pacers just 42% shooting and 6 of 24 from three. Brooklyn won the rebounding battle by eight rebounds. Brooklyn survived 40% shooting by getting to the free throw line 31 times and making 25 shots. Brooklyn is 8-1 straight up since the coaching change.
