The Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 08.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 00:30 UK;
Venue – Scotiabank Arena (19.600);
City – Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+10) for Lakers – 1.805.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 233 – 1.625.
The Lakers are unlikely to win. However, we don’t believe the visitors will leave the court without a fight. They have to put up some kind of resistance.
Once Anthony Davis was injured, the Lakers’ performance declined. They scored just 102 points in their last game. They probably won’t be able to play any better in Canada. Nick Nurse’s men play good defence. We don’t think the Raptors will give their visitors much space.
After a home win over the Orlando Magic (121-108), the Toronto Raptors suffered a defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics (110-116). Pascal Siakam scored 29 points for the Canadian team.
Precious Achiuwa suffered an ankle injury. It happened during a game against the Houston Rockets on November 10. The game against the Lakers will be the Raptors’ 13th without the forward.
The Toronto Raptors are in 8th place in their conference with 12 wins and 12 losses.
The Raptors have won nine of their 12 matches at home.
The Raptors’ last four meetings have been played with a minimum total of 219 points.
The Los Angeles Lakers slowed down in the West. After three wins, the club lost in an away game to the Cleveland Cavaliers (102-116).
Prior to that, the Lakers had won three straight. The Lakers defeated the Washington Wizards (130-119), Portland Trail Blazers (128-109) and Milwaukee Bucks (133-129).
The Los Angeles Lakers are ranked 13th in the Western Conference. The team has won 10 games and suffered 13 defeats.
The Lakers’ last five games ended with a minimum total of 231 points.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Toronto Raptors: Fred VanVleet – Scottie Barnes – OG Anunoby – Pascal Siakam – Christian Koloko.
Los Angeles Lakers: Patrick Beverley – Dennis Schröder – Lonnie Walker IV – LeBron James – Anthony Davis.
Precious Achiuwa (Out), Otto Porter Jr. (Out) and Juancho Hernangomez (Out) are listed as injured for the Toronto Raptors.
Cole Swider (Out), Wenyen Gabriel (Out) and Anthony Davis (Out) are listed as injured for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Toronto Raptors have not scored more than 116 points in 3 of their last 4 games. We offer to bet on “Raptors Points Under 119.5” with odds of 1.816.
The fixture will be played at Scotiabank Arena (19.600) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This starting whistle will sound on the 8th of December, 2022, at 00:30 UK Time.
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