Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat Free NBA Picks & Odds
by Tony Sink - 11/1/2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 6:00 PM
American Airlines Arena in Miami
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The Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat will get a better idea of how good their teams are when they face each other on Sunday night. This will already be the Raptors' third game against a Southeast Division opponent this season.
The Heat played the Raptors four times last season and came away with wins in all four of those matchups. Miami never beat Toronto by more than 10 points in those four wins, but all of the games were decided by at least five points. The Raptors will be hoping that the loss of LeBron James will give them some better luck against the Heat this season.
Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan has played in 17 games against the Heat in his career, averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Point guard Kyle Lowry has averaged 11.2 points and 4.5 assists the Heat in his career, while power forward Amir Johnson has only averaged 6.5 assists and 5.2 rebounds in 24 games against them.
In 29 games against the Raptors, Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade has averaged 26.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists. All-Star power forward Chris Bosh has scored 16.7 scored 16.7 points per game and grabbed 6.7 boards per game against Toronto in his careers, while new small forward Luol Deng has averaged 16.8 points and 5.9 rebounds against them in 33 games.
Toronto Raptors Betting Trends
Toronto Raptors are 1-0-0 Against the Spread
Toronto Raptors are 1-0-0 against the Over/Under
Miami Heat Betting Trends
Miami Heat are 1-0-0 Against the Spread
Miami Heat are 1-0-0 against the Over/Under
Injuries to Watch
Toronto Raptors
10/31/14 C Greg Stiemsma Ankle "?" Saturday vs. Orlando
Miami Heat
10/31/14 F Danny Granger Hamstring is downgraded to expected to miss Saturday vs. Philadelphia
10/31/14 G Dwyane Wade Calf injured last game, probable Saturday vs. Philadelphia
10/31/14 F Josh McRoberts Toe out indefinitely
10/31/14 F Udonis Haslem Quad probable Saturday vs. Philadelphia
Tony's Pick: Take Miami
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