Toronto with compulsory task?
Toronto won the last duel against Detroit last November and could put the fear factor of the Pistons to rest for the time being. Prior to that, the visitors had recorded half a dozen wins in a row against the Canadians.
For the next meeting between the Raptors and Pistons on Sunday night from 21:00, here is an NBA tip from today and current betting odds!
Toronto Raptors – Statistics & current form
The Raps rank eleventh in the Eastern Conference and would narrowly miss out on a play-in spot in the East with that finish.
The motto in Toronto, therefore, is that they better not slip up and certainly not against a lightweight like their upcoming opponent. However, such a gaffe happened only in the last game against Utah.
Against the basketball team from the Mormon state, the home side led by twelve points with about five minutes to go, but then lost the game 116-122.
Detroit Pistons – statistics & current form
As the bottom team in the East, there is not much at stake for Detroit this season. The season was also not under a good star, as Cade Cunningham, a key player, was injured early on.
The first pick of the penultimate draft will also not play again this season. In addition, the Pistons gave away another strong player to Atlanta this week in the form of Sadiqq Bey.
The small forward is posting just under 15 points so far this season, which is just above his career high.
Three-way trade brought Wiseman to Detroit
His trade was part of a trade between as many as three teams, as the Warriors are also involved. From the champions comes James Wiseman, which at least updates the centre position.
He may also promote Jalen Duren from the starting five, who has been the starter at the five.
Wiseman is undoubtedly highly talented, but after a long injury he only played a limited amount of time at Golden State (on average only around twelve minutes), so it remains to be seen how quickly he will be ready to compete again.
Toronto Raptors – Detroit Pistons Tip
In the clash between the Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons, the prediction includes more than 21.5 points by Bojan Bogdanovic on the visitors’ side.
Due to the recent departure of Saddiq Bey and the season-ending loss of Cunningham, the small forward is especially important. The Croatian is also playing a strong first season in Detroit anyway.
Averaging 21.5 points, the 33-year-old is an impressive six points above his career average and even above his best season so far in 2019/2020, when he played for the Utah Jazz for the first time after his transfer from Indiana (20.2).
In addition, his form continues to be good, as can be seen from the fact that he has a scoring value of 22.4 points in the current month and delivered the best output of all players on the court at the home Little Caesars Arena with 32 points in the last game against San Antonio.
