76ers vs. Raptors Prediction The Philadelphia 76ers and host Toronto Raptors will both be on the second end of back-to-backs with travel when they tangle tonight. Will Toronto bounce back from its first defeat of the season yesterday to cruise to a win? Game Snapshot 509 Philadelphia 76ers at 510 Toronto Raptors Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Scotiabank Arena at 7:35PM ET TV: NBATV Compare odds from multiple different online sportsbooks and shop for the best lines at our NBA Odds & Betting Page. Public Betting Information According to oddsmakers at BetNow.eu, the Raptors are a 6-point favorite on the spread line. The total is set at 227.5 points. As of Tuesday morning, 53 percent of public bets are being placed on host Toronto. Check out our NBA Public Betting Page for the latest updates. Simmons one assist shy of triple-double Sixers point guard Ben Simmons tallied 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting plus 12 rebounds and nine assists in a 113-92 home victory over the Hawks last night. The score was tied 47-47 at halftime before Philly outscored Atlanta 31-13 in the third quarter. Markelle Fultz contributed to the win with 16 points, seven assists and four rebounds. J.J. Redick had 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals off the bench. Mike Muscala had 14 points and five boards as a reserve. Landry Shamet registered 13 points and two rebounds off the bench. Robert Covington had 11 points, six rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots. Joel Embiid added 10 points, six rebounds and six assists. Raptors fall flat at Bucks Toronto was without star Kawhi Leonard as he sat out for rest Monday night in a 124-109 loss at Milwaukee. The Raptors trailed 62-53 at halftime and the deficit grew to 17 by the end of the third quarter. Serge Ibaka paced Toronto with 30 points and nine rebounds. Pascal Siakam contributed 22 points, eight rebounds, four steals and two assists. Jonas Valunciunas added 10 points and three boards off the bench. NBA Betting Trends Philadelphia The Sixers are 0-6 ATS in their last six road games. Philadelphia is 1-5 ATS in its last six meetings in Toronto. Toronto The over is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings. The Raptors are 0-5-1 ATS in their last six home games versus an opponent with a road winning percentage of less than .400. Prediction: Toronto will be back to full strength tonight with Leonard back as long as no one else sits out. The Raptors are very strong at home and the 76ers are traveling all the way from Atlanta. That might lead to second-half fatigue. Philadelphia hasn't really seemed to hit its stride yet this season and I don't think a win over lowly Atlanta counts as getting it rolling. I think Toronto shows tonight why it is a favorite in the Eastern Conference. NBA DAILY PREDICTION: TORONTO RAPTORS -6<doc-sep>A+ P. Siakam 33 MIN, 15 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 3 STL, 6-8 FG, 0-1 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 24 +/- Siakam rarely ever has awful performances on the basketball court. Why? Because even when the numbers don’t favour him, the energy and effort do. In this game, both favoured him. He looks like a prime candidate for MIP this season. A+ K. Leonard 34 MIN, 31 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL, 10-19 FG, 2-5 3FG, 9-10 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 11 +/- Leonard looked well-rested after taking the night off versus the undefeated Bucks. He came into the game firing offensively and was a nuisance defensively, but left briefly due to an eye injury. A+ S. Ibaka 30 MIN, 16 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 2 STL, 7-12 FG, 0-1 3FG, 2-2 FT, 3 BLK, 2 TO, 14 +/- Ibaka has done a great job protecting the rim for Toronto this season. Tonight was no different. He did a solid job on Embiid early (although the team collapsed on JoJo in deep-post position) and swatted Simmons a couple times, for good measure. A K. Lowry 37 MIN, 20 PTS, 3 REB, 12 AST, 1 STL, 7-14 FG, 3-7 3FG, 3-4 FT, 0 BLK, 6 TO, 20 +/- This pass-first version of Lowry is awesome to watch. Don’t get me wrong — he knows when it’s time to get his, but he’s looking for his teammates more than ever in his career. It’s a great development for a guard steady approaching the wee end of his prime years. A+ D. Green 35 MIN, 10 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 4-9 FG, 2-4 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 18 +/- Green did everything he needed to in this game, especially defensively. Man, is his timing and instincts elite on that end of the floor. A couple possessions where he threw the offense totally out of whack by driving in, but for the most part — he knows what his role is. Also had some gorgeous dimes in this one, too. C C. Miles 18 MIN, 3 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 0 STL, 1-4 FG, 1-3 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 0 +/- CJ’s night was completely overshadowed by great player performances all around. He played a forgettable game, still trying to rediscover his shooting stroke. B+ J. Valanciunas 17 MIN, 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 8-14 FG, 1-3 3FG, 6-6 FT, 2 BLK, 3 TO, 3 +/- JV needed to rebound in this game after an unusually horrific game versus the Milwaukee Bucks. He did, and in a big way early. His play trailed off in the second half, as he couldn’t keep up with the supersonic pace. They needed this version of Valanciunas versus one of the better bigs in the association. B D. Wright 14 MIN, 7 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 3-9 FG, 1-2 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, -9 +/- Delon was his usual disruptive self, making life hard on Markelle Fultz. He also had a decent scoring output in this one. With VanVleet still out, it’s imperative Wright performed in this one — and that he did. C+ N. Powell 14 MIN, 4 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 1-2 FG, 1-1 3FG, 1-2 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 5 +/- Compared to last season’s first several games, Powell has actually looked considerably more comfortable both in the system and playing within himself. In this game, I was seeing flashbacks of last season. The large deficit in the second half helped him out a bit. Inc L. Brown 4 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 0-0 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 3 +/- Lorenzo didn’t do enough in this one to warrant extended minutes.<doc-sep>The 76ers head to Toronto to take on the Raptors on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors enter Tuesday's contest with a 6-1 record, dropping their first game Monday night against the Bucks. The Raptors have yet to lose at home and will be a tough out for the 76ers in Toronto. Kawhi Leonard will be rested and ready to go after sitting out Toronto's loss to the Bucks. Leonard has proven to be a great fit so far, averaging 26.6 points per game. The Raptors have been aggressive on both sides of the ball with Leonard in the lineup and are one of the best teams in terms of assists, turnovers and blocks per game. On the other side, the 76ers head into Tuesday's matchup coming off a home win over the Hawks. Philadelphia is now 4-3 on the season, but the Sixers have not yet won a game on the road (0-3). All-Star center Joel Embiid is averaging 26.4 points and 11.7 rebounds and has continued to be a difference maker on both ends. MORE: Watch NBA live and on-demand with Fubo (7-day free trial) 76ers vs. Raptors Time: 7:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Oct. 30 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Scotiabank Arena TV: NBA TV, TSN, NBCSP+ Streaming: fuboTV<doc-sep>The Philadelphia 76ers played their third game this month against one of the teams that will likely challenge for the Eastern Conference Championship, the Toronto Raptors. After losing to Boston on opening night and the Milwaukee Bucks last week, the Sixers had to stake some kind of claim. Things looked promising for the Sixers in the first quarter. They took the lead 11-10 after a Leonard three pointer, and then the Raptors took advantage of many, many first quarter and first half turnovers. Toronto had a 16-5 run in the first quarter to take the lead after the first quarter 35-26. The turnovers didn’t stop in the second quarter, either, and the Raptors used those for another 17-6 run mid-way through the second quarter to take a 67-53 lead at the half. Through 24 minutes, Ben Simmons had more turnovers (7) than points (6), and backup center Amir Johnson had four turnovers in seven minutes of action. The Sixers committed 14 total turnovers in the first half and looked completely lost offensively. Joel Embiid was 6-12. Simmons was 2-4, and JJ Redick was 1-7 (1-5 3pt%). There were only two decent first half performances: Mike Muscala’s nine points off the bench and Covington’s two three pointers which ended both of Toronto’s big runs in each quarter. Kyle Lowry’s 12 and Jonas Valanciunas’s 15 in 11 minutes paced the Raptors first half along with their 37.5% shooting from three. Kawhi Leonard only had nine points in the first half after going to the locker room with an apparent eye injury. The third quarter was ... an improvement. Only four turnovers were committed, but the damage was already done as the Raptors blew the game open scoring 38 in the quarter and leading by as many as 26 at one point before a mini-run closed the margin to 105-86. That mini-spark from the bench combined with an 8-0 run to start the fourth cut the lead to 13 with a little over ten minutes in the quarter. A Robert Covington three cut the lead to single digits (112-103) with seven and a half to go in the game. Hope? There’s hope, you say? Oh, there are those turnovers again. Back to back turnovers by Simmons and Embiid followed by a Danny Green three pointer put the Raptors back up by double digits with 5:15 left. The Sixers refused to go away as the team continued to pick at the lead with some great defensive plays by Simmons leading to an Embiid three pointer that cut the lead to six with 3:30 to go. Simmons’s 11th turnover led to another Raptors fast break two and offensive rebound followed by a Kawhi three to make it 124-111 with two minutes left. Within the last three minutes, the Raptors scored 12 unanswered before a Fultz free throw with under a minute to go. The scrappy effort to comeback did not come to fruition. Sixers drop to 4-4. Joel Embiid finished with 31 and 11 rebounds. Simmons tallied 11 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds, but those 11 turnovers were a killer. Redick added 13, and Covington added 15 (4-8 from 3pt%). Kawhi Leonard led the Raptors with 31 and seven rebounds. Lowry had 20, and Valanciunas had 23 off the bench in 17 minutes. As a team, the Raptors shot 40% from three. The Sixers still have not won a game in Toronto since 2012. Brutal.<doc-sep>
The Toronto Raptors welcome visitors into the Scotiabank Arena and serve as another measuring stick for the Philadelphia 76ers. This month, the Sixers have already had to face two of the three big favorites in the Eastern Conference. They lost to the Boston Celtics on opening night and dropped their game last week in Milwaukee to the Bucks. The Raptors (6-1) are a wee bit different this year versus last. Out goes Dwane Casey. In comes Nick Nurse — the team’s “offensive coordinator”, so to speak. Nurse’s offense last year led to the Raptors finishing seventh in PPG, second in ORtg, and 14th in pace. This year, the Raptors are ninth, sixth, and 17th in the same categories through seven games. Toronto also has new toys to play with. Kawhi Leonard was traded from the San Antonio Spurs (along with Danny Green) for DeMar DeRozan in mid-July after a story that was almost as weird as the Markelle Fultz story last year. Leonard is still really good, by the way, in case you forgot. So far, the former SDSU Aztec (my alma mater) has averages of 26.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game shooting 50% from the field and 45% from three. Oh, yeah. Kyle Lowry is still on this team, and he’s averaging 18.3 ppg and 11.0 apg. Lowry is also shooting 42% from three. In fact, three Raptors (Leonard, Lowry, and Danny Green) all shoot over 40% from three. The Sixers are playing their second game of a back-to-back after beating the Atlanta Hawks last night. Ben Simmons paced the team with 21/12/9. Joel Embiid had a season low 10 points, but Markelle Fultz had a career high of 16 — including this dunk complete with “primal scream”: GET OUT OF FULTZ'S WAY pic.twitter.com/Mh60vcSqkR — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 30, 2018 (Markelle Fultz primal screams make my life at moment.) Toronto comes off a loss to the still undefeated Milwaukee Bucks, but OG Anunoby (personal) and Kawhi Leonard (rest) weren’t playing. Serge Ibaka scored 30. Pascal Siakam had 22, and Kyle Lowry added nine points and 15 assists. Eric Sidewater (@SixersScience) did a tremendous break down earlier today on how the Sixers should attack the Raptors. My favorite being “leave CJ Miles and Fred VanVleet wide open” — because it’s nice to see a player on someone else’s team be COMPLETELY IGNORED from the three point line and beyond. It should be a fun night in the “T-Dot”. Let’s get that win for Meek Mill because that beef with Drake never truly went away. Injury Report: Philadelphia: Wilson Chandler (hamstring); Zhaire Smith (foot); Jerryd Bayless (knee) (hamstring); (foot); (knee) Toronto: Game Info: