NBA: Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors
NBA: Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors Reuters

Being one of the best teams in the league, losses are rare for the Indiana Pacers lately. One of the few losses came against the Toronto Raptors, who beat Paul George and company last Saturday to the tune of 95-to-82 behind team effort from the Canadian team.

Back at home where they hold the league-best 18-1 record, the Pacers look to get one back against a suddenly competitive Toronto squad, which is 10-4 since trading away their supposed star Rudy Gay.

This is the third meeting between these two ball clubs with Indiana taking the first one, 91-84 on November 8 led by George (23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists) and Roy Hibbert (20 points and 7 rebounds).

In the second meeting, DeMar Derozan had 26 points and 9 rebounds and with three others in double-figure scoring namely Terrence Ross (18 points), Kyle Lowry (13) and Jonas Valanciunas (13).

The Pacers have the league’s toughest defense holding down opponents to just 88.6 points per game and have won seven of their last eight outings.

The Raptors are coming off a close 102-97 loss at Miami but have won five of their last six games.

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Betting Against the Spread
Betting Lines: Toronto Raptors (+7.5) vs. Indiana Pacers (O/U: 187.0)
Game time: 10:00 a.m. AEDT

Toronto Raptors Trends

  1. Raptors are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games
  2. Raptors are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games vs. East teams
  3. Raptors are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games vs. Central division teams
  4. Raptors are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games after a loss
  5. Raptors are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games on the road

Indiana Pacers Trends

  1. Pacers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 meetings with the Raptors in Indiana
  2. Pacers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 meetings with the Raptors
  3. Pacers are 20-6 ATS in their last 26 games at home
  4. Pacers are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games vs. Atlantic division teams
  5. Pacers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games vs. East teams