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Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets meet at Barclays Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Raptors as -1.5-point favorites versus the Nets, while the game's total opened at 216.
The Nets were a 105-90 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Timberwolves. They failed to cover the +14-point spread as underdogs, while the total score (195) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Toronto lost its last outing, a 117-105 result against the Pistons on April 04. The Raptors failed to cover in that game as a +10-point underdog, while the 222 combined points took the game UNDER the total.
Toronto:
Team record: 28-50 SU,47-31 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Toronto is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 8 games
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Brooklyn:
Team record: 25-52 SU,41-35-1 ATS
Brooklyn is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
Brooklyn is 4-17 SU in its last 21 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Brooklyn's last 6 games
Next up:
Toronto home to Charlotte Wednesday, April 9
Brooklyn home to New Orleans Tuesday, April 8