{"id":12960,"date":"2011-01-31T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12960"},"modified":"2011-01-31T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:13:58","slug":"eastern-conference-blowout-toronto-raptors-vs-indiana-pacers-nba-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/eastern-conference-blowout-toronto-raptors-vs-indiana-pacers-nba-betting-predictions-12960\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Conference Blowout?: Toronto Raptors vs Indiana Pacers NBA Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto Raptors at Indiana Pacers
\nMonday, 1\/31\/11, 7:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 208
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 210.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Indiana Pacers have enjoyed great success when hosting the Toronto Raptors recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto has lost 11 straight games and its offensive production is the main reason by averaging just 93.7 points per game over that span.\u00a0 The Raptors managed to score 101 points a night during the first 37 games of the season, but their leading scorer has been going through a rough stretch.\u00a0 \u201cAndrea is a little bit out of sync,\u201d said coach Jay Triano.\u00a0 \u201cSometimes when he has a shot he doesn\u2019t take it.\u00a0 He\u2019s thinking about it too much.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 12-14 when he scores 18 or more points and 0-16 when he\u2019s held to 17 or fewer.\u00a0 Toronto continues a three-game road trip Monday night with the second of three meetings against Indiana this season.\u00a0 The squad has dropped five in a row at tonight\u2019s venue, including a 124-100 decision on December 6.\u00a0 Toronto is 12-11 ATS on the road this season and currently a large underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Raptors have played 12 road games and just seven at home since December 25, with the total rising to 14 road games by the end of this particular trip.\u00a0 Toronto is focused on trying to end its fifth longest losing streak in franchise history.\u00a0 The streak reached 11 after a dismal 103-87 performance at Minnesota on Saturday.\u00a0 Offensively, the team shot a season-low .337 form the field, but six of the last 11 games have been dropped by six points or less.<\/p>\n

Indiana found itself struggling through another disappointing season and finally a change had to be made in firing head coach Jim O\u2019Brien Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been looking at everything with our team, from the beginning of the season and now at the halfway mark and I think at this time a change is necessary,\u201d team president Larry Bird commented.\u00a0 \u201cThis isn\u2019t all on Jim.\u00a0 All of us share in the responsibility.\u201d\u00a0 Interim coach Frank Vogel has a good chance of getting of to a winning start, as the Pacers have averaged 120.0 points in five straight home victories over the Raptors, averaging an impressive 48.4 points in the paint.\u00a0 Indiana is 3-0 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are 10-11 overall at home this season, including an even 6-6 mark when hosting Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 On its home floor, Indiana is 22-7 against Toronto, but hold a slim 23-22 margin in the last 45 meetings overall.\u00a0 The team is coming off a disappointing 110-89 road loss to Chicago on Saturday night, getting outscored 33-17 in the fourth quarter, dropping its record to 1-14 in the club\u2019s last 15 road contests.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in backing the Pacers due to the home team being 13-3 ATS in the last 16 meetings, while the Raptors are 0-5 ATS in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto Raptors at Indiana Pacers Monday, 1\/31\/11, 7:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Indiana -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Indiana -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 208 Current Total:\u00a0 210.5 Toronto has lost 11 straight games and its offensive production is the main reason by averaging just 93.7 points per game over that span.\u00a0 The Raptors managed to score […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1183,3622,565,4435,4434,693],"class_list":["post-12960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-andrea-bargnani","tag-eastern-conference","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-jim-obrien","tag-larry-bird","tag-toronto-raptors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12961,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12960\/revisions\/12961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}