Philadelphia 76ers vs Toronto Raptors Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 23 (4/23): NBA

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Odds

Time	2 PM. EST
Sixers money line	-155
Sixers spread	-3
Raptors money line	+135
Raptors spread	+3
Over / under	213.5

 

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Philadelphia 76ers	Toronto Raptors
Record	54-31	48-37
Road / home record	28-14	24-18
Streak	W5	L4
Points per game	110.4	109.2
Points allowed per game	107.2	107.4
Rebounds per game	42.3	45
Rebounds allowed per game	43.8	44
Over / under record	40-43-2	42-43

 

Preview

Toronto Raptors will be meeting Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday in Toronto, this will be the fourth game of the first round of the playoffs as Philadelphia won the first game 131-111, won the second game 112-97 and finally won the third game 104-101 in overtime. Raptors have a little to no hope in coming back and this is potentially the last game in this playoffs series.

Philadelphia 76ers was losing the last game by 10 points at halftime but they came back and played really well in the 2nd Half and get a win in Overtime to end Toronto's chances of coming back to this series in my opinion. Embiid had the winning 3 pointer in the last second and he had a really good game overall with 33 points on 60% shooting from the field and 13 rebounds to get another double double vs the Raptors. Embiid will be questionable for this game with a thumb injury.

Toronto Raptors had a better game than game 1 and game 2 but they were a little unlucky losing that game in overtime. Toronto got out rebounded 32-46 to the Sixers in a game that Embiid dominated on both ends of the floor. Fred VanVleet had a really bad shooting day with 12 pints on 23% shooting from the field and 20% shooting from the 3 pointers.

Trends

Philadelphia are 4-1 ATS last 5 games.

Philadelphia games have gone Over in 5 of last 7 games.

Philadelphia are 8-1 straight up last 9 games.

Philadelphia are 11-1 straight up last 12 April games.

Toronto are 0-5 ATS last 5 games.

Toronto are 16-4 straight up last 20 games vs the Sixers

Toronto are 7-2 straight up last 9 home games.

Toronto are 1-4 straight up last 5 games.

Head to Head

Philadelphia 76ers are leading the last 10 games with 6 wins and 4 loses to the Raptors and the ATS record is 5-5 for both teams. Sixers are 3-0 straight up and ATS in this series so far, the O/U is 4-6 to the Under in the last 10 games as the Sixers are averaging 108.4 and the Raptors are averaging 105 points a game.

Prediction

Philadelphia 76ers have won the last game in a thrilling overtime finish as Joel Embiid hit a 3 pointer in the last second to give the Sixers 3-0 lead in the series so far, Raptors didn't have a bad game at all but they still lost by 3 points at the end. Sixers out rebounded the Raptors by 14 rebounds as the Raptors couldn't stop Embiid and Harris from rebounding the whole game and I think this will be the last game in the series as coming back from 3-0 is almost impossible and I think the Raptors might compete for a quarter of two and then Sixers will take it at the end.

Pick: Philadelphia 76ers -3 (-110)

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