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NBA : ATS Matchup
Saturday 1/18/2020Line$ LineOU LineScore
TORONTO
 
MINNESOTA
-3.5  

+3.5  
-165

+145

224
 
122
Final
112

TORONTO (27 - 14) at MINNESOTA (15 - 26)
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Saturday, 1/18/2020 8:05 PM
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555TORONTO-4.5-5
556MINNESOTA221222
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
TORONTO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games27-14+13.822-1821-20111.555.545.2%54.1105.852.942.7%55.5
Road Games12-7+9.710-88-11107.553.244.2%54.6103.553.642.4%55.9
Last 5 Games3-2-0.42-23-2117.061.047.6%52.4109.650.045.3%52.4
TORONTO Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)111.555.540-8945.2%14-3637.5%18-2279.8%541026218145
vs opponents surrendering110.155.241-8945.6%12-3335.4%17-2276.6%531024218145
Team Stats (Road Games)107.553.239-8844.2%13-3636.7%16-2177.6%551125218156
Stats Against (All Games)105.852.938-8942.7%13-3833.5%17-2275.9%551125207165
vs opponents averaging110.355.340-8945.6%12-3435.5%17-2376.7%541024208145
Stats Against (Road Games)103.553.637-8842.4%12-3731.6%17-2274.9%561125207156

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfFG PctReb.ScoreHalfFG PctReb.
All Games15-26-17.317-2222-19111.456.343.2%55.6114.656.946.1%57.0
Home Games6-13-18.75-139-10108.255.641.8%57.4112.156.345.2%58.1
Last 5 Games1-4-32-33-2108.456.043.5%51.4115.657.648.9%56.0
MINNESOTA Team Statistics
 Shooting    3pt ShootingFree Throws Rebounding 
 PPGHalfFGM-APctFGM-APCTFTM-APctTotOffAstPFStlTOBk
Team Stats (All Games)111.456.340-9243.2%13-3932.6%19-2575.8%561123219156
vs opponents surrendering111.455.741-9045.7%12-3435.6%17-2377.3%541024218145
Team Stats (Home Games)108.255.639-9341.8%12-3929.8%19-2674.0%571222229146
Stats Against (All Games)114.656.942-9146.1%11-3135.6%19-2578.7%571123227156
vs opponents averaging111.355.641-8946.0%12-3335.6%18-2377.5%531024217145
Stats Against (Home Games)112.156.341-9045.2%11-3235.6%19-2578.3%581122227155
Average power rating of opponents played: TORONTO 95.5,  MINNESOTA 97.2
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
TORONTO - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/9/2019@ CHICAGO93-92W-6L214.5U34-9037.8%681535-8939.3%5414
12/11/2019LA CLIPPERS92-112L2.5L223U31-8835.2%521838-8644.2%5918
12/14/2019BROOKLYN110-102W-6.5W218.5U38-9838.8%601139-10138.6%7220
12/16/2019CLEVELAND133-113W-12W216O52-8958.4%45744-9048.9%4610
12/18/2019@ DETROIT112-99W-2W217.5U39-9142.9%551239-8744.8%5515
12/20/2019WASHINGTON122-118W-6.5L230.5O38-7848.7%551740-8746.0%5013
12/22/2019DALLAS110-107W-3.5L210.5O37-9439.4%611035-9038.9%6117
12/23/2019@ INDIANA115-120L7.5W208O43-9445.7%591445-9547.4%5611
12/25/2019BOSTON102-118L4L214.5O38-8047.5%391746-9250.0%5519
12/28/2019@ BOSTON113-97W7W217U44-8452.4%602231-7839.7%4114
12/29/2019OKLAHOMA CITY97-98L-5L209U35-8342.2%471434-7843.6%4817
12/31/2019CLEVELAND117-97W-8W218U40-8447.6%501137-8742.5%5214
1/2/2020@ MIAMI76-84L5.5L215U28-8931.5%571033-8140.7%6014
1/4/2020@ BROOKLYN121-102W2W216O44-9745.4%55732-6747.8%5024
1/7/2020PORTLAND99-101L-2.5L221U35-9636.5%661338-8843.2%5210
1/8/2020@ CHARLOTTE112-110W-2T206.5O42-9444.7%511038-8644.2%6217
1/12/2020SAN ANTONIO104-105L-4.5L220U39-9640.6%561138-8743.7%6011
1/15/2020@ OKLAHOMA CITY130-121W1W213O52-8561.2%411843-8550.6%3918
1/17/2020WASHINGTON140-111W-10.5W230.5O52-9157.1%481940-8944.9%4926
1/18/2020@ MINNESOTA              
1/20/2020@ ATLANTA              
1/22/2020PHILADELPHIA              
1/24/2020@ NEW YORK              
1/26/2020@ SAN ANTONIO              
1/28/2020ATLANTA              
1/30/2020@ CLEVELAND              
1/31/2020@ DETROIT              
2/2/2020CHICAGO              

MINNESOTA - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/UShotsPctREBTOShotsPctREBTO
12/9/2019@ PHOENIX109-125L3L232.5O40-8547.1%541647-9549.5%499
12/11/2019UTAH116-127L-1L220.5O40-9144.0%481147-8356.6%4915
12/13/2019LA CLIPPERS117-124L4.5L227.5O38-8544.7%461839-7949.4%5119
12/18/2019NEW ORLEANS99-107L-3L230U36-9537.9%581038-8644.2%6317
12/20/2019@ DENVER100-109L10.5W215U36-8741.4%541444-8949.4%5215
12/21/2019@ PORTLAND106-113L7T228U38-8743.7%481640-9442.6%6114
12/23/2019@ GOLDEN STATE104-113L1L220.5U35-8839.8%511638-8644.2%6119
12/26/2019@ SACRAMENTO105-104W7W220U36-10434.6%731337-10734.6%7512
12/28/2019CLEVELAND88-94L-6.5L217U33-9335.5%451732-7741.6%7528
12/30/2019BROOKLYN122-115W4.5W216O42-10440.4%701440-9940.4%6616
1/1/2020@ MILWAUKEE104-106L18W220.5U34-9137.4%601140-9442.6%6717
1/2/2020GOLDEN STATE99-84W-3W211.5U38-9540.0%621233-7742.9%5216
1/5/2020@ CLEVELAND118-103W-6W217O47-9549.5%501640-8447.6%4920
1/7/2020@ MEMPHIS112-119L4.5L228O40-9044.4%501846-8951.7%4916
1/9/2020PORTLAND116-102W-1.5W224.5U44-8949.4%641435-9636.5%5810
1/11/2020@ HOUSTON109-139L11L232O36-9537.9%581849-9551.6%6518
1/13/2020OKLAHOMA CITY104-117L2L218O38-9141.8%44941-8250.0%5815
1/15/2020INDIANA99-104L4.5L217.5U38-8843.2%491544-8551.8%4915
1/17/2020@ INDIANA114-116L6.5W218O40-8845.5%421346-8256.1%5013
1/18/2020TORONTO              
1/20/2020DENVER              
1/22/2020@ CHICAGO              
1/24/2020HOUSTON              
1/25/2020OKLAHOMA CITY              
1/27/2020SACRAMENTO              
2/1/2020@ LA CLIPPERS              
2/3/2020@ SACRAMENTO              
KEY GAME INFORMATION
TORONTO: LAST SEASON: 58-24, won NBA Finals.
COACH: Nick Nurse (second season).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Kyle Lowry (14.2 ppg, 8.7 apg), G Norman Powell (8.6 ppg), F OG Anunoby (7.0 ppg), F Pascal Siakam (16.9 ppg), C Marc Gasol (15.7 ppg, 8.6 rpg).
KEY LOSSES: F Kawhi Leonard, G Danny Green
KEY ADDITIONS: F Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, F Stanley Johnson, G Matt Thomas
PLAYERS TO WATCH: A runaway winner of the NBA's Most Improved Player Award last season, Siakam doesn't look likely to rest on his laurels. Nurse said he's seen more maturity and calmness in Siakam this fall, something new for a player whose game was previously all about speed and energy. Thomas has never played in the NBA, but the former Iowa State star shot 48.1% (116 for 241) from 3-point range in helping Spain's Valencia Basket capture the 2019 EuroCup title.
OUTLOOK: The defending champions lost their best player when Leonard left for the Clippers, and took another hit when Green signed with the Lakers. While those departures may have dimmed Toronto's hopes of repeating, the Raptors aren't lottery-bound either. Lowry has made five straight All-Star teams, Gasol is a defensive force in the paint, and there's talent on the bench in guard Fred VanVleet and big man Serge Ibaka. Expect the Raptors to earn a top-four seed in a balanced Eastern Conference.

Because of this important information, no power rating or computer score edges are posted for this game.

MINNESOTA: LAST SEASON: 36-46, finished 11th in Western Conference.
COACH: Ryan Saunders (second season, 17-25 as interim coach last season).
PROJECTED STARTING FIVE: G Jeff Teague (12.1 ppg), G Andrew Wiggins (18.1), F Jake Layman (7.6), F Robert Covington (14.5), C Karl-Anthony Towns (24.4).
KEY LOSSES: G Derrick Rose, G Tyus Jones, F Taj Gibson, F Dario Saric, F Anthony Tolliver, G Jerryd Bayless, F Luol Deng.
KEY ADDITIONS: Layman, G Jarrett Culver, G Shabazz Napier, G/F Treveon Graham, F Noah Vonleh, F Jordan Bell, G Jaylen Nowell, C Naz Reid.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Towns is as versatile of a big man as there is in the league, but he can't carry the scoring load alone so the pressure will be on Wiggins to take a step forward under Saunders in the second year of his max contract extension carrying a $27 million salary cap hit. Having a healthy Covington, the team's best defender who arrived in the Jimmy Butler trade from the Sixers last season but missed the last 45 games because of a bone bruise on his knee, will be a critical factor. Culver, the sixth overall pick in the draft out of NCAA runner up Texas Tech, ought to provide more of that valuable perimeter defense along with Josh Okogie off the bench. Either of them could crack the starting lineup at some point, too.
OUTLOOK: The Timberwolves have started fresh, yet again, with Saunders, the youngest coach in the league, beneath an overhauled front office headed by new president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas. With Towns and Wiggins, they have a pair of under-25 standouts locked in, and a quiet offseason relative to the rest of the NBA yielded some useful role players in Layman, Vonleh, Bell, Napier and Graham. The first steps are to establish themselves as a far more consistent and efficient team on defense and shooting from the outside. With the Western Conference even more loaded than before, though, it will be tough to measure progress in the standings. Increasing their win total will be a tall order.
PREVIEW
Raptors rounding into form ahead of visit to Minnesota
 

After recording consecutive victories for the first time in nearly a month, a healthier Toronto Raptors team will push for more Saturday night in a road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The defending NBA champions crushed the visiting Washington Wizards 140-111 on Friday, two days after they got the best of the Thunder by scoring 130 points at Oklahoma City. A resurgent offense is no surprise with a number of Toronto players back in the mix.

The last time the Raptors won as many as two consecutive games was during their five-game winning streak from Dec. 14-22. Since then, it has been an on-again, off-again run that included four home defeats in a 4-6 stretch that tested the team's resolve prior to the Wednesday and Friday victories.

However, with Pascal Siakam (groin) and Norman Powell (shoulder) returning Sunday, and then Marc Gasol (hamstring) playing two games since his return, the Raptors are looking more like themselves. Fred VanVleet (hamstring) is expected to be back Saturday after missing five games.

Powell had 28 points and Siakam had 12 against Washington. Gasol contributed 20 points while tying his career high for made 3-pointers in a game at six (in seven attempts). Now comes a chance for coach Nick Nurse to dial in his preferred rotations.

"I think it's time to start honing that in a little bit, and I think it starts with a lot of experimenting," Nurse said, according to the Toronto Star. "And I think we want to be flexible."

Nurse will have plenty to work with. Not only did all five Raptors starters score in double figures Friday, but so did two reserves. And the two players off the bench were the high scorers, Powell and Terence Davis (23 points).

The Wolves can relate when it comes to getting healthier. It's the part about stringing together victories that is tough to identify with.

Minnesota is back home after falling 116-114 at Indiana on Friday, the Timberwolves' fourth consecutive defeat. The Wolves have won consecutive games once since the start of the new year, but the last time it occurred before that, the turkey was thawing for Thanksgiving dinner.

Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns made his return from a sprained left knee Friday after missing the previous 15 games. But with the team dedicated to easing him back into action, he could end up a scratch for Saturday's back-to-back contest.

"He hasn't played for a while here, so rhythm will be a factor," Wolves coach Ryan Saunders said about Towns before Friday's game. "Wind will be a factor, so we'll take all those things into consideration."

Looking spry, Towns scored 27 points on 9-of-21 shooting in the Friday defeat, the second loss in two games to the Pacers.

"It felt good," Towns said postgame of getting back to action, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "I had to take my time and had an unfortunate setback getting sick. If I could really say, I'm just so happy basketball is here for me, because it was some great therapy for me today."

Andrew Wiggins added 22 points as Minnesota lost for the fifth time in six games.

The Wolves are expected to get Allen Crabbe into the mix for the first time Saturday. He was acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday in exchange for Jeff Teague and Treveon Graham.

Shabazz Napier played 30 minutes as the starting point guard for the Wolves on Friday, dishing out nine assists while scoring 12 points.

--Field Level Media


Last Updated: 3/19/2024 7:15:31 AM EST.


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