Portland Trail Blazers vs Toronto Raptors Point Spread Picks

Both Toronto and Portland are playing well. The 27-19 Raptors have their offense rolling with a 145-127 Tuesday victory against the Warriors and a 122-109 triumph against the Kings on Wednesday. Toronto was idle on Thursday, while the 23-22 Trail Blazers played and defeated the Heat, 127-110, at home. Emerging star and Portland's best player, Deni Avdija, left that game with a back injury. Avdija was playing in just his second game since missing three contests with lower-back issues. He is questionable for today. There is a chance the Raptors get back R.J. Barrett today. He is questionable. Toronto is not only getting big scoring games from its best players, Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram, but also others, too. Immanuel Quickley scored a career-best 40 points against the Warriors, and unsung Sandro Mamukelashvili had 22 points against the Kings. Take the Raptors.

The first meeting this season went UNDER by 19 points as Portland won 105-102 on March 16. The Trail Blazers have been streaky lately winning four and then losing four, but they do come off a 127-113 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday when Deni Avdija scored 32 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists and the Blazers didn't trail in the second half. Toronto has gone UNDER six of nine and it has averaged 108.3 points in that span. Portland is 13-6 UNDER its past 19 April games dating to previous seasons and four of its past five meetings with the Raptors have stayed UNDER. Portland has won eight of the past 10 meetings outright and it has covered five of six at Toronto. The Raptors are 3-15 straight up its past 18 against the Northwest Division. Take the Trail Blazers and the UNDER.

The teams are finally meeting for the first time this season and Portland is 6-3 ATS its past nine games even though it was a rough stretch that included seven road games against some tough competition. The Trail Blazers suffered a tough 114-113 overtime loss to New York on Wednesday and then had three days off. Mikal Bridges hit a 3-pointer as time expired to win it for the Knicks. Toronto is 2-5 ATS the past seven meetings and it has lost 14 of 17 outright against the Northwest Division. Portland is on a 13-2 ATS run against Eastern Conference opponents and it has covered four of five Sunday games. The Trail Blazers are 19-13 ATS at home and 38-28-1 ATS overall this season. Take the Trail Blazers.