Warriors Looking for NBA Betting Love North of the Border vs Raptors

Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors will look for some more love when they head north of the border to face a Toronto Raptors team that will be lying in wait in an attempt to hand the record-setting Dubs their first loss of the season. Now, let’s find out which one of the title hopefuls will bring home the bacon.

NBA Betting Game Preview: Golden State Warrios at Toronto Raptors

When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 5, 2015 Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario NBA Betting Line: Golden State -6

The @warriors are rewriting record books this season, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. https://t.co/63usuTTaWO

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Betting on the Golden State Warriors (20-0 SU, 14-6 ATS)

The Warriors are a perfect 10-0 SU and impressive 7-2-1 ATS on the road this season and enter this Saturday night matchup coming off an emphatic 116-99 road win at Charlotte on Wednesday night as a 9-point road favorite. The Warriors were led to victory by Steph Curry’s game-high 40 on an insane 14-for-18 effort from the field and 8-for-11 from beyond the arc. Curry scored a mind-boggling 28 points in the third quarter alone while backcourt mate Klay Thompson added 21 points in the commanding win. “It was a cool atmosphere to play in,” he said. “Especially on top of my dad’s ceremony. It was nice to be able to get out there at halftime and hear his speech, standing with my mom and sister and my aunts and my grandma. So I can’t ask for more, to play like I did and get the win on top of my dad’s ceremony.” Golden State also limited Charlotte to 37.2 percent shooting and did not allow any Hornets player to reach the 20-point plateau while recording their 24th straight regular season win dating back to last season. “It’s getting surreal, for sure,” Curry said. “It doesn’t even sound right, to be honest. The NBA has so many great teams and great talents, so to be able to put on a run like this is special. It says a lot about our focus night in and night out. We don’t always play our best but we find different ways to win. That’s the strength of our team. Different guys step up on different nights.”

Betting on the Toronto Raptors (12-8 SU, 13-7 ATS)

The Raptors lost an absolute heartbreaking in falling to Denver 106-105 on Thursday night while failing to cover the NBA betting line as a 10-point home favorite. “We’ve got to get a level of play that we decide we’re going to play from the start of the game to the end of the game.” Toronto coach Dwayne Casey said. “We can’t wait to get out teeth kicked in before we start to play.” DeMar DeRozan scored a game-high 34 points on 14-for-26 shooting, but the Raptors shot just 42.4 percent from the field in the loss while allowing Denver’s Danilo Gallinari (21) and Will Barton (22) to top the 20-point plateau. The mediocre Nuggets also shot an impressive 46.9 percent in the surprising win. “We have to come out with a sense of urgency,” DeRozan said. “Not wait until we get down to exert extra energy to get back into the game and win a game. We have to have a conscious effort every single night no matter who we are playing.”

Golden State Warrios at Toronto Raptors Game Analysis

I’ve got a funny feeling the Toronto Raptors are going to bring their collective ‘A’ games in order to push the Warriors to the brink, but I still can’t advise NBA roundball bettors to back the Canadian-based franchise simply because of a pair of their recent efforts. Toronto should have never been in a position to lose to the lowly Nuggets on Thursday night, nor should they have fallen to the equally abysmal Phoenix Suns 107-102 on Sunday. It is Toronto’s lack of quality defense in these two games that leads me to believe the Golden State Warriors will likely win by somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 points at the very least. The Warriors average 115.3 points per game and allow just 99.9 points per contest while the Raptors average 100.2 points per night and allow 96.4 per game. While Toronto has gone just 4-3 at home this season, Golden State has gone 4-0 ATS in their last four games against a team with a winning record, a near-perfect 7-1 ATS in their last eight games overall and an equally impressive 6-1 ATS in their last seven road games. While Toronto has gone 5-0 ATS in their last five games following an SU loss, the Raptors are also just 1-5 ATS in their last six Saturday games and an identical 1-5 ATS in their last six home games versus a team with a winning road record. Last but not least, the Warriors are 6-2 ATS in the last eight road dates against Toronto while the favorite in this series has gone 7-2 ATS in the last nine meetings.

My Betting Pick: Golden State 111 Toronto 101