Rudy Gobert and Utah Jazz (41-22) welcome Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors (45-18) on Monday. Starting goaltender Fred VanVleet (shoulder) has missed the Raptors’ last five games and is again listed as doubtful at the start of Monday’s action. The team received good news over the weekend as Marc Gasol returned from a hamstring injury that has been holding him since January 28. Gasol will face Gobert and a Jazz team who has an own injury report.
The board for this is set for 9 p.m. ET of the Vivint Smart Home Arena. Sports betting ranks Utah among the favorites by 4.5 points, while the subtotal for total points is 224 in the latest Raptors vs. Jazz odds. Before making Jazz vs. Raptors choices or NBA predictions, you’ll want to see what SportsLine’s advanced computer model has to say.
The SportsLine projection model simulates 10,000 times each NBA game and has already reported nearly $ 4,000 in profit on all of the top-rated NBA picks during the 2019-20 season. He also started a week 49-31 blister on all of the top-rated NBA spread picks this week. Anyone who has followed him has seen huge returns.
Now the model has set its sights on Raptors vs Jazz. You can head to SportsLine to see its choices. Here are several NBA betting lines and trends for Jazz vs. Raptors:
- Spread Raptors vs Jazz: Utah -4.5
- Raptors vs Jazz over-under: 224 points
- Raptors vs Jazz Silver Line: Utah -190, Toronto +164
- TOR: The Raptors are 1-5 ATS in their last six games.
- UTA: The Jazz have just an ATS coverage rate of 42.9% when playing as home favorites.
Why Jazz Can Cover
The model is well aware that the Jazz are enjoying their first extended period of full health, and the result is victories of five in a row. Mike Conley looked like his old self in that streak, averaging 17 points on 50% of the shot, contributing 5.4 assists and knocking down the deep ball with a 43.8% clip.
Utah is now coming home after a perfect four-game road trip to take on a Raptors team that is in the middle of a tough road trip. Toronto has covered just one of four road games, including an ATS loss to Sacramento on Sunday night. Fatigue could be a factor for Toronto after playing late in the game on Sunday and traveling to Utah the next day. Over the year, the Raptors only have an ATS coverage rate of 37.5% when playing at the back of a back-to-back, which is good news for Jazz.
Why Raptors Can Cover
Despite this, Utah is not a lock to cover the Raptors vs Jazz spread. The model is also aware that the Raptors not only covered the spread, but defeated Utah the last time they met. Toronto didn’t even have Lowry healthy for the game, and their Utah team was still healthy with 77-37 at halftime.
Toronto is unlikely to hold a 40-point lead at halftime, but advanced statistics would certainly indicate that the Raptors are the superior of both teams. The Raptors are third in the NBA in points differential (+6.4), which is almost double the Utah mark +3.3. They also rank ahead of Utah in terms of defensive efficiency, which is supposed to be the calling card of Jazz.
How To Make Raptors vs. Jazz Choices
The SportsLine model is based on the total. In fact, the model predicts that Pascal Siakam, Donovan Mitchell and Lowry will all end up below their score averages. It also indicates that one side of the spread strikes in almost 60% of the simulations.
So who wins Raptors against Jazz? And which side of the spread collects almost 60% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Jazz vs Raptors spread you need to jump to, all from the model that crushed its NBA picks, and find out.
