NBA Betting: Raptors Challenge Kings, Pacers

The Toronto Raptors get the week started with a back-to-back, as they face the Sacramento Kings at home Tuesday before hitting the road to meet the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.

The Raptors will head into Tuesday’s matchup 8-1 straight up in their last nine games. They haven’t been a lock for bettors at 4-5 against the spread. They’re also only 5-9 ATS in their last 14. At home Toronto has won nine straight but is still only 4-5 ATS.

The Kings visit the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night before traveling to Toronto on Tuesday. Heading into Monday night the Kings were 4-1 SU and ATS in their last five games. However, on the road the Kings are 1-5 SU and ATS in their last six. In the second half of a back-to-back this season, Sacramento is 3-6 SU and 2-7 ATS and has lost seven straight ATS.

Toronto and Sacramento met up in California on November 7 and the Raptors won 114-105 as a 9-point favorite at Bovada Sportsbook. Toronto has won three straight vs the Kings at 2-0-1 ATS, and at home Toronto is 10-4 SU and 8-6 ATS in its last 14 vs the Kings.

When the Raptors visit Indiana on Wednesday they’ll face a Pacers squad that is 4-1 SU and ATS in its last five. At home Indiana is 6-1 SU and 5-2 ATS in its last seven. The Pacers have also been massive UNDER plays at home, at 10-3 UNDER in their last 13 games.

In two matchups between the Pacers and Raptors this season, Toronto is 2-0 SU and 1-1 ATS. Overall Toronto has won five straight vs Indiana at 3-2 ATS, and in their last 10 matchups Toronto is 8-2 SU and 5-5 ATS. In Indiana it’s a different story, as the Pacers are 4-1 SU and ATS in the last five matchups.

Jazz, Nuggets have gone UNDER in 13 of last 14

Also on tap Wednesday, the surging Utah Jazz play host to the Denver Nuggets.

The Jazz headed into a Monday night matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers having won six straight while going 3-2-1 ATS. The Nuggets are 5-2 SU and 4-3 ATS in their last seven, but have struggled a bit on the road lately at 3-6 SU and 2-7 ATS in their last nine.

The Jazz and Nuggets met up in Denver on November 3 and the Nuggets rolled to a 103-88 win as a 4.5-point favorite. Denver has won three straight against the Jazz SU and ATS but all three wins were in Denver. In Utah, the Jazz have won seven straight against the Nuggets at 5-1-1 ATS. Betting the UNDER has been quite lucrative in this matchup, as the last six have all gone UNDER and 13 of the last 14.