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The more the 2022-23 campaign of the best basketball in the world advances, there are more things are at stake and, for some teams, there is less margin of error. This will be the case of the two teams that will star in this Hawks vs Raptors.
Each team has claimed a win in one of their first two meetings of the campaign, with the Raptors team winning on the last occasion, extending a trend that has seen the home team win in seven of their last ten meetings with each other.
JefeBet brings you the best analysis of the different NBA games with their respective predictions, as well as the best sports betting content, so here we leave you our Atlanta Hawks vs Toronto Raptors prediction.
Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Hawks vs Raptors NBA Regular Season Game on January 14, 2023
- Where: Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Ontario
- When: Saturday, January 14, 2023, 7:30 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Atlanta Hawks
- Season record: 19-22
The Hawks’ campaign is about to go from one of much inconsistency to a letdown, as they have not only been unable to achieve back-to-back wins since December 19, but they have only won three of their last ten games. They have suffered a lot at both ends of the court.
Also, hitting the road for the second night in a row won’t do anything to help Atlanta’s aspirations of getting on track either. The team has lost 13 of its 21 away games played. It has posted a poor 1-4 record when playing with no days off in between.
With 27.5 points and 9.8 assists per game, Trae Young is the heart of a Hawks offense that averages 115.0 points scored per game. However, he can’t do much to help improve a defense that is among the worst in the league, with an average of 116.3 points conceded per game, and which is missing Clint Capela, who is expected to return at the middle of this month.
Betting on the Toronto Raptors
- Season record: 19-23
There hasn’t been much difference between the Hawks’ and the Raptors’ campaign, and their almost similar record makes this evident, however, the Canadian team arrives to this match with a better dynamic, as it currently has a positive streak of three wins in a row, which has placed it in eleventh place in the Eastern Conference, and half a game away from the play-in positions.
The last two wins of the team’s positive streak came against the Charlotte Hornets, against whom the Raptors took out all the offensive frustrations they have accumulated during the year. The team recorded wins by scores of Gary Trent Jr. 120-132 and 114-124Pascal Siakam, who was the team’s best player in both games, scoring 28 and 35 points, respectively.
Despite those two great performances, the Raptors offense has struggled a lot to be productive throughout this campaign. The team’s offense is the seventh worst in the NBA with an average of 112.0 points scored per game. At least, they have been solid on defense, averaging 111.5 points allowed per game.
JefeBet Prediction
While the Raptors’ offensive problems are a concern, they arrive to this game while going through a great moment, so they’ll likely be able to give the Hawks some trouble. The Hawks will arrive tired and with increasing defensive shortcomings. When they play away from home, they average 118.9 points allowed per game.
In addition to their away record, the fatigue from playing on back-to-back nights also tends to affect their offense, which has an average of 106.0 points scored in such conditions. Considering the Raptors know how to do things the right way on defense, the Hawks will undoubtedly suffer a lot in this game.
The Raptors have been performing at their best at home this campaign, winning 14 of their 19 games at Scotiabank Arena, so we hope they can continue their momentum to take a win in this matchup against an inconsistent and depleted Hawks team.
Prediction: Toronto Raptors Spread.
