Toronto Raptors (7-7, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (6-8, ninth in the Western Conference)
Portland, Oregon; Monday, 10 pm EST
FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Trail Blazers -1.5
OVERVIEW: Portland will try to keep its five-game win streak alive at home when the Trail Blazers take on Toronto.
The Trail Blazers are 5-1 at home. Portland ranks fourth in the Western Conference with 10.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Jusuf Nurkic with a 2.6 average.
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The Raptors are 5-1 on the road. Toronto leads the Eastern Conference with 13.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Khem Birch with a 3.5 average.
BEST PERFORMANCES: CJ McCollum is averaging 3.3 3s per game for the Trail Blazers, scoring 20.7 points while shooting 38.7% from beyond the arc. Damian Lillard is shooting 39.9% and averaging 21.0 points in the last 10 games for Portland.
Fred VanVleet is averaging 19.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 1.5 steals for the Raptors. OG Anunoby is averaging 20.3 points in the last 10 games for Toronto.
LAST 10 GAMES: Trail Blazers: 4-6, averaging 106.3 points, 46.5 rebounds, 24.1 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. His opponents have averaged 108.5 points per game.
Raptors: 6-4, averaging 107.5 points, 42.6 rebounds, 20.8 assists, 10.6 steals and 4.9 blocks per game with 45.4% shooting from the field. His opponents have averaged 106.5 points.
INJURIES: Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard: out (abdominal).
Raptors: Chris Boucher: day to day (back), Precious Achiuwa: day to day (shoulder), Yuta Watanabe: out (calf), Fred VanVleet: day to day (groin).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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