Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors Prediction, 1/1/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors

Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Location: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON

TV: TSN

Scotiabank Arena is the location where the Toronto Raptors (7-25) will try to beat the Brooklyn Nets (12-20) on Wednesday.

The Nets took the court against the Magic and went home with a loss by a final score of 102-101 in their last contest. When it comes to fouls, the Nets left the arena with 19 and the Magic totaled 23 fouls. They also converted 12 out of their 36 attempts from distance. Orlando ended up going 64.0% at the free throw line by converting 16 of 25 tries. Furthermore, Orlando had 42 boards (16 offensive, 26 defensive) and had 3 blocks. Orlando recorded 30 assists and had 7 steals for the game. Regarding the defense, Brooklyn allowed 44.6% from the field on 37 out of 83 shooting. They also recorded 22 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 13 turnovers and having 7 steals. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 38 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Nets buried 24 of 28 shots for a rate of 85.7%. Brooklyn walked away from the contest having earned a 43.8% FG percentage (32 of 73) and converted 13 of their 30 3-point shots.

Cam Thomas is one guy who was a major factor for this contest. Thomas finished the game at 33.3% from the floor and totaled 6 assists. He was on the hardwood for 25 mins played and snagged 6 rebounds. He had 25 points on 6 of 18 shooting.

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Brooklyn steps onto the hardwood with a mark of 12-20 this year. They are turning it over 15.6 times per contest and as a group are committing 21.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Brooklyn is grabbing 39.2 rebounds per game and has earned 808 dimes so far this year, which is 17th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Nets are shooting 37.3% on 3-point shots (470 of 1,260) and 80.8% from the free throw line. They average 107.8 pts per contest (26th in basketball) while connecting on 45.2% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Nets have forced 15.3 turnovers per game while drawing 19.5 fouls. They currently rank 24th in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 862 relinquished for the campaign. The Nets defensively are allowing an opponent FG percentage of 48.4% (1,286 of 2,659) and they concede 42.5 boards per contest as a squad. They are giving up 37.5% on shots from distance while they are 16th in basketball in opponents PPG (112.8).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Raptors took a defeat with a final score of 136-107 when they faced the Hawks. Concerning how they rebounded, Toronto permitted Atlanta to get 40 in all (14 offensive). They went 40.0% from three-point range by connecting on 18 out of 45 and walked away from this one shooting 26 of 35 at the free throw line (74.3%). The Raptors allowed the Hawks to convert 46 out of 95 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 48.4% for this game. When the final whistle was blown, the Raptors ended up going 38 out of 85 from the floor which gave them a rate of 44.7%. With regard to shooting from downtown, Toronto knocked down 7 of 24 attempts (29.2%). They were able to make 24 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 88.9%. The Hawks committed 19 fouls in this contest which took the Raptors to the charity stripe for 27 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 31 times, while getting 10 steals for this game. The Raptors pulled down 37 defensive rebounds and 15 offensive boards for a total of 52 for the matchup.

Scottie Barnes ended up having an impact for the Raptors in this contest. He made 7 out of 12 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 58.3%, and accumulated 8 rebounds. Barnes earned 19 points in his 35 mins of playing time and earned 5 dimes for the game.

Toronto has a win-loss record of 7-25 this year. The Raptors commit 22.8 fouls per contest and they shoot 75.4% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 28.8 times per game (6th in the league) and they are turning it over 16.7 times per contest. Toronto has accumulated 3,595 points on the campaign (112.3 per game) and they average 45.0 rebounds per game. As an offensive team, the Raptors are connecting on 46.3% from the field, which ranks them 16th in the league.

The Raptors are ranked 27th in the league in points allowed per contest with 119.1. They have forced 14.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and have allowed teams to shoot 46.9% from the floor (16th in the NBA). The Toronto defense concedes 35.5% on shots from distance (435 of 1,227) and opponents are making 77.9% of their free throw shots. They concede 26.3 assists and 43.9 boards per game, which ranks them 17th and 14th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Brooklyn

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