Grizzlies vs. Raptors Prediction, NBA Odds & Best Bets (11/9)

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Memphis won its first six games and has lost three straight since, and it brings a short rotation to Scotiabank Arena for a 7:30 PM ET tip against Toronto. Scotty Pippen Jr. (lumbar disc herniation) misses a fifth straight game. Isaiah Stewart (right knee bone bruise) is out after playing 10 minutes two games ago and none since, and Richie Saunders is still recovering from knee surgery. That's where our picks start. With a guard and a big man gone, more of the work lands on three young players: Cam Spencer runs the second unit, and Cameron Boozer and Cedric Coward have started each of the last five games and play heavy minutes. We have all three on Overs, and they need the same game, a competitive one that keeps those three on the floor.

Toronto (5-4) is home after a four-game road trip and is shorthanded as well. Kawhi Leonard (left knee injury management) and Nate Bittle are out, and Scottie Barnes (left groin strain) and Immanuel Quickley (right hamstring) are questionable on the latest injury report. Both teams come in with two days off. The Raptors are 3.5-point favorites with the total at 228.5, and 84% of the spread money is on Toronto from 57% of the bets.

Grizzlies vs. Raptors Predictions

• Pick #1: Cedric Coward Over 6.5 Rebounds (-117)
• Pick #2: Cam Spencer Over 5.5 Assists (-116)
• Pick #3: Cameron Boozer Over 1.5 Threes (-156)

PICK #1: Cedric Coward Over 6.5 Rebounds (-117)

Coward hasn't had fewer than seven rebounds in any of his eight games this season, and he averages 8.8. He's listed as a guard. He rebounds like a forward, with nine in each of his last three games.

The injuries send more of the glass his way. Stewart played 10 minutes against Indiana and sat out the loss to Oklahoma City, and Coward had nine in both of those games, with four offensive boards against the Pacers and three against the Thunder. Zach Edey has played between 18 and 25 minutes in every game this season, which leaves Memphis without a true center for long stretches and puts the wings in charge of finishing possessions on the boards. Coward has logged 23 to 33 minutes in every game, and he still grabbed nine in 23 minutes of a 31-point loss to the Thunder.

He hasn't missed this line yet, and -117 implies 53.9%. The cushion is thin, though: three of his eight games landed on exactly seven, so a night in the low 20s for minutes, or a lopsided score that empties the bench, puts it in play.

PICK #2: Cam Spencer Over 5.5 Assists (-116)

Five games ago Spencer got a bigger job. In the first four games he played 16 to 18 minutes and handed out 2, 1, 1 and 5 assists. Since then he has played 19 to 25 minutes and posted 8, 13, 7, 9 and 0. Pippen had been playing 13 to 20 minutes a night, hasn't played since the first of those five games and is out again tonight, so the extra ball-handling minutes still belong to Spencer.

His 13-assist night was a spot start with Ty Jerome out. He went back to the second unit the next game and kept passing, with seven against New Orleans and nine against Indiana. His season average is 5.1, but all four of his games over this line came in the bigger role, and at -116 the market asks for 53.7%.

The zero still matters. He played 19 minutes in the blowout loss to Oklahoma City without an assist, and a bench guard's minutes are the first to go when a game gets away. Assists also need teammates to make shots, so a cold Memphis night takes this number down too.

PICK #3: Cameron Boozer Over 1.5 Threes (-156)

Boozer's price implies 60.9%, so a good week isn't enough here. His full record clears it. The No. 3 pick in this year's draft has no NBA season before this one, and in his nine games he has made two or more threes six times, 66.7%. He's 18 of 57 from deep.

We're backing the volume. Boozer has taken at least five threes in every game, 6.3 a night, and he has played 26 to 38 minutes in every game. He averages 15.6 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists, so Memphis runs offense through him. His misses came on cold shooting nights, not from losing attempts: 0 for 6 in his debut, 1 for 6 at Utah and 0 for 8 against the Thunder.

This is the most expensive of the three, and a rookie's shot can stay cold for a while. Like the other two, it also needs Boozer to play his usual minutes, which a blowout either way would cut.

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