The Toronto Raptors are 6-1 straight up and 3-4 against the spread in their last seven postseason home games. The Raptors will try to avoid falling behind 0-3 in the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals with a win at home over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 on Saturday night.
Cavaliers vs. Raptors 2016 odds: Toronto home underdogs against Cleveland in Game 3
The Toronto Raptors are hoping their home court can turn around the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.
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Toronto is a 5-point home underdog in Game 3 at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. This is the first time that the Raptors have been a playoff home underdog since back in 2002 against the Detroit Pistons, when they won outright as a 2.5-point underdog.
Through the first two games of this series, the Raptors haven’t looked like they’ve belonged on the same court as the Cavaliers. The Raptors were stomped by the Cavaliers by 31 points in Game 1 and 19 points in Game 2, letting both games get away from them in the second quarter.
Kyle Lowry had only eight points in Game 1 and 10 points in Game 2, and will need to be a lot better moving forward if the Raptors are going to get back into this series.
The Raptors haven’t put up much of a fight as a betting underdog in recent months, compiling a 2-9 SU and 3-8 ATS record in their last 11 games as an underdog per the OddsShark NBA Database.
The Cavaliers continue their roll through the postseason, improving to 10-0 SU in the playoffs with their two wins over Toronto including a 7-2 ATS record over their last nine games.
The Cavaliers have won their first six playoff home games by an average margin of victory of 18 points per game, in comparison to an average margin of 6.5 points per game on the road. Cleveland went 0-2 SU and ATS in Toronto during the regular season.
Saturday’s total is set at 198.5 at the sportsbooks. The UNDER is 2-0-1 in Cleveland’s last three games.
Cleveland has been dominant all postseason long, but the team has at least looked human at points on the road. Toronto’s home crowd has been outstanding all season long, and if the Raptors are ever going to have their best game of the series, Game 3 would be the time.
