After two great defensive performances, practically shutting down Joel Embiid, Spaniard Marc Gasol must increase his offensive contribution if the Toronto Raptors pretend to go to the Wells Fargo Center against Philadelphia 76ers and retake the home advantage that they took after beating them in Canada for the first time since 2012.
The Canadian team only has three players who average double digits, Marc Gasol must join that list as soon as possible if they intend to surpass this rival and play the final of the Eastern Conference to continue dreaming of raising the trophy Larry O ‘ Brien
While the 89-94 key to victory was the offensive volume of the Raptors outside of Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam and Kyle Lowry and the work of Ben Simmons “containing” the first (Leonard scored 35 points) and the Jimmy Butler’s offensive explosion (30-11-5), who commanded an attack that did what it took to get back to Philadelphia with an extremely valuable victory.
Another factor that stood out was the contribution of the benches: while Toronto added only five points via substitutions, the Sixers added 26, and it is here when it was shown that if Embiid is not 100% for the inconvenience in the knee and the iron defense of Gasol, Philadelphia can still compete to try to transcend in these NBA Playoffs.
Toronto has advanced more because of its defensive work than its attack, as they have reduced their number of points per game in the postseason by more than 10, but if coach Nick Nurse involves more in the attack on Gasol and Serge Ibaka, who are The two closest players to average double digits by duel, things could be clarified again for the Raptors.
Because he is a visitor, the line favors just one point to Toronto and the highs are extremely low (216.5) after what he experienced in his most recent confrontation, but the circumstances mentioned above, coupled with the possible adjustments that will be made, make the most convenient bet is the Raptors along with highs.
If you bet now that Toronto wins the series, the momio is -200, that is, it does not look very flashy. But this figure increases if you predict what game will happen. For example, if you think they will win in five games, the bet line is +450, but it is likely that Philadelphia will “steal” another win from the Canadians, so the ideal would be to bet to win the +320 that pays them to win. the series in six duels or the +220 that they do in seven matches.