Raptors Open Final Road Trip vs Nets: Where to Watch, Injury Reports, and More
The Toronto Raptors will take on the Brooklyn Nets as they open the final road trip of the year: Where to watch, injury reports, and more
The Toronto Raptors will open their final road trip of the year Wednesday night when they take on the Brooklyn Nets at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Where to Watch
TSN and TSN 1050 will call the game for Toronto. The YES Network and WFAN will broadcast for Brooklyn.
What to Watch For
- Javon Freeman-Liberty put on a bit of a show Tuesday night against the Indiana Pacers with a season-high 20 points. Toronto is going to be looking for more of those kind of performances from its depth pieces whether its Freeman-Liberty again or someone else ready to seize some opporunities off the bench.
- Toronto can't catch Portland for the fifth-worst record in the NBA anymore, but there's still just a two game difference between the Raptors and the Memphis Grizzlies in the seventh spot. It's unlikely the Grizzlies can catch Toronto, but the Raptors don't have much margin for error.
- The Raptors are going to need more out of Ochai Agbaji these days, especially on the offensive end. His defense is pretty good and will get better, but Toronto needs the 23-year-old to be able to contribute something offensively. So far he's shooting just 38.3% from the field and
22.2% from three-point range and that's just not going to cut it.
Injury Reports
Toronto has yet to release its injury report but expect it to be long. Scottie Barnes, Jakob Poeltl, Chris Boucher, DJ Carton, and Jontay Porter. It wouldn't be surprising if a few other players are ruled out for rest.
The Nets will be without Ben Simmons, Jaylen Martin, Dennis Smith Jr., Dariq Whitehead, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Keita Bates-Diop. Nic Claxton, Jacob Gilyard, and Cameron Johnson are probable to play.
Game Odds
The Raptors are +10.5 point underdogs with an implied win probability of 21.7%. The total for the game is 222.5.
