The Toronto Raptors are looking to rebound from a blowout loss at home on Saturday to the Boston Celtics when they take on the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.<\/p>\n
After a slow start to the 2025-26 season, the Nets have won four of their last six games to climb out of the basement in the Eastern Conference and move to 7-19 in the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still, Brooklyn is a home underdog on Sunday, even though the Raptors haven\u2019t exactly been playing their best basketball as of late. Toronto is 3-7 in its last 10 games, and it ranks 28th in the NBA in net rating (-8.1) during that stretch. Only the Washington Wizards and Sacramento Kings have been worse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, this is a tough turnaround for the Raps after they failed to reach 100 points in Saturday night\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn has struggled at home this season, going 3-11 straight up while covering in just six of those 14 games. Can it flip the script on Sunday?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at the odds, my favorite player prop and a prediction for this Eastern Conference battle on Dec. 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n Raptors Injury ReportNets Injury ReportNets Best NBA Prop Bet<\/p>\n The Raptors are one of the better teams in the NBA at defending the 3-ball (ninth in opponent 3s made per game and third in opponent 3-point percentage), but I think Nets rookie Egor Demin is a little undervalued on Sunday.<\/p>\n Denim is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers on 5.5 attempts per game (34.4 percent), and he\u2019s taken five or more 3s in 14 of his 24 games this season. He\u2019s coming off a 12-attempt game from beyond the arc, and Demin went 4-for-8 and 1-for-6 from 3 in his two previous meetings with Toronto.<\/p>\n The rookie has taken the majority of his 8.2 shots per game from beyond the arc, and I think he\u2019s worth a look to hit two or more 3s in this matchup, something he\u2019s done in half of his games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Toronto may be the more talented team in this matchup, but I can\u2019t get past the Raptors\u2019 struggles over their last 10 games, where they are 28th in the league in net rating.<\/p>\n Brooklyn, on the other hand, is 12th in net rating over that same stretch, playing arguably its best basketball of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n The Nets have two losses by the same score (119-109) against the Raptors this season, but I think they may be able to hang around at home on Sunday.<\/p>\n Brooklyn is just 6-8 against the spread at home, but the Raptors have really struggled on the second night of back-to-backs, going 1-4 against the number in those games.<\/p>\n With this spread set just outside a possession, I think Brooklyn is worth a look to hang around and potentially pull off an upset on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pick: Nets +3.5 (-112 at DraftKings)<\/a><\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Find Peter Dewey’s\u00a0NBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Claim the latest\u00a0DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get\u00a0$200 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors are looking to rebound from a blowout loss at home on Saturday to the Boston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-359995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}