Ok, lets quickly run over as to why the Raptors +5.0, is the biggest bet from me all year this NBA season. - Ive been busy watching NFL and i had to get a few hours of sleep too so thats why its a bit delayed.
Raptors have lost the last 5 games. And they have failed to cover the last 5 games. Just because a team havent managed to cover the spread, it doesnt automatically make them a cover machine, but i think this is the case now. You have to look at what happens in the game.
First of all, its obviously because of the Kobe Bryant return. EVERYONE are hyping this up like the Derrick Rose return, and we all know what happened, right... All money going in the favor of Lakers because KB is back, AND ALSO, because - SOME PEOPLE MAY BE BACKING Toronto here, THERE MAY BE SOME. But no1 will dare to have the guts to have this as the POY as me, coz they dropped 5 in a row and coz they failed to cover 5 in a row. So yeah, people will back Raptors, some may - but they will still be too scared to pull it too hard coz they dropped so many.
Ok, another thing is the Lakers. Lately they have picked up a few games and covered a few games, just to "prepare for this night" NBA doesnt want Lakers to fall too far behind, so they gave them a few wins and a few covers so that they are ready to drop a game here and ready to fail a cover.
The Sacramento game was the game that told me; Lakers will not cover against Raptors. If they had failed to cover it would be "normal" because they were looking ahead to this game etc. but they win here, and they cover here after sac totally avoided showing up in the 4th quarter, so this means they can afford to throw a game here and there even with Kobe back, just to satisfy the fans. And all the Kobe lovers will obviously defend and justify the outcome and be like "He just got back from the injury. He cant win alone obviously!" and all sorts of stupid things.
Another way you can see that they predicted ahead and that they have scheduled a Raptors cover here is the last 5 raptors games... First they lose to Brooklyn which was a really close game. And then against Miami Heat, they got robbed BIG TIME with the +6.0 spread in that game, refs were all over Heat in the end to give them the cover. Nuggets game was pretty square. But then we have the GSW, do i need to explain more? Its unbelieveable that they failed to cover here. And then they lost a game to a scrubby Suns team.
I have MANY more arguments as to why this is the biggest bet of the year as i have really looked into this deeply, but i have to keep it short because game is rolling. But really, everything points at a Raptors +5.0 cover here. EVERY SINGLE THING you can find. There are no guarantees and you never know with the NBA commisioners as they really love the franchise LA, but when you look at it, from no matter what angle you take, this Raptors +5.0 is screaming to you with value.
But, i am in COMPLETELY love with the Raptors with points. Lets see.