Raptors Game Tonight: Raptors vs Jazz Odds, Starting Lineup, Injury Report, Predictions, TV Channel for Oct. 2
By Mike Luciano
After months of offseason speculation, the Toronto Raptors can finally get started in their quest to make to the postseason for the second year in a row. The latest Raptors odds project them as overwhelming favorites against a rebuilding team.
The Utah Jazz traded both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell in separate deals with Minnesota and Cleveland. A postseason lock which used to give Masai Ujiri’s team trouble is now making the painful decision to get much younger and start a rebuild.
While the Jazz could at least be an exciting opponent at full strength, as the mixture of Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton might be fun to watch for the extreme diehards, the backups leave a lot to be desired. This preseason game could get out of hand quickly.
Will Toronto get their exhibition schedule started off with a win in Edmonton? Is it possible that the new-look Jazz manage to confuse Canada’s team and send them tumbling to an 0-1 start? Given the uncertainty of Nick Nurse’s rotation, there is a lot we don’t know about how this game will go.
Utah Jazz vs Toronto Raptors Odds, Spread, Over/Under
The latest odds from FanDuel Sportsbook have Toronto as -7 favorites against the spread, with this squad -106 (bet $106 to win $100) to cover. Utah is +235 on the moneyline, while Toronto checks in at -300 (bet $300 to win $100).
Raptors Starting Lineup Tonight
Watch this space! Check back closer to game time.
Raptors Injury Report
Otto Porter is out due to a hamstring injury, while Thad Young is day-to-day.
In terms of the guys that didn’t participate in tonight’s scrimmage:
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) October 1, 2022
Otto Porter hurt his hamstring in camp and went for an MRI recently. He’ll be out “a little while,” per Nurse.
Thad Young bumped a knee in practice the other day and is day-to-day.
Birch also day to day.
Toronto Raptors vs Utah Jazz Prediction
It’s very hard to figure out who has the edge in a preseason game, given how teams will often empty the bench, but the Raptors should be the favorites over Utah, considering many big names the Jazz parted ways with last season. Even their bench remains suspect.
Toronto will need bench players like Malachi Flynn and Christian Koloko to start hot and sustain that play in order to make sure Utah gets buried early on. If they do so, the squad can get their important 2022-23 campaign started off with a bang.
Raptors 108, Jazz 100
What channel is the Toronto Raptors game on?
Sunday’s game will be broadcast at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT on Sportsnet for Canadian fans as well as NBATV and AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain for American audiences.
Toronto Raptors vs Utah Jazz Live Stream
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Raptors Next Game and Schedule
Toronto will play the Celtics twice before they get the regular season started against a new-look Cleveland Cavaliers team with designs on earning a top-four seed in the Eastern Conference.
Oct. 5 @ Boston
Oct. 7 @ Houston
Oct. 9 vs. Chicago
Oct. 14 vs. Boston
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