T.M. Selection: Toronto Raptors.

I like the Toronto Raptors to cover the spread against the Utah Jazz in this game on Friday. The Raptors have looked a lot better in their games lately and they have won 4 games in a row now. They were near the bottom of the standings but all of these wins lately have shot them up to a record above .500 again. They have gotten most of their players back and they will be almost at full strength for this game. They have even ripped off some big 10+ point wins over the Knicks and the Spurs lately and they even went on the road and beat a weakened Bucks team but still looked good in that game. The Jazz are going to missing a bunch of their players in this game. Mitchell, Conley, Gobert, and Bogdanovic have all been ruled out of this game already. Royce O'Neale is also questionable which means there is a possibility that the Jazz will not have any of their starters for this game. Even without those 5 players, the Jazz still have 8 other players on their injury report so not only are their starters unavailable, but their backups may not even play in the game either. The Jazz have already been struggling in their games lately with their lineup at full strength, they have 1 loss in their previous 3 games and they just won their most recent game by 6 points which is not impressive for the amount of talent on that team. The Raptors have been playing well lately and are pretty much at full strength here while the Jazz have not been at their best and will be missing more than half their team for this game. I like the Raptors to cover the spread here and smack the Jazz around on their home court in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 108-87 Raptors.