Indiana Pacers vs Toronto Raptors Prediction: the Pacers will beat the Raptors for the first time this season

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on February 27. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Indiana Pacers

The Pacers are playing only on their home court after the resumption of the regular season. The team started this stretch with two wins, first overcoming Memphis (127:113), and then confidently outplaying the Los Angeles Clippers (129:111). The next opponent of Indiana was Denver and the team from Indianapolis failed to get another victory - 116:125. Actually, the Pacers were unable to neutralize Nikola Jokic, who finished the match with 19 assists.

It should be noted that Indiana has 14 wins in the last 20 games - only Cleveland and Boston have a better balance at this stage in the Eastern Conference. Only the Celtics and Cavaliers, as well as New York, are ahead of the Pacers in total balance for the entire season. Indiana is tied for the top-4 in the Eastern Conference standings.

Toronto Raptors

The Raptors will play the upcoming match in a back-to-back format. Yesterday, Darko Rajakovic's team hosted Boston, which they have already beaten at home this season. Toronto failed to repeat that success, although the Canadiens didn't suffer a crushing defeat - 101:111. A special mention should be made of Raptors' R.J. Barrett, who scored 22 points. Scotty Barnes finished the meeting with 21 points for efficiency.

Toronto is now 18-40 overall. The Canadiens are in 13th place in the Eastern Conference standings and will surely lose their playoff chances long before the end of the regular season.

H2H Meetings

Toronto won from Indiana both face-to-face matches this season.

In the last championship, the rivals finished the season series 2:2.

Betting Stats

• Toronto won 4 of the last 6 matches with Indiana.
• More than 231 points have been scored in eight previous matches between the rivals.
• Indiana has scored 122 points in 4 of their last 6 home games.
• Toronto has not scored more than 113 points in four consecutive road games.

Expert Betting Tips

Indiana has hardly forgotten that they lost both face-to-face games to Toronto this season. The Pacers are likely to take revenge on the Raptors in the upcoming game. Rick Carlisle's team is in great shape right now, and before the loss to Denver in the previous game, they stopped such powerful opponents as the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis. In general, we bet here on a convincing victory of Indiana over Toronto in the traditional for this confrontation productive game.

Total Over 235.5 for 2.10

Handicap 1 (-9.5) for 1.77

Total Over 235.5 for 1.91