Toronto Raptors (24-17, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (8-31, 15th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Indiana plays Toronto in a matchup of Eastern Conference teams.<\/p>\n
The Pacers are 7-19 against Eastern Conference opponents. Indiana has a 4-18 record in games decided by 10 points or more.<\/p>\n
The Raptors have gone 21-12 against Eastern Conference opponents. Toronto is fifth in the Eastern Conference scoring 53.0 points per game in the paint led by Scottie Barnes averaging 11.3.<\/p>\n
The Pacers’ 12.5 made 3-pointers per game this season are just 0.2 fewer made shots on average than the 12.7 per game the Raptors give up. The Raptors average 11.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than the Pacers allow.<\/p>\n
The teams square off for the third time this season. The Raptors won 97-95 in the last meeting on Nov. 27. Brandon Ingram led the Raptors with 26 points, and T.J. McConnell led the Pacers with 16 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew Nembhard is shooting 44.5% and averaging 17.6 points for the Pacers. Pascal Siakam is averaging 21.3 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Barnes is averaging 19.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists for the Raptors. Immanuel Quickley is averaging 18.5 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Pacers: 2-7, averaging 115.8 points, 39.5 rebounds, 29.8 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.5 points per game.<\/p>\n
Raptors: 6-4, averaging 115.2 points, 44.9 rebounds, 29.2 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.5 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin: out (thumb), Obi Toppin: out (foot), Isaiah Jackson: out (concussion), Tyrese Haliburton: out for season (achilles).<\/p>\n
Raptors: Jakob Poeltl: out (back), Chucky Hepburn: out (knee), RJ Barrett: out (ankle), Ja’Kobe Walter: out (hip).<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors (24-17, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (8-31, 15th in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3770],"tags":[73578,1297,2889,7,6,446,681,66,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-533593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-73578","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-athlete-injuries","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-basketball","14":"tag-raptors","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-toronto","17":"tag-toronto-raptors","18":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115887082386301546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}