The Toronto Raptors get a Halloween date with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.
The pregame narrative: Toronto has been struggling, entering on a four-game skid due to porous defence. I expect plenty of points tonight and for Evan Mobley to continue his productive start to the season.
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Raptors SGP predictions vs. Cavaliers
Parlay: Mobley over 33.5 PRA | Over 233.5 points | Barnes over 18.5 points (+330)
Mobley over 33.5 PRA (-159): Mobley’s shooting hasn’t been great to start the young season, but it hasn’t affected his scoring.
His rebounding production remains as strong as ever, and he’s dishing out a career-best assist number.
Mobley is staring down a monster Halloween night against the Raptors, who have been shredded defensively.
- The Raptors are second-last in the NBA in defensive rating.
- They’re third-last in opponent points per game, allowing a whopping 127.8 on average.
- Toronto has been carved up by opposing bigs, surrendering the seventh-most points/game to centres and second most to power forwards, per Betting Pros.
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Mobley could also benefit from some key absences to the Cavaliers’ starting five, though I don’t think he’ll even need that to hit this PRA number.
Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen are both questionable.
Mobley has big scoring upside tonight and should thrive on the glass against the Raptors, who are second-last in the NBA in rebounding rate.
He’s double-doubled in two straight games and notched 30+ PRA in four of five contests.
NBA SGP legs
Over 233.5 (-180): It’s hard to envision this turning into much of a defensive match.
Raptors games have been lighting up the scoreboard, and they play at the fourth-fastest pace in the NBA.
That leads to extra possessions, which their defence has struggled to turn into stops, leading to more opportunities to put the ball in the basket.
Toronto’s offence hasn’t been half bad, either.
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The Raps are scoring the ninth-most points per game and getting strong efficiency out of their three best scorers.
Scottie Barnes (22.2 PPG), Brandon Ingram (22.0) and R.J. Barrett (19.2) are all shooting above 53% from the field.
Here are the totals from Toronto’s five games:
- @ ATL: 256
- Vs. MIL: 238
- @ DAL: 268
- @ SA: 224
- Vs. HOU: 260
Barnes over 18.5 points (+102): Barnes and Ingram have put up nearly identical production across the board through five games.
It’s early, but Ingram’s influence on the offence hasn’t forced Barnes to take a step back.
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- Barnes is above the 20-point-per-game mark for the first time in his career.
- His shot volume hasn’t decreased with Ingram in the mix, but his efficiency has soared. Barnes is shooting 53.8% from the field, the first time in his career more than half his shots are falling.
- The former Rookie of the Year has been exceptional from long range, drilling 2.2 per game on 55% shooting.
Barnes has topped this number three times and hit the 30-point mark twice. He has nightly upside against a sub-20 point line.
No team allows more points to power forwards than the Cavs, who are giving up the third most threes per game.
Raptors SGP predictions vs. Cavaliers made at 1:20 p.m. ET 10/31/2025.
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Chris joined NorthStar Gaming from Covers.com where he was a publishing editor and wrote betting content. Before that, he was the sports editor at VICE Canada, worked for theScore and covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com. In addition to filling out the lineup card each day for the editorial team, Chris writes frequently himself, primarily on the NBA and MLB.