Baseball season has started with the Blue Jays, and the Leafs are getting ready for the Stanley Cup playoffs. So, there is little reason for the locals to pay attention to the depleted Raps, now winless in four weeks and on the wrong end of a 145-point explosion by the Knicks on Wednesday. But Toronto has offered something to backers on the "under" side which cashed in seven straight before the Knicks hit town, as the offense does its part to keep scores down by tallying just 99 ppg across the last eight games. Meanwhile, though Philly "over" three of four, the Joel Embiid-less Sixers are still on a 15-6 "under" run. Play Sixers-Raptors "Under"

Loss of Scottie Barnes and their big has left the Raptors unable to prevent opposing forwards from putting up huge rebound totals. Harris is capable of going for a double-double and will get plenty of hustle and positioning boards. Toronto's depth is seriously compromised and legs and leaping tend to give out in the second half. Not unusual for teams to have multiple players over 8 rebounds against them. Sixers playing spirited ball lately and Harris is right at 7/game this month. Excellent opportunity to go over that number here.

The Raptors are a donut the last month - a hole in the middle. They can't compete on the boards and they are short on bodies. The rebound margin from night to night is brutal and with no Embid, Bamba should pick up where others have left off. Raptors are still allowing over 49 reb/G this month, and opposing bigs go way over their season average night after night against them. Bamba is right around 7 most nights, but could easily top 10 here. Raptors miss a lot of shots and I expect we see decent minutes from the center with such an advantageous match up. Sixers forwards don't do special work on the boards (though one will end up with 8+ reb too)

Toronto at home - in particular - is an ATS disaster. Raptors are 3-12 AT5 overall in last 15 and an astounding 0-9 ATS in last 9 at home, showing few signs of covering. They are -7.8 as an average cover margin during that 15-game span. Worst rebounding team and worst team in the paint, which also can't score with a decimated roster. Have failed to cover their last 9 at by: 30, 1.5, 3.5, 23, 2, 31.5, 2, 12.5, 7.5. PHI is 4-1 ATS in last 5 and 6-2 in last 8. Sixers showed well during tough road trip, scoring the ball a little better, and this game could get sideways early. TOR is -15.2 over last 15 games (next worse is POR -12.5)