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I'm really not having much success on moneylines yet this NBA season -- but we'll get it. I wouldn't play it here otherwise but the Raptors have ruled out both Gary Trent Jr. and excellent rookie Scottie Barnes, so the Suns should escape with a win, although I have zero confidence in covering the spread. I already bet the Under early today on the assumption Trent and Barnes were out. Now they officially are.
This total already has dropped from 224.5 so maybe oddsmakers know something -- Cam Johnson (11.9 ppg) is out of the Suns, we know that, and both Gary Trent (16.4 ppg) and Scottie Barnes (14.7 ppg) are in question for Toronto. Trent missed the last game. The Suns have the NBA's No. 2 defensive rating. The Raptors have been much better defensively in a six-game winning streak. The SportsLine Projection Model has only 212 points being scored.