These two are headed for the draft lottery, but kudos to each for not blatantly tanking as have others in the race to the NBA bottom. Brooklyn still minus top scorer Cam Thomas and others, though a couple of recent wins over the Wizards and a stunner over thee Mavs suggest they are still competing for Jordi Fernandez. Still, losses in seven of nine and ten of thirteen suggest the short hand Fernandez is dealing with these days. The Raps have shown they can handle lower-tier teams lately, and in a recent four-game win streak romped past the Nets at Barclays Center by 30 on March 26, holding Brooklyn to 35.65 shooting from the floor and dominating the boards by a 63-43 count. Play Raptors

Neither of these teams can get to the10 seed, so what's the motivation? Nets games are ridiculously slow paced rock fights, and whenever these two get together it tends to be ugly, even if the game does matter. They are under in 10 of their 12 meetings and both teams have reached 105 points in 2 of their last 7 meetings. The Raptors are under in 6 of their last 7 games, all going under by at last 4 points. The Nets are under in two of their last three at home. This total is in line with their recent totals in prior meetings that went under. Not uncommon for team totals under 90 in this series.