AI SPORTSANALYTICSToronto has won three straight over Chicago, but both sides arrive off defeats as the 4-4 series ledger awaits its next entry.
Early-season NBA basketball lands at Scotiabank Arena with both teams looking to steady themselves. Toronto Raptors: L-W-L in the last 3 games. Chicago Bulls: L-L-W in the last 3 games. Toronto sandwiched a win over Cleveland between two losses to the Cavaliers; Chicago was blown out in Dallas and by Orlando before a road win in Washington.
The ledger is dead even, but momentum tilts toward Toronto: the Raptors have won three straight in this series, headlined by a 139-109 rout in Chicago on March 19. The Bulls' last win in the matchup was also its tightest — 122-121 in Toronto back in December 2024.
BasketballOklahoma City led by as many as 26 and held the floor for 44:12; San Antonio's 36-point third quarter changed nothing but the tone.
BasketballThe night's biggest grading gap: our Pred1x Grade gives Jared McCain 5.9 where the reference sees 8.2.
BasketballOklahoma City never gave the Spurs room to breathe, while Maxey, the Warriors and Celtics supplied the night's other headlines.