Tonight is going to be a great night for all basketball fans! In college play, we have the 24th-ranked Florida Gators playing host to the Ole Miss Rebels for what’s bound to be a promising SEC matchup. Over at the NBA, a colossal East-West showdown awaits us when the Toronto Raptors have a go at the San Antonio Spurs for the first time this season. Read on below for more about both games.
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Both programs are pretty much equal in terms of firepower, averaging around 80 points each per game. But defense is where No. 24 Florida has the upper hand. The Gators are allowing just 66.5 points on the season, including only 46 points in a win over Charlotte last month.
Plus, this team has a red-hot KeVaugh Allen ready to torch an Ole Miss defense that’s allowing nearly 80 points a game this year, and one that is coming off a 99-76 setback to Kentucky last week. Allen is averaging 20.0 points in his last two games and is 10-of-16 from three-point territory during that stretch.
The Rebels are 3-2 SU and ATS in its last five games, while the Gators have won their last three (3-0 SU).
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan put on an offensive show in Monday night’s win over the Lakers, which snapped Toronto’s two-game skid. The superstar duo combined for 72 points, including a season-high 41 points from the former. But that’s unlikely to happen again tonight versus a Spurs defense that’s allowing just 98.3 point a game this season, the third-lowest in the league.
San Antonio has also won its last seven home games (6-1 SU), and is 3-2 SU and 2-3 ATS in the last five meetings with Toronto. The Raptors, though, won last season’s trip to San Antonio, 97-94. It should be another close game between these two clubs.
