Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors 10/23/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Dallas Mavericks look to bounce back from an opening night loss when visiting the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Dallas opened its regular season with a 113-87 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday. The leading scorer for Dallas in the loss was Luka Doncic with 18 points, while Jalen Brunson scored 17 points. However Dallas shot only 33.3% hitting only 31 of 93 shots.

After one game in the regular season, Luka Doncic is the leading scorer, leading rebounder and leader in assists with 17 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Jalen Brunson is the second-leading scorer with 17 points, while Tim Hardaway Jr has scored 14 points. Dallas is shooting 33.3% overall and 30.2% from three-point territory.

Toronto is 0-1 after opening its regular season with a 98-83 loss to the Washington Wizards. Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes were the leading scorers for Toronto in the loss with 12 points apiece. The only other scorer in double figures for Toronto was  OG Anunoby with 11 points. Toronto was led in rebounding by Anunoby with 10.

After one game of the regular season, the leading scorers for Toronto are Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes with 12 points a piece. The leading rebounder is OG Anunoby with 10, while the leader in assists are Goran Dragic and VanVleet with four each. Toronto is shooting 30.9% overall and a dreadful 20.6% from three-point territory.