Toronto Raptors at Portland Trail Blazers 1/11/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Moda Center will play host to a Monday night NBA clash between the Toronto Raptors and the Portland Trail Blazers. This will be the second of a back-to-back on the road for Toronto, who faced Golden State last night. The Raptors are off to an uncharacteristically slow start and are allowing more than 113 points per game.

Toronto G Fred VanVleet leads the team in scoring at 22.3 ppg to go along with 5.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds. Pascal Siakam averages 19.6 points and 7.9 rebounds for the Raptors.

The Portland Trail Blazers have won five of their first nine games and rank fourth in the league in scoring at close to 118 points on average. On Saturday, Portland raced out to a 14-point lead after one quarter and cruised to a 125-99 road triumph against Sacramento. The Trail Blazers (5-4) connected on 17-for-41 from the three-point line.

Portland G C.J. McCollum poured in a game-high 37 points on a 13-for-22 shooting performance. Damian Lillard chipped in 17 points and six assists for the Trail Blazers.