Utah and Toronto square off in non-conference showdown

Wed, Nov 17, 2021
NBA News (AP)

Toronto Raptors (7-8, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (9-5, fourth in the Western Conference)

Salt Lake City; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: OG Anunoby and the Toronto Raptors visit Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz in a non-conference matchup.

The Jazz have gone 5-2 in home games. Utah averages 110.9 points and has outscored opponents by 8.7 points per game.

The Raptors are 5-2 on the road. Toronto leads the league with 13.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Khem Birch averaging 3.3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell is shooting 32.0% from beyond the arc with 3.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Jazz, while averaging 24.6 points, 4.9 assists and 1.8 steals. Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 17.9 points over the past 10 games for Utah.

Anunoby is averaging 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Raptors. Fred VanVleet is averaging 3.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Toronto.

LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 5-5, averaging 109.1 points, 45.9 rebounds, 21.4 assists, 7.6 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 104.3 points per game.

Raptors: 5-5, averaging 107.0 points, 42.4 rebounds, 20.6 assists, 9.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.3 points.

INJURIES: Jazz: Rudy Gay: out (rest), Elijah Hughes: out (illness).

Raptors: Chris Boucher: day to day (back), Precious Achiuwa: day to day (shoulder), Yuta Watanabe: out (calf).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.