Updated October 21st, 2019 at 15:34 IST
Dream11: New Orleans vs Toronto Raptors team news and prediction
New Orleans Pelicans will go head to head against the NBA champions, Toronto Raptors in the opening match of this season. Here is the Dream11 prediction.
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New Orleans Pelicans will go head to head against the NBA champions, Toronto Raptors in the opening match of this season. Raptors have registered two wins and two defeats in the four pre-season games they played. On the other hand, Pelicans won all five pre-season matches.
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Dream11: Team News
Pelicans would be hoping that draft pick Zion Williamson will help guide his team to better results than last season. They finished the last season with a record of 33-49 while Raptors finished it with a record of 58-24. Coach Alvin Gentry, who enters his 5th season as the Pelicans coach will be looking to start with a win. Jrue Holiday averaged 21.2 points per game and almost eight assists per game last season for the Pelicans.
From Jrue Holiday's on-off net rating, to Frank Jackson's three-point percentage, to JJ Redick's shooting efficiency, #Pelicans backcourt stats to watch in 2019-20: https://t.co/veYeLmULAY Coming Sunday: frontcourt stats to monitor pic.twitter.com/5IKwBHJGqG
— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) October 19, 2019
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The Toronto Raptors went on to win the championship last season. The Raptors will be playing with a different line up then their championship lineup in the previous season. The Raptors will be looking for others to step up following the departure of Kawhi Leonard. Siakam averaged almost 17 points per game and Lowry averaged 8.7 assists per game last season. Nick Nurse enters his second season as the coach of the Raptors.
From Brandon Ingram's progression in shooting efficiency to Derrick Favors' rim protection to Jahlil Okafor's rebounding, 2019-20 #Pelicans frontcourt stats to watch: https://t.co/cluhlMmKdA From Saturday, backcourt stats: https://t.co/veYeLmULAY pic.twitter.com/njxOo5fVhC
— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) October 20, 2019
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Dream11: TOR VS NOP Predicted line ups
Raptors predicted lineup: Kyle Lowry, Norman Powell, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol
Pelicans predicted lineup: Williamson, Lonzo Ball, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram, and Derrick Favors. JJ Redick will also be in the mix.
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Dream11: TOR VS NOP
Center: Marc Gasol
Power Forward: Pascal Siakam, C Boucher
Small forward: Brandon Ingram, OG Anunoby
Shooting guard: J Redick
Point guard: J Holiday, K Lowry
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Published October 21st, 2019 at 13:41 IST
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