Toronto holds up to 5η position (with a record of 17-12) of the eastern region, mainly due to its very good away presence (9-7). In his "home" (8-5) he has not avoided the gels, since he has lost to teams that he theoretically "has" and generally looks more comfortable away from Canada. The Raptors come from a home defeat against the Sacramento Kings (94-104), with coach Casey not having two valuable "tools" at his disposal, the center, Valenciunas and the forward - defensive eliminator, Carol. The Mavericks (15-12, 4The in the West, 8-7 away from home), have a lot of ups and downs in their performance, but the truth is that they are doing better than many expected. Although they will have an "issue" today in DeRozan's marking on "3", they have several solutions in the periphery (Deron Williams, Felton, Parsons), Nowitzki in relatively good condition and the "honest" Patsulia on the racket to fight the match until the end. The 1.71 at +5.5 of the guests, only goes unnoticed…