NBA board for Sunday, November 1, 2026
Toronto Raptors at Los Angeles Lakers
Lakers win by 3+
Spread: the points they have to cover.
Ticket LAL -2.5
Toronto is without Kawhi Leonard and Nate Bittle, while the Lakers only list Adou Thiero as out. The Lakers are 4-2 at a short number at home.
Books on this card
- DraftKings LAL -2.5 · total 225.5 · TOR +124 / LAL -148
Consensus median LAL -2.5. 1 of 1 books match that number.
Total median 225.5. 1 of 1 books match that total.
A snapshot from the card's source. Not a link. Not an offer. It may already be stale. One book is the whole board when that is all the source printed.
Sources
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/scoreboard?dates=20261101Retrieved Sunday, November 1, 2026, 10:03 AM ET. Verified schedule, odds.
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/summary?event=401909906Retrieved Sunday, November 1, 2026, 10:04 AM ET. Verified schedule, injury.
Preview
The Raptors close out a Sunday night in Los Angeles with a 9 p.m. ET tip at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers are 4-2 and 2-1 at home, and Toronto is 3-2 and 1-1 on the road, per ESPN. Both teams lost last time out: the Lakers fell 112-95 at Golden State, and the Raptors lost 121-114 to Orlando, per ESPN's last-five log. It's the first of two meetings this season.
Key factors
Toronto is without its biggest name. ESPN's injury report lists Kawhi Leonard (knee) and Nate Bittle (foot) as out. The Lakers list Adou Thiero (knee) and Ziaire Williams (foot) as out; our morning card only mentioned Thiero, so that's one more Laker on the sheet since then. Luka Doncic leads the Lakers at 36.2 points and 7.6 assists a game, and Walker Kessler leads them with 9.0 rebounds, per ESPN. Scottie Barnes leads Toronto at 24.0 points and 6.8 rebounds, and Immanuel Quickley adds 6.0 assists. The Lakers have been the sharper shooting team at 51% from the field and 37% from three, against Toronto's 45% and 32%, per ESPN team stats. The Raptors' defense has been better, though: 106.2 points allowed a game to the Lakers' 113.3. DraftKings via ESPN had LAL -2.5 and a 224.5 total at last check, with the moneyline at LAL -155, and ESPN's predictor gives the Lakers 67.5%.
The pick
Our morning card leans Lakers -2.5, and the spread hasn't moved, though the total dipped a point from 225.5 and the Lakers' moneyline shortened from -148. The case: Doncic's scoring plus a big shooting edge at home against a Raptors team missing Leonard. The risk is that Toronto has defended well, and the Lakers are coming off a 17-point loss. A lean, not a lock.
Write-up sources
- ESPN: Raptors at Lakers, Nov. 1, 2026
- ESPN game summary: TOR at LAL (injuries, team stats, leaders, odds, predictor, last five)
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