I'm not a big guy for predictions, but (and not to toot my own horn or anything) since I was dead on about my prediction about the second half of the Rockets game when I said the Suns would certainly get it down to 10-12 points pretty quickly, I'll make one for tonight.
I think the Suns will win tonight. The Suns have struggled against teams with below .500 winning percentages, but mostly their struggles have been on the road. Up until when Penny went out, the Suns were one of the best home teams in the league, with only 3 losses at America West. In my mind, the Raptors are a little bit scary, because Vince Carter has had a subpar season. That means that, while consistently they are a mediocre team, on any given night they have a guy who can go for 40+ points and turn them into the team they were a few years ago when they were a fadeaway jumpshot away from going to the Eastern Conference Finals. On most nights this, Vince has been only slightly above average at the guard position, but like the Houston Rockets, he can get into a flow, and bad knee or not, it's over once that happens. That being said, I stick by my prediction and say the Suns will win this game. I'm not going to say by how many points, but a win is a win, and in our current position, that's all that matters.
