{"id":10188,"date":"2010-11-02T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T14:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10188"},"modified":"2010-11-02T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T14:36:16","slug":"memphis-grizzlies-at-los-angeles-lakers-pro-basketball-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/memphis-grizzlies-at-los-angeles-lakers-pro-basketball-predictions-10188\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers Pro Basketball Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers
\nTuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV
\nOpening Point Spread: \u00a0Los Angeles -10
\nCurrent Betting Line: \u00a0Los Angeles -9.5
\nOpening Total: \u00a0201
\nCurrent Total: \u00a0201<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers are clearly motivated with a perfect 3-0 start to the 2010-11 NBA season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis tallied an impressive 109-89 home victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their last game without the services of Zach Randolph (hip) and playing a third game in four nights.\u00a0 \u201cI think it\u2019s effort,\u201d coach Lionel Hollins said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s getting back to what we do.\u00a0 We had 32 deflections and nine times we had three tops in a row.\u00a0 We had some consistency with our effort.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies hope Randolph returns to action tonight in the first game of a four-game, five-nigh Western road trip, but his status is unknown at this time.\u00a0 Hollins has gained the respect of his players ever since dealing with a disgruntled Allen Iverson last year, as team chemistry and the Grizzlies\u2019 record improving considerably in finishing 40-42 during the 2009-10 campaign.\u00a0 Memphis is currently a big road underdog on the NBA lines page.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have been led offensively by forward Rudy Gay, who is averaging a team-high 22.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game through the first three regular season games.\u00a0 He chose to re-sign with Memphis as one of the members of the 2010 free agent class and helped Team USA win its first gold medal at the FIBA World Championships since 1994.\u00a0 The squad has a 2-1 overall record and perfect 2-0 mark against the Western Conference, with wins over the Mavericks and Timberwolves.\u00a0 Memphis dropped two of three meetings with Los Angeles during the 2009-10 campaign, with the last two games decided by two points or less.\u00a0 They will be seeking their first 2-0 road start since the 2000-01 season, the franchise\u2019s final season in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles will try to improve to 4-0 on the season and pick up its fourth straight home win over the Grizzlies tonight.\u00a0 Lakers star guard Kobe Bryant declared his surgically repaired knee 100 percent healthy after a 107-83 blowout victory of the Golden State Warriors.\u00a0 \u201cLeave me alone about my knee,\u201d said Bryant after Sunday\u2019s game.\u00a0 Head coach Phil Jackson had an entirely different way of looking at things by saying, \u201cHe\u2019s not 100 percent, but that\u2019s nice of him to say it.\u201d\u00a0 Either way, he managed to score 20 points and grab seven rebounds, averaging 24.0 points on the season.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-1 ATS this year and 9-16 ATS after allowing 85 points or less.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are glad to have Jackson back on the sidelines this season, as he goes for his fourth three-peat as an NBA coach.\u00a0 Jeannie Buss, the Lakers\u2019 vice president of basketball operations told reporters that her boyfriend, Jackson, probably won\u2019t coach after this season.\u00a0 Los Angeles leads the all-time series 42-14 against the Grizzlies, but have posted a 20-13 mark since the team moved to Memphis.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s game is also the squad\u2019s first of a back-to-back set, as the Lakers will play just 15 of them this season as opposed to the 20 they endured a year ago.\u00a0 They were 12-8 on the front end of this situation during the 2009-10 season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will make note that the Grizzlies are 1-4 ATS in their last five games on two days rest, while the Lakers are 7-15 ATS following an ATS win.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t even think about playing tonight\u2019s action without checking what the NBA handicappers are playing at Maddux Sports!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, 11\/2\/2010, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV Opening Point Spread: \u00a0Los Angeles -10 Current Betting Line: \u00a0Los Angeles -9.5 Opening Total: \u00a0201 Current Total: \u00a0201 Memphis tallied an impressive 109-89 home victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their last game without the services of Zach Randolph (hip) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[67,68,3354,939,2068,1319],"class_list":["post-10188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-phil-jackson","tag-rudy-gay","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10188"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10193,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10188\/revisions\/10193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}