{"id":10697,"date":"2010-11-16T14:27:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T19:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10697"},"modified":"2010-11-16T14:27:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T19:27:28","slug":"nba-expert-picks-portland-trail-blazers-at-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-expert-picks-portland-trail-blazers-at-memphis-grizzlies-10697\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Expert Picks: Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nTuesday, 11\/16\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 192.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Memphis -120 \/ Portland +100<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies have lost seven straight home games to the Portland Trail Blazers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has lost five of eight games since starting the season with a perfect 3-0 mark and will likely be without star guard Brandon Roy tonight in Memphis.\u00a0 \u201cHe told me his knee was sore and he needed to be pulled,\u201d head coach Nate McMillan stated.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019ll be evaluated and we\u2019ll wait to see what happens.\u201d\u00a0 The Blazers may not need the All-Star in tonight\u2019s venue, averaging 103.0 points and holding the Grizzlies to 96.1 per contest during a seven-game winning streak at Memphis.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that Roy has averaged 21.8 points in six of those games.\u00a0 The two teams did split last year\u2019s series, 2-2, with the road team winning each contest.\u00a0 Portland is 5-4 ATS this season and 2-0 ATS after suffering a loss by 10 points or more.\u00a0 The NBA lines page has them listed as a slight road underdog.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have played eight of their 12 games on the road, which is the most games away from home of any NBA team so far this season.\u00a0 Portland finished 24-17 on the road in 2009-10, tied for the third-best mark in team history.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important to note that the team is a perfect 6-0 thus far when holdings opponents to 95 points or less this season, allowing 85.5 points per game in wins and 111.0 points in losses.\u00a0 This is no surprise due to Portland allowing the fewest points per game of any Western Conference team last season (94.8).<\/p>\n

Memphis is likely to have a hard time ending its home futility against the Blazers if they continue their play from last night, a dismal 89-72 road loss to Orlando.\u00a0 The Grizzlies were so bothered by the loss that the team held a meeting after the game.\u00a0 \u201cWe needed to talk,\u201d said guard Mike Conley.\u00a0 \u201cThe issues we have as a team, being accountable individually, we\u2019ve got to stop it up and have all the guys in tune.\u201d\u00a0 Conley is an early season candidate for the NBA\u2019s Most Improved Player Award, posting career highs in points (14.4), rebounds (4.2) and assists (7.4).\u00a0 Memphis misfired on 15 of its 20 shots in the opening quarter on Monday, while also turning the ball over 10 times.\u00a0 The squad is 0-2 ATS as a home favorite of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are currently a losing club due to having nine of their first 11 opponents posting a winning record and seven of their losses have come against teams with a combined 50-21 record.\u00a0 Memphis has done some great things early on, leading the league in steals (11.8), forced turnovers (20.3) and points off turnovers (21.8).\u00a0 The team has also been a force in the paint, ranking third in the league with 47.3 points per game, after leading the NBA with 51.4 points during the 2009-10 campaign.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Blazers are 17-5 ATS after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game, while the Grizzlies are 7-15 ATS overall.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss a single night of winning and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash on a nightly basis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday, 11\/16\/10, 8:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBA TV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 194 Current Total:\u00a0 192.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Memphis -120 \/ Portland +100 Portland has lost five of eight games since starting the season with a perfect 3-0 mark and will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1366,3354,3592,3641,830],"class_list":["post-10697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brandon-roy","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-mike-conley","tag-nate-mcmillan","tag-portland-trail-blazers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10697","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=10697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10698,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10697\/revisions\/10698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}