{"id":11101,"date":"2010-11-30T09:34:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T14:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11101"},"modified":"2010-11-30T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T18:53:44","slug":"free-nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-at-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-at-memphis-grizzlies-11101\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NBA Picks: Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nTuesday, 11\/30\/10, 8:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 204
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 204<\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles has dropped two consecutive games that includes a 95-92 home loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night.\u00a0 \u201cFocus, our energy and effort,\u201d said Lamar Odom.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to sustain it throughout the whole game.\u201d\u00a0 The Lakers were averaging 112.5 points in the first 14 games of the season, but have been limited to 95.3 per contest the past three games while shooting a combine 39.9 percent.\u00a0 A visit to Memphis may solve the team\u2019s offensive struggles, considering they scored a season-high 124 points in a home victory against them on November 2.\u00a0 Los Angeles leads the all-time series 43-14, but is just 21-13 versus the Grizzlies since the team moved to Memphis.\u00a0 The club is 9-8 ATS on the season and the NBA lines page has them listed as a road favorite.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have been led offensively by All-Star guard Kobe Bryant, who scored a season-high 41 points versus the Pacers.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to score points, but we\u2019ve got to shore up the defense,\u201d said Bryant.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to execute better.\u00a0 We missed too many assignments.\u201d\u00a0 He ranks third in the league with a 26.5 points per game scoring average.\u00a0 Los Angeles is rarely in the position of coming off back-to-back losses, but of the 18 two-game skids the team has suffered since acquiring Pau Gasol, only once have the Lakers dropped three straight.<\/p>\n

Memphis is coming off a dreadful 92-86 loss at Cleveland and will now try and stop a team that scored the most points against them this season.\u00a0 The Grizzlies matched their second-lowest scoring output of the season against the Cavaliers, with many experts attributing it to the team getting into Cleveland around 4 a.m.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into excuses,\u201d said Rudy Gay.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re basketball players.\u00a0 If we weren\u2019t professionals, there would probably be times we\u2019d be in a pickup game at 11 o\u2019clock at night.\u201d\u00a0 The team is an even 5-5 versus the Western Conference this year, including a 2-3 mark on the road.<\/p>\n

Memphis is 7-9 ATS this year and 2-0 ATS after an upset loss as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have packed a punch of late from their bench, as the unit is averaging 38.3 points over the last four games.\u00a0 Memphis moved guard O.J. Mayo to the second team and the team has responded with at least 32 points a game over that stretch from the reserves.\u00a0 Memphis has suffered 10 losses this season and they have come against teams with a combined record of 96-68.\u00a0 A key factor in trying to avoid another loss against the two-time defending champions is rebounding, with the club possessing a 4-1 record when grabbing more boards than its opponent on the season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Lakers are 7-16 ATS over the last 23 meetings, while the Grizzlies are 1-4-1 ATS in their last six games as a home underdog.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready to deliver a huge day of winning action on the hard court.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out and join them today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday, 11\/30\/10, 8:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 204 Current Total:\u00a0 204 Los Angeles has dropped two consecutive games that includes a 95-92 home loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night.\u00a0 \u201cFocus, our energy and effort,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[67,68,3354,3355,909,2068,3693],"class_list":["post-11101","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-o-j-mayo","tag-pau-gasol","tag-rudy-gay","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101","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=11101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11107,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101\/revisions\/11107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}