{"id":11487,"date":"2010-12-13T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11487"},"modified":"2010-12-13T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:44:27","slug":"western-conference-betting-portland-trail-blazers-at-memphis-grizzlies-pro-basketball-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/western-conference-betting-portland-trail-blazers-at-memphis-grizzlies-pro-basketball-picks-11487\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Conference Betting: Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies Pro Basketball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nMonday, 12\/13\/10, 8:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Portland has captured eight straight wins in Memphis and that includes a 100-99 victory on November 16 without the services of star guard Brandon Roy.\u00a0 Backup Wesley Matthews scored a career-high 30 points in that game, but will likely be coming off the bench tonight as Roy has stated he expects to play in this matchup.\u00a0 \u201cI tweaked my knee a little early in the game and it was sore going from there,\u201d said Roy after the team\u2019s 95-78 loss at San Antonio.\u00a0 \u201cI didn\u2019t really have the same lift, but I should be good for Monday.\u201d\u00a0 It may be smart in resting the All-Star performer considering Matthews is averaging 20.3 points in his 11 starts and the Trail Blazers are 6-3 when he scores at least 18 this season.\u00a0 Portland is 28-13 ATS when playing on back-to-back days and the NBA lines page has them as a slight underdog.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have won 10 of the last 12 meetings overall against the Grizzlies and Roy led the team by averaging 24.5 points per game in the four games last season.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that Portland\u2019s 12 wins this season have come when holding opponents under 100 points and the team is winless when allowing 100 points or more.\u00a0 The defensive unit is allowing 97.4 points per game on the road compared to 91.7 points at home.\u00a0 Portland knew its current four-game road trip would be a major test, splitting the first two games and will be playing the second game of a back-to-back tonight before finishing with a visit to face red-hot Dallas.<\/p>\n

Memphis closed out its recent four game road trip with consecutive victories over the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers, after suffering opening defeats to Denver and Utah.\u00a0 \u201cOur effort is becoming more consistent.\u00a0 Our defense is getting more consistent,\u201d coach Lionel Hollins stated.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to stay focused offensively throughout the course of the game and good things will happen.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies are 10-14 overall on the year and have posted a 4-3 mark against Western Conference opponents at home.\u00a0 The team has recorded a 11-19 record against tonight\u2019s opponent in Memphis.\u00a0 Over the last three years, Memphis is 42-47 ATS at the FedEx Forum.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are looking to recapture the magic they enjoyed during a 9-4 December last year by entering tonight\u2019s game on a two-game win streak.\u00a0 Memphis set the monthly franchise rebounding record in December 2009 while defeating eight opponents with winning records.\u00a0 The team\u2019s recent strong play can be attributed directly to its defensive effort, holding opponents to 91.7 points on 43.2 percent shooting, after allowing 103.6 points in the first 21 games of the season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Blazers are 2-5-1 ATS on the road, while the Grizzlies are 1-5 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready for you to join them on a huge night of action.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss out and get a season package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Memphis Grizzlies Monday, 12\/13\/10, 8:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 192 Current Total:\u00a0 188.5 Portland has captured eight straight wins in Memphis and that includes a 100-99 victory on November 16 without the services of star guard Brandon Roy.\u00a0 Backup Wesley Matthews […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1366,4121,3354,830,3693],"class_list":["post-11487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-brandon-roy","tag-fedex-forum","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11487","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=11487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11488,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11487\/revisions\/11488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}