{"id":12718,"date":"2011-01-24T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12718"},"modified":"2011-01-24T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T17:23:38","slug":"pro-basketball-handicapping-memphis-grizzlies-at-toronto-raptors-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-handicapping-memphis-grizzlies-at-toronto-raptors-betting-predictions-12718\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Handicapping: Memphis Grizzlies at Toronto Raptors Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Toronto Raptors
\nMonday, 1\/24\/10, 7:00 PM EDT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 202.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 203<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies interior will be the difference in Monday's contest against Toronto at the Air Canada Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has been incredibly inconsistent during the 2010-11 campaign and has eight win streaks of at least two games this season, but also has seven losing streaks of that same length.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make the next step,\u201d said center Marc Gasol.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been really up and down.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies are 21-23 overall on the season and have posted a 3-5 mark against Eastern Conference opponents on the road.\u00a0 The team leads the overall series 17-13 and has won the last four games in the series heading into tonight\u2019s contest.\u00a0 Memphis is 15-9 ATS on the road this season and 0-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points.\u00a0 Don\u2019t even think about betting this game until you check out the NBA lines page for the latest movement.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 1-0 on their current four-game road trip with a 94-81 victory at Milwaukee on Saturday night.\u00a0 This current road swing is the longest remaining trip for Memphis for the remainder of the season.\u00a0 With a win over Toronto, the team would improve to one game below .500 for the first time since they were 4-5 following a loss to Dallas on November 10.\u00a0 The team\u2019s success starts in the paint, as it is currently pouring in a league-high 49.1 points inside.\u00a0 Forward Zach Randolph is a huge part of putting up those numbers and will be looking to extend his franchise-best streak of double-doubles to 11 tonight.<\/p>\n

Toronto begins a three-game homestand with a rare Monday night matchup against Memphis at Air Canada Centre.\u00a0 The game will be the second of just two Monday home dates for the Raptors this season.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to imagine that the team will pull off a home underdog victory tonight due to its current season-high seven game losing streak and coming off a 120-103 loss in Miami with only nine players available on Saturday.\u00a0 \u201cGuys fought back, but we got in a big hole just because of our roster,\u201d said coach Jay Triano.\u00a0 \u201cI give our guys credit because there\u2019s a lot of guys that are banged up and hurting.\u201d\u00a0 Toronto is 9-14 ATS after allowing 105 points or more this season.<\/p>\n

The Raptors may be struggling as a whole, but guard DeMar DeRozan continues to experience the best scoring month of his career.\u00a0 He currently ranks first among all sophomore players in the league by averaging 19.5 points this month, including his second 30-point game of his career last time out against the Heat.\u00a0 Toronto has last four in a row in this particular series and had a three-game home winning streak snapped last season with a 109-102 overtime defeat.\u00a0 In order to gain revenge, the Raptors must improve upon an interior defense that is allowing a league-worst 48.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 15-5-1 ATS mark in the last 21 meetings, while the Raptors are 1-5 ATS at home.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge night and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Toronto Raptors Monday, 1\/24\/10, 7:00 PM EDT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 202.5 Current Total:\u00a0 203 Memphis has been incredibly inconsistent during the 2010-11 campaign and has eight win streaks of at least two games this season, but also has seven losing streaks of that […]<\/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":[4385,1318,3354,693,1319],"class_list":["post-12718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-air-canada-centre","tag-marc-gasol","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12718","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=12718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12720,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12718\/revisions\/12720"}],"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=12718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}