{"id":20558,"date":"2011-12-26T11:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T16:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20558"},"modified":"2011-12-26T11:19:47","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T16:19:47","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-memphis-grizzlies-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-memphis-grizzlies-vs-san-antonio-spurs-20558\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs
\nMonday, 12\/26\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX SW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs will have revenge on their minds against the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis knows its will face an angry team Monday night after bouncing them out of the 2011 NBA playoffs in six games.\u00a0 The Grizzlies have plenty to be excited about this year with the return of star forward Rudy Gay, who missed the final 28 regular-season games and the entire playoffs.\u00a0 \u201cLast year, we got to the second round, with one of our best players not being there,\u201d stated Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph.\u00a0 Gay finished the year averaging 19.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, while shooting 47.1 percent from the field.\u00a0 Memphis is 16-7 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies landed in the No. 8 spot in last year\u2019s Western Conference playoffs, while finishing 15 games behind the Spurs.\u00a0 Memphis will definitely lean on Randolph offensively, coming off a brilliant season in averaging 20.1 points and 12.2 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He joins center Marc Gasol in the patin, who averaged 15 points and 11.2 rebounds per game during the playoffs, forming one of the best paint combinations in the entire league.<\/p>\n

San Antonio posted its most regular-season wins since the 2005-06 season and watched its effort fall by the wayside in getting bounced from the playoffs.\u00a0 The Spurs are a veteran-laden team that may continue to have trouble against more youthful squads in the league.\u00a0 \u201cA lot of young teams are coming up, so we just have to make sure we can keep up and be competitive,\u201d stated Spurs point guard Tony Parker.\u00a0 He\u2019s already logged 11 years in the NBA and will be joined by Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili for another season.\u00a0 San Antonio is 7-9 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have to be concerned with Duncan\u2019s minutes this year, averaging career-lows of 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game during the 2010-11 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cI think Pop is going to manage Manu\u2019s and Timmy\u2019s minutes, so we\u2019re definitely going to need them to play very well and consistently,\u201d stated Parker in practice last week.\u00a0 San Antonio should still remain confident in this series due to winning 14 of the last 16 matchups inside the AT&T Center.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 19-6-1 ATS mark versus NBA Southwest teams, while the Spurs are 0-3-1 ATS in their last four home games.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs Monday, 12\/26\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX SW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 193.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis knows its will face an angry team Monday night after bouncing them out of the 2011 NBA playoffs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3354,18,2068,141,3350,1029,1319],"class_list":["post-20558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-tony-parker","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20558","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=20558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20559,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20558\/revisions\/20559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}