{"id":22578,"date":"2012-04-02T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22578"},"modified":"2012-04-02T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T16:22:53","slug":"grizzlies-vs-thunder-memphis-aims-to-snap-four-game-losing-streak-to-oklahoma-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/grizzlies-vs-thunder-memphis-aims-to-snap-four-game-losing-streak-to-oklahoma-city-22578\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies vs. Thunder: Memphis Aims to Snap Four-Game Losing Streak to Oklahoma City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nMonday, 4\/2\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSOK
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 198
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies have lost all three meetings with the Oklahoma City Thunder this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis closes out a three-game road trip and will look to snap a four-game losing streak to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night.\u00a0 The Grizzlies are coming off a 99-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks as 2.5-point road underdogs on Saturday night.\u00a0 \u201cThat was a great team win and we needed it after a disappointing loss last night,\u201d commented Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins.\u00a0 The team is 11-15 on the road this year, including a woeful 6-13 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis is 10-10 ATS as an underdog and the \u201cunder\u201d is 14-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are in the midst of playing seven games during a nine-day stretch, as they finished March with an 8-7 record.\u00a0 Memphis\u2019 current 28-22 record is nearly identical to the pace from last season, when the franchise finished 46-36 in the regular season before making a playoff run.\u00a0 Tonight\u2019s game starts a back-to-back situation for the squad, as it has posted a 7-6 record on the front end and 10-3 on the back end.\u00a0 Power forward Zach Randolph is the player to watch in this contest, averaging 25.3 points over his last four regular-season games in this series.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City is likely playing the best basketball of any NBA team, coming off a dominating 92-78 win over the Chicago Bulls as six-point home favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 The Thunder have won their last six games in a row, while posting a 5-1 ATS mark over that span.\u00a0 \u201cWe just picked up the intensity,\u201d commented Thunder star Kevin Durant about the team\u2019s recent run.\u00a0 The team has a great chance of extending the streak due to winning all three meetings with Memphis this year, but those victories have come by an average of just five points.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 8-8 ATS when playing on back-to-back days with the \u201cover\u201d being 9-7 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Thunder may get caught looking ahead to a marquee matchup against the Miami Heat on the road in South Beach on Wednesday night.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is still a formidable 23-4 when playing inside Chesapeake Energy Arena, including a 16-3 mark when hosting Western Conference opponents.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 62-47 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Thunder are 6-11 ATS versus Southwest division opponents.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder Monday, 4\/2\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSOK Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 198 Current Total:\u00a0 196.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis closes out a three-game road trip and will look to snap a four-game losing streak to the Oklahoma City […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6622,3354,399,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-22578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chesapeake-energy-arena","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22578","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=22578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22579,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22578\/revisions\/22579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}