{"id":22989,"date":"2012-05-07T09:04:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22989"},"modified":"2012-05-07T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T14:04:25","slug":"nba-playoff-predictions-2012-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-clippers-game-4-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-predictions-2012-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-clippers-game-4-odds-22989\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Predictions 2012: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Clippers, Game 4 Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Clippers
\nMonday, 5\/7\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 182.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 182
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies PG Mike Conley is holding his own against Chris Paul in this first-round playoff series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis suffered an 87-86 loss in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers in its best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series, as forward Rudy Gay\u2019s last-second chance fell just short.\u00a0 The Grizzlies will need to get physical in order to tie the series at two games apiece before heading back to Memphis for Game 5.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re supposed to have a physical team, but they did to us what we\u2019re supposed to do to them,\u201d stated Gay after the contest.\u00a0 Despite being down 2-1, the squad actually leads the scoreboard 289-284 in overall scoring.\u00a0 Memphis is 13-12 ATS as an underdog this year, with the \u201cunder\u201d being 18-7 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have to be shocked that they didn\u2019t pull out Saturday\u2019s contest, considering they made 30 of 39 free throws, while their opponent went 13 of 30 from the charity stripe.\u00a0 Memphis point guard Mike Conley is enjoying a solid postseason, ranking fourth in the NBA in averaging 7.3 assists, while sitting tied-for-sixth in shooting 54.5 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the Grizzlies have lost four straight games to the Clippers inside the Staples Center.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles was led by its star duo of Blake Griffin and Chris Paul to escape with its latest victory, combining for 41 points to win the franchise\u2019s first home playoff game in six seasons.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to take care of home court, really,\u201d commented Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro.\u00a0 \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have that much pressure at home.\u201d\u00a0 The Clippers received a lift with the return of Caron Butler to the floor, who played with a broken bone in his left hand that he suffered in Game 1, but he ultimately left in the third quarter.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-3 ATS as a home favorite of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Clippers managed to win a Game 3 for the first time since 1992, as the bench outscored the Grizzlies\u2019 reserves by a 26-21 margin.\u00a0 It\u2019s the second time in this series that the club has held that advantage.\u00a0 Griffin will need to up his production on the boards if the team wishes to advance, averaging just 6.7 rebounds in his first three career playoff games, which is significantly down from his 10.9 regular-season average.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 6-1-2 ATS mark in Western Conference quarterfinal games, while the Clippers are 1-4 ATS as a home favorite of 4.5 or fewer points.<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Clippers Monday, 5\/7\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 182.5 Current Total:\u00a0 182 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis suffered an 87-86 loss in Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers in its best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,1371,3354,83,2068,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-22989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-rudy-gay","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22989","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=22989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22990,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22989\/revisions\/22990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}