{"id":26123,"date":"2012-11-14T09:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26123"},"modified":"2012-11-14T09:05:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:05:03","slug":"nba-picks-against-the-spread-memphis-grizzlies-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-against-the-spread-memphis-grizzlies-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-26123\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks Against the Spread: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nWednesday, 11\/14\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies PF Zach Randolph is averaging 16.2 points and an NBA-high 14.5 rebounds per game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has won five games in a row since suffering a season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, as it comes off a 104-86 victory over the Miami Heat as 1.5-point home underdogs, while going UNDER the total for a third consecutive game.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a great team game,\u201d stated coach Lionel Hollins.\u00a0 \u201cWe played outstanding basketball.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies are surrendering just 89.8 points on 41.3 percent shooting during their current win streak.\u00a0 Memphis is 7-1 ATS off an upset win as a home underdog over the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are a dangerous team in the Western Conference due to the reemergence of power forward Zach Randolph, who is averaging 16.2 points and an NBA-high 14.5 rebounds following an injury-marred season of a year ago.\u00a0 Memphis owns the highest point differential in the West and the second-highest in the NBA behind the New York Knicks.\u00a0 Center Marc Gasol has made his presence felt in this high-profile series, averaging 18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds last season.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City enters with a five-game winning streak of its own, coming off a 92-90 win over the Detroit Pistons as 6.5-point road favorites, while going UNDER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe always play hard until the end,\u201d commented Thunder coach Scott Brooks about his team\u2019s effort.\u00a0 The Thunder have outscored their opponents by an average margin of 10.8 points per game during their streak, but could fall flat in playing their fifth game in seven nights in this affair.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 11-6 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points, which is important when looking at the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are allowing the eighth fewest points in the NBA this season, while holding their opponent to the third worst field goal percentage.\u00a0 Oklahoma is once against leading all teams by shooting 84.7 percent from the free throw line, which is up from its 80.6 percent mark of a year ago.\u00a0 Forward Kevin Durant is the player to watch on the offensive end, considering he\u2019s averaged 28.8 points over his last 21 meetings with the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to the road team covering the last four meetings in this series, while the Thunder are 3-8 ATS off a road win of three or fewer points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday, 11\/14\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 195 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has won five games in a row since suffering a season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, as it […]<\/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":[1193,3354,18,399,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-26123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kevin-durant","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26123","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=26123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26124,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26123\/revisions\/26124"}],"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=26123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}