{"id":26166,"date":"2012-11-16T10:25:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26166"},"modified":"2012-11-16T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:30:15","slug":"nba-predictions-new-york-knicks-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-new-york-knicks-vs-memphis-grizzlies-26166\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: New York Knicks vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Memphis Grizzlies
\nFriday, 11\/16\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -5.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New York Knicks may fall flat after picking up a come-from-behind victory over the San Antonio Spurs last night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has won and covered the spread in all six of its games during the 2012-13 NBA regular season, including a 104-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs as 5.5-point road underdogs last night.\u00a0 \u201cIt shows me this team is for real,\u201d commented Knicks coach Mike Woodson.\u00a0 The Knicks pulled off a come-from-behind win over the Spurs by finishing the game on a 27-11 run.\u00a0 New York is 16-5 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 13-8 in that situation, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball picks against the spread on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Knicks suffered a 94-83 setback in their only game against the Grizzlies last year as 4.5-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.5 for the first time in the last five meetings.\u00a0 New York has been red hot from the perimeter in the early going this season, as it leads the NBA in averaging 11.8 three-pointers per game.\u00a0 The franchise knocked down 11 of 25 tries from beyond the arc against the Spurs.<\/p>\n

Memphis has rattled off six wins in a row since suffering a season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, which includes a 107-97 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder as 5.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cThe Thunder are one of the best teams in the West,\u201d commented Grizzlies power forward Zach Randolph.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get where they\u2019re at.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging 16.7 points and a league-high 14.0 rebounds, while shooting guard Rudy Gay leads the team in scoring 20.7 points per game.\u00a0 Memphis is 23-8 ATS off an upset win as an underdog since 2010, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds for this non-conference affair.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies own the highest point differential in the Western Conference, trailing only tonight\u2019s opponent in that category amongst NBA teams.\u00a0 Memphis enters with a franchise-record regular season home winning streak of 14 games, which fits nicely with its 51-34 ATS record at the FedExForum since 2010.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies as one of their NBA picks against the spread, as the favorite has gone 4-1-1 ATS in the last six meetings in this series.<\/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":"

New York Knicks at Memphis Grizzlies Friday, 11\/16\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -5.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191 Current Total:\u00a0 193 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has won and covered the spread in all six of its games during the 2012-13 NBA regular season, including a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4145,3354,7151,18,115,2068,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-26166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-fedexforum","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-mike-woodson","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-rudy-gay","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26166","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=26166"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26170,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26166\/revisions\/26170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}