{"id":26329,"date":"2012-11-23T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26329"},"modified":"2012-11-23T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T16:50:38","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-vs-memphis-grizzlies-nba-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/los-angeles-lakers-vs-memphis-grizzlies-nba-picks-against-the-spread-26329\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies: NBA Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nFriday, 11\/23\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 199.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies are 6-0 this season when scoring 100 or more points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles had its three-game win streak snapped a 113-97 setback to the Sacramento Kings as 5.5-point road favorites on Wednesday night, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt seemed like we were a little lethargic for whatever reason,\u201d commented Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.\u00a0 The Lakers have lost all three of their road games this year, with each game coming against a Western Conference opponent.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-5 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, something to handicap when making your NBA picks against the spread on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have gone 7-3 in their last 10 road games at the FedExForum, which includes a 116-111 overtime victory as 1.5-point road underdogs on March 13 of last season.\u00a0 Bryant has averaged 24.8 points in his career in this series, as he comes off a 38-point performance against the Kings.<\/p>\n

Memphis is proving to be one of the better teams in the NBA, but will need to bounce back from a 97-92 loss to the Denver Nuggets as seven-point home favorites last time out, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Grizzlies also had their 15-game regular-season home win streak snapped in that affair.\u00a0 Small forward Rudy Gay is getting it done on the offensive end, averaging 20.0 points per game, as he ranks in the top 20 in the league in that category for the third time in four years.\u00a0 Memphis is 13-9 ATS at home as a favorite of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010, something to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies started the season 8-1 through nine games and held the NBA\u2019s best record for the first time in franchise history.\u00a0 Memphis is in the midst of a season-long five-game home stand.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks eighth in the league in shooting 36.2 percent from three-point range, which is surprising after sitting in the bottom third in that category in the previous five seasons.\u00a0 The squad is 6-0 this season when hitting the century mark in scoring.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Lakers due to their 6-1 ATS mark after a straight-up loss of more than 10 points, while the home team is 1-4 ATS in the last five 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":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies Friday, 11\/23\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 201 Current Total:\u00a0 199.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles had its three-game win streak snapped a 113-97 setback to the Sacramento Kings as 5.5-point road favorites on Wednesday night, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4145,67,68,3354,18,2068,3693],"class_list":["post-26329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-fedexforum","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26329","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=26329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26330,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26329\/revisions\/26330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}