{"id":26648,"date":"2012-12-14T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26648"},"modified":"2012-12-14T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:07:55","slug":"nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-denver-nuggets-26648\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Denver Nuggets
\nFriday, 12\/14\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies have lost back-to-back games heading into Friday night’s game at the Pepsi Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has dropped back-to-back games, including an 82-80 setback to the Phoenix Suns as 6.5-point road favorites on Wednesday, while going UNDER the total for the second straight contest.\u00a0 The Grizzlies have lost three of their last five games due to averaging 17.8 turnovers over that stretch.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s our game, taking care of the basketball,\u201d stated Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph.\u00a0 \u201cThese last two games we haven\u2019t been doing that.\u201d\u00a0 Memphis is 6-0 ATS when facing a team that averages 99 or more points offensively, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have compiled a winning 5-3 record on the road this season, but have gone 3-3 versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis is 2-24 in its last 26 road games against Denver since the 1998-99 season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against he spread on Friday night.\u00a0 Randolph is certainly the player to watch on both sides of the court, averaging 17.6 points and 12.8 rebounds per game, which has resulted in an NBA-high 16 double-doubles.<\/p>\n

Denver has fallen into a very inconsistent pattern in starting the year with an 11-12 record, as it has alternated wins and losses over its last seven games.\u00a0 The Nuggets finished out a five-game road trip with a 108-105 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves two nights ago.\u00a0 \u201cWe lost. Any time we lose, it\u2019s a terrible game,\u201d commented forward Kenneth Faried.\u00a0 He is averaging 15.0 points and 11.8 rebounds at the Pepsi Center this year.\u00a0 Denver is 19-8 ATS after playing three consecutive road games since 2010, which is a strong betting trend to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have played only six home games this year, as they\u2019ve tallied a 5-1 record in that situation, including a 3-1 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Denver has won the season series six times in the last eight years against Memphis, while it has gone 28-4 all-time when playing in the Mile High City in the series.\u00a0 The franchise was the first since 1985-86 to play 17 of its first 23 games on the road.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to their 5-0 ATS mark at home after a road trip of seven or more days, while the Grizzlies are 6-13 ATS in the Mile High City.<\/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 Denver Nuggets Friday, 12\/14\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 194 Current Total:\u00a0 196 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has dropped back-to-back games, including an 82-80 setback to the Phoenix Suns as 6.5-point road favorites on Wednesday, while going UNDER the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[526,7144,3354,18,3637,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-26648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-kenneth-faried","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-pepsi-center","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26648","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=26648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26649,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26648\/revisions\/26649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}