{"id":26706,"date":"2012-12-17T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26706"},"modified":"2012-12-16T23:08:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T04:08:22","slug":"nba-betting-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-chicago-bulls-vs-memphis-grizzlies-26706\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Chicago Bulls vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Bulls at Memphis Grizzlies
\nMonday, 12\/17\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 178
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 179
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The home team is 17-6 ATS in the last 23 meetings in this series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chicago has won back-to-back games, including an 83-82 victory over the Brooklyn Nets as 4.5-point home favorites on Saturday, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe played great defense the last three or four minutes,\u201d commented Bulls guard Marco Belinelli.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s why we won the game.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 6-3 on the road this season, but has dropped three of four games versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Chicago is 2-4 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points over the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Bulls and Grizzlies have split their last 10 head-to-head contests, but it\u2019s been very one-sided at the FedExForum recently.\u00a0 Chicago has compiled a dismal 2-8 record in its last 10 trips to Memphis, which includes a 102-86 setback as two-point road favorites on Jan. 16 of last season.\u00a0 Bench scoring isn\u2019t one of the team\u2019s strengths, with the reserves averaging just 25.7 points per game.<\/p>\n

Memphis returns home after losing two of three games on its recent road trip, but did come away with a 99-86 victory over the Utah Jazz as two-point underdogs on Saturday, while going UNDER the total for a fourth straight game.\u00a0 \u201cWe had to get back to what we do, and that\u2019s defensive pressure,\u201d commented Grizzlies guard Mike Conley.\u00a0 \u00a0 The franchise has won 13 of its last 14 games versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis is 24-8 ATS off an upset win as an underdog over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 18-13 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have won 20 of their last 22 home games, while posting a 29-9 mark in their last 38 regular-season games dating back to March 31, 2012.\u00a0 Memphis leads the NBA in allowing just 90.9 points per game, while forcing at least 10 turnovers in 125 consecutive games.\u00a0 Small forward Rudy Gay leads the team in averaging 19.0 points, while Zach Randolph is pitching in with 17.6 points and a career-high 12.6 rebounds per contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to the home team covering 17 of the last 23 meetings, while the Bulls are 3-8 ATS on the road 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":"

Chicago Bulls at Memphis Grizzlies Monday, 12\/17\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 178 Current Total:\u00a0 179 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Chicago has won back-to-back games, including an 83-82 victory over the Brooklyn Nets as 4.5-point home favorites on Saturday, while going UNDER the […]<\/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":[174,3622,4145,3354,18,2068,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-26706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-eastern-conference","tag-fedexforum","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706","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=26706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26708,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26706\/revisions\/26708"}],"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=26706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}