{"id":27009,"date":"2012-12-31T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27009"},"modified":"2012-12-31T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:36:00","slug":"nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-indiana-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-indiana-pacers-27009\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Indiana Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Indiana Pacers
\nMonday, 12\/31\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSIN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 179
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 177.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rudy Gay has averaged 27.3 points in his last three games against the Indiana Pacers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up an 81-72 win over the Denver Nuggets as 6.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt was just important to get a win,\u201d stated Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins.\u00a0 \u201cWe needed to get back to playing our game.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies are second in the NBA in allowing just 90.1 points per game.\u00a0 On the offensive end, the team hasn\u2019t broken the century mark in its last 11 games, but has managed to produce a 6-5 record in that span.\u00a0 Memphis is 4-1 ATS versus Central division foes this year, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies will likely be led by forward Rudy Gay on the offensive end, considering he\u2019s averaged 27.3 points over his last three games versus the Pacers.\u00a0 He currently leads the team in scoring 18.2 points per game, which ranks 17th in the NBA in that category.\u00a0 Memphis is 6-5 on the road this year, but has a perfect 2-0 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.<\/p>\n

Indiana had its four-game win streak come to an end in a 109-100 setback to the Atlanta Hawks as 2.5-point road underdogs, while going OVER the total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The Pacers are averaging just 92.0 points per game, but are limiting opponents to 90.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to get some great wins against some good teams,\u201d commented Pacers guard George Hill.\u00a0 He ranks 12th in the league with an assists-to-turnover ratio of 2.78 to 1.\u00a0 Indiana is 4-7 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less, while the OVER is 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Pacers have compiled a solid 9-3 record at Bankers Life Fieldhouse this season, but have dropped the last two meetings at the venue in this series.\u00a0 Indiana has failed to cover the spread in its last eight meetings with Memphis, which is important to note when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Since winning the first 12 games in the series with the Grizzlies, the team has gone 9-11 since.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies in this affair, as they\u2019ve covered their last four trips to Indiana.<\/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 Indiana Pacers Monday, 12\/31\/12, 3:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSIN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 179 Current Total:\u00a0 177.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis snapped a two-game losing streak in picking up an 81-72 win over the Denver Nuggets as 6.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER […]<\/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":[6433,3928,565,3354,18,2068],"class_list":["post-27009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-bankers-life-fieldhouse","tag-george-hill","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27009","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=27009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27010,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27009\/revisions\/27010"}],"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=27009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}