{"id":27217,"date":"2013-01-11T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27217"},"modified":"2013-01-11T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-11T19:55:46","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-memphis-grizzlies-27217\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: San Antonio Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies
\nFriday, 1\/11\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies are 5-2 ATS in their last seven home games against the San Antonio Spurs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 108-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers as 13.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total in four consecutive contests.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the NBA season, you\u2019re going to have ups and downs,\u201d stated Spurs point guard Tony Parker.\u00a0 The Spurs are 13-8 overall on the road this season, including an even 6-6 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 San Antonio is 3-10 ATS on the road where the total is between 185 and 189.5 over the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your pro basketball picks Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Spurs outlasted the Grizzlies in their first meeting, capturing a 99-95 win as six-point home favorites on Dec. 1, while still managing to go UNDER the posted total of 196.5.\u00a0 San Antonio has the fourth-best road winning percentage (.619) in the league, while they rank third in averaging 104.9 points per game.\u00a0 The team has used 12 different starters, which makes it one of the deepest teams around the league.<\/p>\n

Memphis returns home after sweeping a three-game road trip, including a 94-87 win over the Golden State Warriors as one-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve been going through some ups and downs,\u201d stated Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay.\u00a0 \u201cWe had to come out here for ourselves to get three out of three.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging a team-high 17.8 points per game, while power forward Zach Randolph has tallied an NBA-high 23 double-doubles.\u00a0 Memphis is 4-0 ATS off an upset win as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have won 13 of their 17 games at FedExForum this year, including a 6-2 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Memphis is off to its best start in franchise history despite playing the sixth most difficult schedule in the NBA to this point, which has been made possible by allowing a league-low 89.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 5-2 ATS mark at home in this series, while the Spurs are 2-8 ATS against conference opponents.<\/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":"

San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies Friday, 1\/11\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSSW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 188 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 108-105 victory over the Los […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4145,3354,18,2068,141,1029,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-27217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-fedexforum","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-rudy-gay","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27217","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=27217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27218,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27217\/revisions\/27218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}