{"id":27411,"date":"2013-01-21T10:21:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27411"},"modified":"2013-01-21T10:21:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:21:05","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-indiana-pacers-vs-memphis-grizzlies-27411\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Indiana Pacers vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nMonday, 1\/21\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 174
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 172.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Memphis
Memphis Grizzlies PF Zach Randolph has averaged 24.5 points and 12.2 rebounds in his last 13 games against the Indiana Pacers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indiana has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, coming off a 105-95 victory over the Houston Rockets as 4.5-point home favorites Friday, while going OVER the posted total of 195.\u00a0 The Pacers have won 15 of their last 20 games since getting off to a slower start to open the 2012-13 NBA season, as they aim to sweep the Grizzlies for the first time since 2006-07.\u00a0 The franchise earned an 88-83 victory as 1.5-point home underdogs in the first meeting on Dec. 31.\u00a0 Indiana is 13-10 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro basketball picks Monday.<\/p>\n

The Pacers are 9-13 overall when playing away from Bankers Life Fieldhouse, including a 3-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Indiana holds a 22-11 edge all-time in this series, but it\u2019s important to note that it has dropped four straight at FedExForum.\u00a0 Having played 22 of their first 41 games on the road, the Pacers have played the second most road games among Eastern Conference teams\u2014behind only the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Memphis has won back-to-back games since suffering through a three-game losing streak, as it comes off an 85-82 overtime victory over the Chicago Bulls as two-point road favorites Saturday.\u00a0 The Grizzlies have won 10 of their last 11 home games when limiting foes to 90 or fewer points, which is certainly possible in this spot, considering they lead the league in allowing just 89.3 points per game.\u00a0 Memphis is 16-8 ATS versus Central division teams since 2010, with the UNDER going 17-7 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 15-5 overall at home this season, including a 7-2 mark versus non-conference foes.\u00a0 Power forward Zach Randolph is the key player to watch offensively, averaging 24.5 points and 12.2 rebounds in his last 13 games in this series.\u00a0 Memphis has gone 40-16 in regular season games dating back to March 31 of last season, while capturing 26 of its last 31 affairs in front of its home fans.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 8-1 ATS mark in the last nine 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":"

Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies Monday, 1\/21\/13, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 174 Current Total:\u00a0 172.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Indiana has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, coming off a 105-95 victory over the Houston Rockets as 4.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,4145,565,3354,18,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-27411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-fedexforum","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-western-conference","tag-zach-randolph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27411","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=27411"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27413,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27411\/revisions\/27413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}