{"id":27440,"date":"2013-01-23T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27440"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:56:05","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-memphis-grizzlies-27440\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies
\nWednesday, 1\/23\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 188
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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\"Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have lost all 10 of their games as underdogs this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has dropped three games in a row, including a 95-83 setback to the Chicago Bulls as one-point road favorites Monday, while going UNDER the total in six of its last seven contests.\u00a0 The Lakers have lost their last six games away from the Staples Center, which has landed them in the 12th spot in the Western Conference.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to look at some things,\u201d stated Lakers guard Kobe Bryant this week.\u00a0 He\u2019s second in the NBA in averaging 29.2 points per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-8 ATS as an underdog this year, with the OVER going 7-2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are hard to back in this spot when looking over the pro basketball odds page, considering they\u2019ve lost all 10 games this year when receiving points.\u00a0 Los Angeles has also compiled a dreadful 1-10 record on the road against above-.500 teams, as it looks to gain revenge from a 106-89 loss against Memphis as 4.5-point road underdogs on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n

Memphis had its two-game win streak come to an end in dropping an 82-81 decision to the Indiana Pacers Monday, while going UNDER the total for a fifth-straight game.\u00a0 \u201cI think we just got too complacent,\u201d stated Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the Grizzlies have scored 85 or fewer points in their last six efforts on the court.\u00a0 The franchise still possesses a 26-14 record on the year, which is the best start in its history.\u00a0 Memphis is 14-11 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 26-6 in their last 32 games at FedExForum, while they\u2019ve won 40 of their last 57 regular season games overall.\u00a0 Memphis is led offensively by forward Rudy Gay, who is averaging a team-high 17.5 points per game, while power forward Zach Randolph paces the entire league with 26 double-doubles.\u00a0 In its last 10 home games in this series, the team has managed to drop seven of them, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 10-4 ATS mark versus teams that average 99-plus points per game.<\/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":"

Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday, 1\/23\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 188 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has dropped three games in a row, including a 95-83 setback to the Chicago Bulls as one-point road favorites Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4145,67,68,3354,18,2068,3693,1319],"class_list":["post-27440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-fedexforum","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","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\/27440","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=27440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27441,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27440\/revisions\/27441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}