{"id":27526,"date":"2013-01-28T09:46:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27526"},"modified":"2013-01-28T09:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:46:27","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-philadelphia-76ers-27526\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Philadelphia 76ers
\nMonday, 1\/28\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 177
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 178.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia 76ers are 8-19 SU in their last 27 games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has won four of its last six games, but comes off a 91-83 loss to the New Orleans Hornets as 7.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the total for the sixth time in eight contests.\u00a0 \u201cJust taking too many jump shots,\u201d commented Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins.\u00a0 \u201cWe got to attack the basket.\u201d\u00a0 The Grizzlies are hoping that forward Rudy Gay can assume the responsibility of getting to the rim, but he\u2019s averaged just 12.6 points over his last five contests.\u00a0 Memphis is 5-3 when playing on back-to-back days this season, with the UNDER going 5-2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 11-8 overall on the road this season, including a 4-1 mark when taking on Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis has held 39 of its 43 opponents under 100 points this season, which is the highest mark in the NBA in that particular category.\u00a0 Entering Sunday, the team was leading all teams in allowing just 89.2 points per game, which has been led by ranking second in the league in steals and forced turnovers.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up a 97-80 win over the New York Knicks as four-point home underdogs Saturday, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.\u00a0 The 76ers are a disappointing 8-19 since opening up the 2012-13 NBA season with a 10-6 mark, as they still wait for Andrew Bynum to make his debut on the floor.\u00a0 Point guard Jrue Holiday is the player to watch offensively, averaging a team-high 19.4 points, including a career-high 35 last time out.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 6-6 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The 76ers have lost four of their last six games against the Grizzlies, while they\u2019ve failed to hit the century mark in scoring in the past four.\u00a0 Philadelphia will be playing the second of eight straight at home, as it won\u2019t play on the road again until Feb. 23, which happens to be the final game before the All-Star break.\u00a0 Holiday joins Oklahoma City\u2019s Russell Westbrook as the only two players in the league to average 18-plus points and 8-plus assists this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 2-0 ATS mark as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, while the 76ers are 2-5 ATS off an upset win as an underdog this year.<\/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 Philadelphia 76ers Monday, 1\/28\/13, 7:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 177 Current Total:\u00a0 178.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has won four of its last six games, but comes off a 91-83 loss to the New Orleans Hornets as 7.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[943,3354,18,832,2068],"class_list":["post-27526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-rudy-gay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27526","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=27526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27527,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27526\/revisions\/27527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}