{"id":27567,"date":"2013-01-31T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T16:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27567"},"modified":"2013-01-31T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T16:57:34","slug":"nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder-27567\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
\nThursday, 1\/31\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oklahoma City Thunder F Kevin Durant has averaged over 30 points per game in his last 15 contests against the Memphis Grizzlies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has won and covered the spread in three of its last four games, as it comes off a 103-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as one-point road favorites, while going OVER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Grizzlies will be playing this game without leading scorer Rudy Gay, who was traded away to the Toronto Raptors Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0 The squad is 12-8 overall on the road, including a 7-7 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis is 3-0 ATS as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have won and covered the number in their last two meetings against the Thunder, including a 107-97 victory as 5.5-point road underdogs on Nov. 14, while going OVER the posted total of 195.\u00a0 Memphis is 14-0 when scoring 100 or more points this season, while it leads the NBA in allowing just 89.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City returns to Chesapeake Energy Arena after splitting six games on the road, as it looks to bounce back from a disappointing 105-96 setback to the Los Angeles Lakers as three-point favorites Sunday.\u00a0 The Thunder have been led by forward Kevin Durant on the offensive end, averaging 35.5 points over his last six games.\u00a0 He has managed to average 30.2 points in his last 15 regular-season games versus the Grizzlies.\u00a0 Oklahoma City is 30-12 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite over the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are a dominating 19-3 at home this season, including a 13-1 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Oklahoma City has compiled a tremendous 44-10 record in its last 54 games following a straight-up loss, including a 9-1 mark in that situation during the current campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks first in the NBA in averaging 105.7 points per game, while shooting 47.7 percent from the field.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 15-7 ATS mark versus winning teams, while the Thunder are 3-10 ATS at home following a road trip of seven or more days.<\/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 Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday, 1\/31\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma City -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191.5 Current Total:\u00a0 190 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has won and covered the spread in three of its last four games, as it comes off a 103-100 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6622,1193,3354,18,399,2068,3693],"class_list":["post-27567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chesapeake-energy-arena","tag-kevin-durant","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-rudy-gay","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27567","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=27567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27568,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27567\/revisions\/27568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}