{"id":27636,"date":"2013-02-05T11:35:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27636"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:35:20","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-memphis-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-phoenix-suns-vs-memphis-grizzlies-27636\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Phoenix Suns vs. Memphis Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies
\nTuesday, 2\/5\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 182.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies are 15-8 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix has dropped four of its last five games, including a 113-93 setback to the Golden State Warriors as 10.5-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going OVER the total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you see a team like that still battling, it\u2019s a reflection of the job the coach is doing,\u201d stated Warriors head coach Mark Jackson about Lindsey Hunter.\u00a0 The Suns are 3-4 under Hunter\u2019s direction since taking over for Alvin Gentry on the sidelines.\u00a0 Phoenix is 4-4 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points this season, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball picks Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Suns are 4-20 overall on the road this season, including a 1-10 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Phoenix will be playing its fourth and final meeting in this particular series, as it has dropped two of the previous three, including a 92-81 defeat as 4.5-point home underdogs on Jan. 6.\u00a0 The franchise had lost six of its last seven trips to Memphis, while the home team is 4-1-1 ATS in the last six meetings in this series overall.<\/p>\n

Memphis has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off an 85-76 victory over the Washington Wizards as 6.5-point home favorites on Feb. 1, while going UNDER the posted total of 180.\u00a0 The Grizzlies have had a few days off to make Austin Day, Ed Davis and Tayshaun Prince more comfortable on the floor, as they were acquired by the team after trading away Rudy Gay last week.\u00a0 Memphis is 15-8 ATS at home this season, with the UNDER going 17-8 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 18-7 overall at FedExForum, which includes a 9-4 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis has gone 44-19 in regular season play dating back to March 31, 2012, while it has proven victorious in 29 of its last 36 games at this particular venue.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has held 40 of its 46 opponents under 100 points this season, which is the highest such mark in the league.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 6-2 in the last eight 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":"

Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday, 2\/5\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 SPSO Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 182.5 Current Total:\u00a0 183 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Phoenix has dropped four of its last five games, including a 113-93 setback to the Golden State Warriors as 10.5-point road underdogs last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[4145,7362,3354,18,577,3213,3693],"class_list":["post-27636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-fedexforum","tag-lindsey-hunter","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-tayshaun-prince","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27636","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=27636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27637,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27636\/revisions\/27637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}