{"id":28181,"date":"2013-03-16T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T21:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28181"},"modified":"2013-03-16T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T21:54:39","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-memphis-grizzlies-vs-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-memphis-grizzlies-vs-utah-jazz-28181\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz
\nSaturday, 3\/16\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 185
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 183.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Jazz have won nine of their last 10 home games versus the Memphis Grizzlies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis had its six-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered an 87-80 setback to the Denver Nuggets as 5.5-point road underdogs Friday night, while going UNDER the total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Grizzlies are now just percentage points ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers and one-half game ahead of the Nuggets for the third seed in the Western Conference.\u00a0 \u201cWe understand where the standings are at,\u201d commented Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley.\u00a0 Memphis is 39-15 ATS when playing on back-to-back days the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 19-12 overall on the road this season, including an even 9-9 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Memphis is 11-2 since the All-Star break with its only losses coming on the road to the two NBA teams with better post-All-Star records.\u00a0 The franchise has never finished a season with a winning record away from home, but currently possess the league\u2019s second-best road record.<\/p>\n

Utah has dropped five of its last six game, including a 110-87 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder as 13.5-point road underdogs Wednesday night, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get in the playoffs and we can\u2019t have games like this,\u201d commented Jazz guard Gordon Hayward.\u00a0 The Jazz are 23-8 overall at home, including a 14-5 mark versus conference opponents.\u00a0 Utah is 19-20 ATS in March the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 22-17 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Jazz have won nine of their last 10 home games against the Grizzlies, as they\u2019ll need to come out of the break with some energy.\u00a0 Utah has been outscored by a 55-28 margin in the third quarter in a pair of losses versus Memphis this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Center Al Jefferson is the player to watch on the offensive end, as he led the team in scoring in all three series meetings during the 2011-12 pro basketball campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jazz due to their 11-5 ATS mark at home versus teams with a winning road record, while the Grizzlies are 6-13 ATS in the last 19 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":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz Saturday, 3\/16\/13, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 185 Current Total:\u00a0 183.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis had its six-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered an 87-80 setback to the Denver Nuggets as 5.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,1987,3354,3592,18,838,3693],"class_list":["post-28181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-gordon-hayward","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-mike-conley","tag-nba","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28181","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=28181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28182,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28181\/revisions\/28182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}