{"id":28479,"date":"2013-04-04T19:39:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T00:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28479"},"modified":"2013-04-04T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T00:39:01","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-lakers-28479\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers
\nFriday, 4\/5\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers are 17-19 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has won four games in a row, including a 94-76 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers as 7.5-point road favorites Wednesday night, while going UNDER the total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Grizzlies are battling the Denver Nuggets for the Western Conference\u2019s only top-four seed that won\u2019t go to a division winner.\u00a0 \u201cWe are chasing that home-court advantage,\u201d commented Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley.\u00a0 Memphis is 22-15 ATS on the road, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 21-16 overall away from FedExForum, including an 11-11 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Memphis ranks second in the NBA in allowing just 89.8 points per game, while it has held 63 of 74 opponents under the century mark.\u00a0 The franchise is a dominating 22-1 this season when scoring 100 or more points this season, while going 3-8 when allowing the opposition to reach that particular number.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won and covered the spread in back-to-back games, including a 101-81 victory over the Dallas Mavericks as 3.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Lakers have been led by shooting guard Kobe Bryant on the floor, as he\u2019s played all but one minute over the last two games.\u00a0 He registered his 19th career triple-double against the Mavericks\u2014finishing with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 17-19 ATS at home this season, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 24-12 overall at the Staples Center, including a 14-7 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles has split its last 10 meetings with Memphis, while going 16-7 all-time when playings at this particular venue.\u00a0 Bryant has averaged 29.5 points against the Grizzlies this season, as the team has dropped both games by allowing 106 points in each.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Grizzlies due to their 21-10 ATS mark in the last 31 meetings in this series, while the Lakers are 1-6 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/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 Los Angeles Lakers Friday, 4\/5\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TWSN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 194 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has won four games in a row, including a 94-76 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers as 7.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[67,68,3354,3592,18,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-28479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-mike-conley","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28479","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=28479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28480,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28479\/revisions\/28480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}