{"id":33262,"date":"2014-03-02T22:15:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T03:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33262"},"modified":"2014-03-02T20:17:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T01:17:21","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-memphis-grizzlies-vs-washington-wizards-33262\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Washington Wizards
\nMonday, 3\/3\/14, 7:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the best teams in the league again with center Marc Gasol back on the floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 110-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as nine-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for a sixth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Grizzlies have four of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with point guard Mike Conley leading the way at 17.4 points a contest, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball picks.\u00a0 Memphis is 5-2 SU and 4-2-1 ATS as road favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies are 15-11 SU on the road this season, including a 6-3 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Memphis has won 15 of 21 games since the return of center Marc Gasol, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that the franchise\u2019s players have missed 106 games due to injury already this season\u2014already surpassing the 43 games lost due to injury during the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

Washington has won six games in a row, including a 122-103 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as 11.5-point road favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Wizards are 15-14 SU at home this season, including an even 6-6 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Point guard John Wall is the key player to handicap in this affair, as he\u2019s coming off a 17-point performance last time out.\u00a0 Washington is 17-16 ATS in March the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 21-13 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wizards have scored at least 116 points in their last three games\u2014marking the first time they\u2019ve accomplished that feat since Dec. 21-26, 2006.\u00a0 Through 59 games this season, Washington is averaging 23.4 assists per game, which ranks tied for eight in the league.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Wizards due to their 8-2 ATS mark 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 vs. Washington Wizards Monday, 3\/3\/14, 7:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Memphis PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Memphis -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 189 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis has alternated wins and losses over its last five games, as it comes off a 110-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers as nine-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[3622,1318,3354,3592,644,3693],"class_list":["post-33262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-eastern-conference","tag-marc-gasol","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-mike-conley","tag-washington-wizards","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33262","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=33262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33263,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33262\/revisions\/33263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}