{"id":11279,"date":"2011-05-03T19:44:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2011-05-03T19:44:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T19:44:08","slug":"nba-picks-grizzlies-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/nba-picks-grizzlies-vs-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Grizzlies vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two NBA games on tonight\u2019s schedule, Boston Celtics at Miami Heat and the Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami and Oklahoma City are the favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tue 5\/3<\/strong><\/td>\n709<\/strong><\/td>\nBoston Celtics<\/strong><\/td>\n+5\u00a0-103<\/strong><\/td>\n+193<\/strong><\/td>\nOVER 181.5\u00a0-105<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
04:05 PM<\/strong><\/td>\n710<\/strong><\/td>\nMiami Heat<\/strong><\/td>\n-5\u00a0-107<\/strong><\/td>\n-215<\/strong><\/td>\nUNDER 181.5\u00a0-105<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tue 5\/3<\/strong><\/td>\n711<\/strong><\/td>\nMemphis Grizzlies<\/strong><\/td>\n+6.5\u00a0-104<\/strong><\/td>\n+269<\/strong><\/td>\nOVER 197.5\u00a0+100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
06:35 PM<\/strong><\/td>\n712<\/strong><\/td>\nOklahoma City Thunder<\/strong><\/td>\n-6.5\u00a0-106<\/strong><\/td>\n-305<\/strong><\/td>\nUNDER 197.5\u00a0-110<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

OffshoreInsiders.com Senior\u00a0Sports Handicapper<\/a> Matt Rivers has a free pick\u00a0Tuesday is on the\u00a0Memphis Grizzlies (+6.5) to Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

Reasoning: Zach Randolph and the Grizz were so dominant in that opening game on Sunday that I\u2019ll make a small play on them plus a healthy number today.<\/p>\n

I am a bit hard pressed\u00a0to believe\u00a0this series is going to be 2-0\u00a0heading back to Memphis, as that is asking a lot, but all Lionel Hollins\u2019 team seems to be doing is play great basketball and cover game after game after game. These guys completely dominated San Antonio\u00a0at home and on the road even looked\u00a0like the better team, which is extremely impressive. Now in the first game in this series it was as if Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had little answers defensively. I guess things could change in a hurry in Okie City as the Thunder are a really\u00a0powerful offensive\u00a0team but it\u2019s not like the Grizz. aren\u2019t playing at an extremely high level right now.<\/p>\n

Randolph, Marc Gasol, OJ Mayo and Mike Conley, Jr.\u00a0are certainly a team on the rise. It\u2019s been fast and may not be something that eventually leads to a championship but right now at this time Memphis\u00a0is legit and should\u00a0steal that cash one more time.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0expect the Thunder to walk off the floor as the victor but I also expect the Grizz to continue to do what they do and cover\u00a0in the end.<\/p>\n

Top expert pick<\/a> on this game: Memphis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are two NBA games on tonight\u2019s schedule, Boston Celtics at Miami Heat and the Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami and Oklahoma City are the favorites. Tue 5\/3 709 Boston Celtics +5\u00a0-103 +193 OVER 181.5\u00a0-105 04:05 PM 710 Miami Heat -5\u00a0-107 -215 UNDER 181.5\u00a0-105 Tue 5\/3 711 Memphis Grizzlies +6.5\u00a0-104 +269 OVER 197.5\u00a0+100 … Continue reading NBA Picks: Grizzlies vs. Thunder<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11283,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions\/11283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}