{"id":2799,"date":"2008-11-24T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/spurs-grizzlies-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-24T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T13:12:00","slug":"spurs-grizzlies-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/spurs-grizzlies-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs-Grizzlies Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies meet at FedExForum. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Spurs listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Spurs dominated the second half and earned a 119-94 victory over the Jazz on Friday. The Spurs covered the 4.5-point spread, while the 213 points sailed OVER the posted total of 174. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Roger Mason led the Spurs with a game-high 29 points, and George Hill chipped in with 23 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Grizzlies lost 103-94 to the Jazz last time out, as 3-point favorites at home. The 197 points made it OVER the posted total of 187.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">O.J. Mayo netted a game-high 23 points for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Rudy Gay had 21 in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 6-6 SU, 5-7 ATS <br \/>Memphis: 4-9 SU, 6-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Antonio most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Chicago are 7-3<br \/>After playing Utah are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Utah are 2-8<br \/>After playing Utah are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Antonio&#8217;s last 8 games <br \/>San Antonio is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing Memphis<br \/>San Antonio is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Antonio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Memphis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing at home against San Antonio<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, November 26<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Wednesday, November 26<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies meet at FedExForum. Oddsmakers currently have the Spurs listed as 2\u00bd-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Spurs dominated the second half and earned a 119-94 victory over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/spurs-grizzlies-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spurs-Grizzlies Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","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=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}