{"id":2964,"date":"2008-12-08T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rockets-grizzlies-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-08T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T14:44:00","slug":"rockets-grizzlies-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rockets-grizzlies-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets-Grizzlies Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at FedExForum. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rockets scored 43 points in the fourth quarter and earned a 131-112 victory over the Warriors on Friday. The Rockets covered the 9-point spread, while the combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 210. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Yao Ming netted a game-high 33 points with 14 rebounds in a double-double performance. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Grizzlies were defeated 106-87 by the Hornets last time out, as 14-point underdogs. The 193 points fell just UNDER the posted total of 193.5. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Marc Gasol had 21 points with seven rebounds in a losing effort. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 13-7 SU, 10-10 ATS
Memphis: 5-15 SU, 7-13 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Atlanta are 6-4
After playing Golden State are 3-7
After a win are 4-6<\/p>\n

Memphis most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Oklahoma City are 2-8
After playing New Orleans are 4-6
After a loss are 2-8<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games on the road
Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Houston’s last 8 games when playing on the road against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Memphis’s last 8 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Memphis’s last 23 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis’s last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 9
Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Oklahoma City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Wednesday, December 10<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Houston Rockets and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at FedExForum. Oddsmakers currently have the Rockets listed as 7\u00bd-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. The Rockets scored 43 points in the fourth quarter and earned … Continue reading Rockets-Grizzlies Preview<\/span> →<\/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-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","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=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}