{"id":3112,"date":"2008-12-22T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-grizzlies-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-22T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T15:52:00","slug":"lakers-grizzlies-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-grizzlies-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers-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\">The fans at FedExForum will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies when they take their seats on Monday. <?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 Lakers listed as 10\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 Lakers fell 106-103 to the Magic last time out, as 2.5-point favorites on the road. The 209 points made it OVER the posted total of 206. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kobe Bryant netted a game-high 41 points in the loss for the Lakers, while hauling down eight rebounds. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Grizzlies were upset 112-83 by the Bobcats last time out as a 3.5-point favorite at home. The 195 points made it OVER the posted total of 182.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rudy Gay had 17 points from 7-for-10 shooting in the loss. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<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>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 21-5 SU, 11-15 ATS <br \/>Memphis: 9-17 SU, <st1:date Month=\"11\" Day=\"14\" Year=\"2001\">11-14-1<\/st1:date> ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 8-2<br \/>Before playing New Orleans are 9-1<br \/>After playing Orlando are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Monday are 3-7<br \/>Before playing Dallas are 3-7<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 3-5<br \/>After a loss are 3-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>LA Lakers are 20-5 SU in their last 25 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of the LA Lakers last 15 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 6 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of the LA Lakers last 6 games when playing Memphis<br \/>Memphis is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games when playing LA Lakers<br \/>Memphis is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games when playing at home against LA Lakers<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of Memphis&#8217;s last 19 games <br \/>Memphis is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Lakers at <st1:City><st1:place>New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 23<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, December 23<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>The fans at FedExForum will be treated to a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies when they take their seats on Monday. Oddsmakers currently have the Lakers listed as 10\u00bd-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Lakers fell 106-103 to the Magic last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/lakers-grizzlies-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lakers-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-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112","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=3112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}