{"id":3261,"date":"2009-01-09T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/memphis-toronto-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-09T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T13:32:00","slug":"memphis-toronto-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/memphis-toronto-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis-Toronto Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Air Canada Centre. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Grizzlies were outplayed early on and could not recover in a 100-89 loss to the Nets on Wednesday, as 4.5-point road underdogs. That game’s 189 points made it OVER the posted total of 187. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
O.J. Mayo netted a game-high 26 points for the Grizzlies, and Rudy Gay had 23 in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raptors won their third game in four outings with a 99-93 win over the Wizards on Wednesday, as 2.5-point underdogs. That game’s combined 192 points went as a PUSH against the posted total of 192. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andrea Bargnani shot 8-for-9 from the field with 25 points and four rebounds to lead the way. Chris Bosh chipped in with 18 points and eight rebounds in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-25 SU, 15-20-1 ATS
Toronto: 15-21 SU, 14-21-1 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Memphis most recently:
When playing on Friday are 2-8
Before playing Cleveland are 4-6
After playing New Jersey are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7<\/p>\n

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Friday are 8-2
Before playing Boston are 6-4
After playing Washington are 7-3
After a win are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Memphis’s last 10 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Memphis’s last 9 games on the road
Memphis is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 5 games when playing at home against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Toronto’s last 10 games when playing Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto’s last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto’s last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Tuesday, January 13
Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, January 11<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Air Canada Centre. Odds aren’t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. The Grizzlies were outplayed early on and could not recover in a 100-89 loss to … Continue reading Memphis-Toronto Lines 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-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","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=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}