{"id":3302,"date":"2009-01-13T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/cavaliers-grizzlies-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-13T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T13:14:00","slug":"cavaliers-grizzlies-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/cavaliers-grizzlies-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers-Grizzlies Odds 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 Cleveland Cavaliers and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they 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\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>LeBron<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>James<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> went for a game-high 38 points in leading the Cavaliers to a 98-81 victory over the Celtics on Friday. The Cavaliers covered the 4-point spread, while the game&#8217;s 179 points fell UNDER the posted total of 182.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:GivenName>James<\/st2:GivenName> shot 13-for-25 from the field with seven rebounds and six assists. Anderson Varejao had 14 points and nine rebounds in that win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Grizzlies were tamed 103-82 by the Raptors last time out, as 6-point underdogs. That game&#8217;s 185 points went UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total of 190. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Rudy<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Gay<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> had 22 points with five rebounds in a losing effort for the Grizzlies. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place><st2:Sn>Cleveland<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: 29-6 SU, 25-10 ATS <br \/>Memphis: 11-26 SU, 15-21-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Chicago are 8-2<br \/>After playing Boston are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Utah are 1-9<br \/>After playing Toronto are 6-4<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis<br \/>Cleveland is 20-3 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Memphis<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis&#8217;s last 8 games when playing at home against Cleveland<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> at <st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>, Thursday, January 15<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, January 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 524.25pt\" 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 Cleveland Cavaliers and the Memphis Grizzlies will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at FedExForum. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. LeBron James went for a game-high 38 points in leading the Cavaliers to a 98-81 victory over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/cavaliers-grizzlies-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cavaliers-Grizzlies Odds 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-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","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=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}