{"id":3583,"date":"2009-02-24T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/grizzlies-cavaliers-odds-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-24T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T15:52:00","slug":"grizzlies-cavaliers-odds-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/grizzlies-cavaliers-odds-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies-Cavaliers 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 Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. <?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 Cavaliers listed as 14-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 Grizzlies were stunned 115-106 by the Kings last time out, as 7-point favorites at home. The game&#8217;s 221 points sailed OVER the posted total of 208. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>O.J.<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Mayo<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had 24 points with four rebounds and four assists in a losing effort. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cavaliers defeated Detroit 99-78 as a 9-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (180.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Delonte<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>West<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> scored a game-high 25 points for <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, while <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>LeBron<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>James<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> chipped in with 20 points in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Memphis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has lost 4 straight games.<br \/><st2:City><st2:place><st1:Sn>Cleveland<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:place><\/st2:City> has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Memphis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 15-40 SU, 21-33-1 ATS <br \/>Cleveland: 43-11 SU, 36-18 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Memphis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Indiana are 4-6<br \/>After playing Sacramento are 3-7<br \/>After a loss are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland most recently:<br \/>When playing on Tuesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Houston are 9-1<br \/>After playing Detroit are 8-2<br \/>After a win are 8-2<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 OVER in 5 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Memphis&#8217;s last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 12 of Memphis&#8217;s last 17 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Memphis&#8217;s last 6 games <br \/>Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Memphis<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland&#8217;s last 5 games when playing Memphis<br \/>Cleveland is 24-1 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Memphis<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Memphis<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st1:Sn><st2:State><st2:place>Indiana<\/st2:place><\/st2:State><\/st1:Sn>, Wednesday, February 25<br \/><st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Cleveland<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn> at <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Houston<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Thursday, February 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>The Memphis Grizzlies and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Quicken Loans Arena. Oddsmakers currently have the Cavaliers listed as 14-point favorites versus the Grizzlies, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. The Grizzlies were stunned 115-106 by the Kings last time out, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/grizzlies-cavaliers-odds-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grizzlies-Cavaliers 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-3583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583","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=3583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}