Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
Friday, Febuary 3rd, 8:05 PM ET
Memphis came away with a big road win on Thursday at Atlanta and while that was a horrible call on my part, it at least sets us up for an opportunity to go against the Grizzlies again in a much tougher situation. It was the second straight victory for the Grizzlies against a quality opponent as Denver was the victim prior to that in Memphis. The Grizzlies are now two games over .500 overall but two games under .500 on the road while going 3-7 on the season against teams ranked in the top ten.
Oklahoma City is coming off a win at Dallas on Wednesday which made up for its poor effort in Los Angeles against the Clippers two nights before. The Thunder have only four losses all season long including just two in their last 14 games and a return home following a three-game roadtrip should keep them focused. Oklahoma City has had some difficulties against the elite teams, going 3-3 against teams ranked in the top ten in the league but it is 14-1 against every other team.
The travel aspect is also hurting Memphis is this is its second game in two nights and this is just the second time all season long that the Grizzlies have had to play back-to-back road games. The first time, they were hammered in Portland following a road win the night before. With the truncated schedule, it makes it even more difficult this season and on top off that, the Grizzlies are playing their fourth game in five nights and fifth game in seven nights and its been travel every day during this stretch with the exception of one.
Memphis lost to the Thunder in the playoffs last season so it would certainly like to get some revenge. The problem is that the Grizzlies have already had two shots at the Thunder at home and lost both of those games. It will get even tough on the road and even more so that they have lost three straight meetings in Oklahoma City. Memphis is 0-7 ATS in its last seven games as road underdogs between 5.0 and 10.5 points while the favorite is a perfect 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings.
Good luck - Matt Fargo.
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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