Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Golden St Warriors will hit the highway to face the Memphis Grizzlies in an NBA pro basketball game on Saturday night.
Tip off time from Memphis is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass.
The point spread came out with the home club Memphis Grizzlies favored by -6 points with an over under of 196 ½ points.
Money early from the NBA bettors has landed on the side of the road club as the Memphis Grizzlies are now favored by -5 ½ points.
The total has moved up to 197 points.
Memphis Grizzlies money line players will lay –220 odds with the road underdog Golden St Warriors returning +200 odds to earn the straight up win without the benefit of points on their side.
The Grizzlies nipped the Warriors in their lone meeting of the season back on January 23rd by a score of 91-90 as a +2 ½ point underdog.
The game landed under the total of 194 ½ points.
Memphis rallied from 16 points down after three quarters to earn the victory.
Rudy Gay led the Grizzlies with 23 points on 10 of 21 shooting.
Memphis shot 42.4% in the win with the Warriors hitting on 50% in defeat.
Monta Ellis had 20 points and five assists as he made 8 of his 12 shots in defeat.
Golden St will travel to Memphis with a record of 11-16 on the season. The club is 3-7 on the road.
The Warriors average 98 points and connects on 46% from the field with 39.1% coming from the three point line. They make 74.3% of their free throws.
On defense Golden St allows 100 points along with 45.1% shooting. Opponents connect on 36.8% from the three point line against them.
The Warriors have lost two straight games.
The team is coming off the 110-87 road loss last night to the Oklahoma City Thunder as a -9 ½ point betting favorite.
The total in the game landed under the total of 208 points.
OKC took a 19 point lead after three quarters in the win.
Golden St made just 34.8% from the floor with 7 of 23 coming from the three point line.
David Lee led Golden St with 23 points and six rebounds on 8 of 17 from the floor and a perfect 7 of 7 from the line.
Monta Ellis had 11 points with just 4 of 13 from the floor with four assists.
Dorell Wright chipped in with 11 points along with 11 rebounds in the loss.
The Warriors allowed Oklahoma City 52.7% shooting with 10 of 24 coming from beyond the arc.
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Memphis will play host to Golden St with a record of 17-14 this year. The team is 11-5 on their home court.
The Grizzlies average 93 points and 44.2% shooting along with 32.1% shooting from three. The team connects on 75.9% of their free throws.
Memphis has won three straight games.
The club is coming off the 103-102 home win last night to the Denver Nuggets as a -4 point betting favorite.
The total in the game landed at over the total of 196 points.
The Grizzlies held on to the narrow win after leading by 10 after three quarters.
Memphis shot 50% from the floor with 6 of 16 coming from three.
They pulled down 44 rebounds and gave up 37 to the Nuggets.
The team nearly gave away the game with 19 sloppy turnovers.
Rudy Gay led the team with 20 points and six assists on 8 of 19 shooting.
O.J. Mayo came off the bench for 17 points as he made 7 of 14 shots.
Marc Gasol in the center position scored 16 points and pulled seven rebounds on 5 of 11 shooting from the floor.
Trend: Memphis is 2-0 ATS in their past two meetings against the Golden St Warriors
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