3/23 NBA Betting Free Pick Grizzlies VS Spurs
3/23 NBA Betting Free Pick Grizzlies VS Spurs
Spurs -8, O/U 199
The Memphis Grizzlies travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs in a very important Western Conference matchup in terms of playoff seeding. The Spurs are 2.5 games back of the Warriors for Home Court Advantage. San Antonio is 7-3 straight up and 4-6 ATS in their last 10 games. The Over/Under went 6-4 in those 10 games. Memphis comes in to the game looking no worse than a 7 seed but are still only 3 games back of the all important 4th seed and home court in the first round. Memphis went 4-6 SU and 4-6 ATS in their last 10 games. The O/U went 6-4 in that span.
For this RideTheHotHand free pick we are going after the total of 199. For the last 5 years whenever we’ve seen a matchup between these 2 teams we’ve immediately thought about a low scoring, defensive slop fest. These 2 teams definitely can still play lock down defense. San Antonio is ranked 2nd in ppg scoring defense and Memphis is 3rd. The problem with those numbers is they don’t tell the whole story. Memphis is a way better defensive team at home and have been awful on the road as of late. They also score more points on the road then they do at home. The Spurs are a much better offensive team at home this season and have played way more high scoring games inside The AT&T Center. The OVER has hit in 20 of 32 Spurs home games this season including 4 of his last 5. The OVER has hit in 23 of 36 Grizzlies road games this season. We love this game to eclipse 200 points. THE PICK: OVER 199