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NBA Betting News and Notes Wednesday, March 25

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Hot Teams
-- Nets won four of their last six games (4-2 last six AU).
-- Clippers won six of their last eight games (2-8 last ten AF).
-- Bulls won three of their last four games (0-4 last four AU).
-- Raptors won three of last four home games (2-5 last seven HF).
-- Memphis won five of its last six games (2-5 last seven HU).
-- Cavaliers won seven of their last eight games (7-1 last eight AF).
-- Rockets won four of their last five games.
-- Thunder won six of last seven games (3-0 last three AU).
-- San Antonio won three of its last four games (4-0 last four HF).
-- Suns won/covered their last four games.
-- Sacramento won its last three games (3-9 last 12 AU).

Cold Teams
-- Charlotte lost four of its last five games (3-7 last ten HF).
-- Knicks lost six of their last seven games (3-5 last eight HU).
-- Washington lost last three games, by 14-23-31 points (3-6 last nine AU).
-- Pacers lost their last six games (1-5 vs spread).
-- Hawks lost last three games, by 19-8-19 points (2-5 last seven AF).
-- Orlando lost seven of its last eight games (3-4 last seven HU).
-- Miami lost its last five road games (1-4 last five AU).
-- Celtics lost three of last four games (6-2 last eight HF).
-- New Orleans lost four of its last five games.
-- Minnesota lost seven of last nine games (1-5 last six HF).
-- Lakers lost nine of last 12 games, covered 11 of their last 15.
-- Jazz lost three of their last four games (1-3 last four HF).
-- Portland lost its last five games (3-4 last seven AU).
-- 76ers lost four of their last six games (2-5 last seven AU).
-- Denver lost three of its last four games (1-4 last five HF).

Series Records
-- Nets won seven of last ten games with Charlotte.
-- Clippers won their last five games with New York.
-- Wizards won three of last four games with Indiana.
-- Hawks won three of last four games with Orlando.
-- Bulls won their last five games with Toronto.
-- Miami is 5-3 in its last eight games with Boston.
-- Cavaliers lost five of last seven games with Memphis.
-- Pelicans won their last three games with Houston.
-- Lakers lost three of last four games with Minnesota.
-- Jazz lost five of their last six games with Portland.
-- 76ers won six of last nine games with Denver.
-- Thunder lost three of last four visits to San Antonio.
-- Kings won three of last four visits to Phoenix.

Totals
-- Four of last five Brooklyn road games went over total.
-- Four of last five New York home games stayed under.
-- Last seven Washington home games went over total.
-- Last six Orlando home games went over the total.
-- Six of last eight Toronto home games stayed under.
-- Last three Miami road games stayed under the total.
-- 12 of last 13 Memphis home games stayed under total.
-- 10 of last 14 New Orleans home games went over total.
-- Five of last six Minnesota home games went over total.
-- Last six Portland road games went over the total.
-- Seven of last nine Philly road games went over total.
-- Five of last six San Antonio home games went over.
-- Last six Sacramento road games went over the total.

Back-to-Backs
-- Toronto is 9-5 vs spread if they played night before.
-- Miami is 5-2 vs spread if they lost the night before.
-- Lakers are 4-1 vs spread if playing on road second night in row.
-- Portland is 7-7 vs spread if they played night before.
-- Philadelphia ia 10-8 vs spread if they played nighr before.
-- Oklahoma City is 10-4-1 vs spread if it played night before.
-- Spurs are 4-1 vs spread at home if they were on road night before.
-- Sacramento is 6-9 vs spread if it played night before.

East vs West
SU: West 234-164 ATS: West 205-190-3
East teams HF vs West: 49-56
East teams HU vs West: 45-45
West teams HF vs East: 81-77-3
West teams HU vs East: 24-18

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Posted : March 24, 2015 8:27 pm
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Game of the Day: Cavaliers at Grizzlies
By Covers.com

Cleveland Cavaliers at Memphis Grizzlies (+2, 195)

The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking more and more like an NBA title contender with each passing week. The Cavaliers will try to prove their standing once again when they visit the fellow title-hopefuls the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Cleveland, like Memphis, is comfortably in second place in its conference but is the hottest team in the East with a 27-6 mark in the last 33 games and just kicked off its road trip with a 108-90 thrashing of Milwaukee.

The Grizzlies reached the 50-win plateau with a 103-82 win at the New York Knicks on Monday and has won three straight and five of the last six to open up a 2 ½-game lead over Houston for second place in the West. Memphis will get a good look at their title chance this week with games against the Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs. “It is more about how you are feeling and how you go into the playoffs,” Memphis center Marc Gasol told reporters after the team clinched a postseason spot with the win over the Knicks. It is something you can’t control much, but the way team plays matters.”

LINE HISTORY: Most shops opened the Grizz as 2-point underdogs, which is where the line was sitting at the time of writing.

INJURY REPORT: Cavaliers - N/A Grizzlies - G Courtney Lee (Ques-Hand)

POWER RANKINGS: Cavaliers (-9.7) + Grizzlies (-8.7) + Homecourt (-3) = Grizzlies -2

WHAT CAPPERS SAY: "The Memphis Grizzlies had to play a brutal schedule out of the All-Star break. Memphis faced a slew of back-to-back sets and terrible travel situations. They also had to do that while battling injuries, but things are back to normal now, so Memphis should start playing better once again. Cleveland continues to roll along as they are now 27-6 SU over their last 33 games. All six losses have come on the road, and this will be Cleveland’s 14th road game during their past 19 games overall. This should be a terrific game between two legitimate NBA title contenders." - Covers Expert Steve Merril

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS (46-26): LeBron James came back to Cleveland to lead the team to a championship, and he is taking that job seriously. James got on his teammates when they trailed by 11 points in the third quarter at Milwaukee on Sunday, and they responded with a 26-5 run that turned the tables and led to the rout. “My only goal was for us is to win, and win at the highest level,” James told reporters. “And I respect that (my teammates) allow me to be the leader of this team. I know when to press the button if need be, and I gauge my guys on the right way to do that.”

ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (50-21): Not quite to the same degree as James with the Cavaliers, but Memphis brought in veteran guard Vince Carter to help get the team over the top when it came to the playoffs and has dealt with some ups and downs from the former All-Star. Carter is shooting 34.4 percent on the season but buried 4-of-6 from 3-point range against the Knicks to help spark the reserves. “It is money time,” Carter told reporters. “The second part of the season for me is most important. When I was out I was trying to get as many shots as possible and get my rhythm.”

TRENDS:

*Grizzlies are 7-0-1 ATS in their last 8 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
*Cavaliers are 12-3 ATS in the last 15 meetings.
*Over is 8-1 in Cavaliers last 9 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
*Under is 22-8-1 in Grizzlies last 31 overall.

 
Posted : March 24, 2015 8:28 pm
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