The 4-6 Denver Nuggets will hit the road to face the 8-1 Memphis Grizzlies from NBA pro basketball action on Monday night. The Nuggets and Grizzlies begin from Memphis at 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this game finds the home team Memphis Grizzlies favored by -6 ½ points with the over under lined at 196 points. When the odds opened a few hours ago Memphis was favored by -6 ½ points with the total at 196 ½ points. We have seen no movement on the point spread and a ½ point move on the over.
The Grizzlies and Nuggets met three times during the lockout shortened season with Memphis winning all three games with two point spread covers. Trend: Memphis Grizzlies are 8-0 ATS in their past eight games.
The Nuggets have been a streaky team with three losses to start the season, then four straight wins and now three straight losses. This will be their eighth road game and the team has been home for only three games this year. They get blown out on Saturday night at San Antonio 126-100 as a +6 point underdog. Denver falls behind 33-15 on period and never gets near the Spurs. The Nuggets commit 22 turnovers and allows the Spurs to hit on over 53% from the field in defeat.
The Grizzlies are a hot team winners of 8 straight games. On Friday night in a back to back situation on the road they defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 94-87 covering as a +6 ½ point underdog. They held the Bobcats to just 37.6% shooting in their win. Memphis is getting it done with defense as they allow 43% shooting and 92 points a game. They have wins against the Knicks, Thunder and Heat during this fast start.
