The 7-11 Phoenix Suns will be on the road to face the 12-3 Memphis Grizzlies in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip off time from Memphis is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds show the home team Memphis Grizzlies favored by -10 ½ points and the over under at 195 points. When the odds came out a few hours back Memphis was -10 ½ point favorite and the over under was at 194 ½ points. No movement from the early bettors on the side but a ½ point move over the total.
During the lockout shortened year a season ago the teams met three times with Phoenix winning two of the three games with each team winning and covering the spread on their home court. Trend: Memphis Grizzlies are 6-1 to the under in their past seven games.
The Suns sports a bad 2-8 record on the road this season. Phoenix is finishing off a six game road trip. Thus far in the first five games of this trip the team is 1-4 straight up with their only win coming against a bad Cleveland team. In the four losses the Suns have given up an average of 107 points per game. On Sunday they drop a 106-99 decision to the New York Knicks as a +11 ½ point underdog. Phoenix is a bad defensive club allowing 47% shooting from the field on the year. Goran Dragic leads the team with 15 points per game.
The Grizzlies are 8-1 straight up at home this season. They had their four game win streak snapped on Saturday in a 99-95 road loss to the San Antonio Spurs as a +6 point underdog. They have not allowed a100 points to any one opponent in their past 14 games. Memphis is the top scoring defense in basketball allowing 90 points a game and allows 43% shooting to their opponents. Rudy Gay leads the team with 19 points a game and a healthy Zach Randolph is grabbing about 13 rebounds per contest.
