The 47-22 Memphis Grizzlies will travel to play the 25-44 Washington Wizards in an NBA pro basketball game on Monday night. Tip off time from Washington is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The betting odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the road club Memphis Grizzlies favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line of 182 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago.
The Grizzlies and Wizards went head to head on February 1st with Memphis posting the 85-76 home victory as a -6 ½ point betting favorite. The game went under 180 points.
Memphis has a road mark of 19-14 on the season. They win their three game in four tries after a 110-106 home victory against the Boston Celtics as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at over 177 ½ points. The Grizzlies shot 457% from the field and connected on 4 of 11 from the three point line. They give up 51.4% shooting to Boston along with 9 of 20 coming from three. Memphis wins because they pulled down seven more rebounds than Boston and had seven less turnovers than the Celtics. Jerryd Bayless led the Grizzlies with 30 points and four rebounds off the bench on 11 of 20 shooting. It was the first time in six games that Memphis got over the 100 point mark. They are the top scoring defense in the NBA but rank in the lower third of the NBA in three areas offensively which are scoring offense, field goal and three point shooting.
The Wizards are 18-17 straight up on their home court. They close out a 2-2 road trip following a 101-92 road defeat on Saturday night to the Golden St Warriors as a +8 ½ point underdog. The game ended under 195 points. Despite the loss the team has won five of their past seven games. The Wizards were on a back to back after beating the Lakers the night before. They fell behind 58-40 at the half. Washington shot 40.9% from the field along with 7 of 17 from the three point line. The club allowed Golden St 49.3% shooting with 10 of 20 coming from three. They fail to take advantage of 22 Warriors turnovers because bench players Chris Singleton and Kevin Serapin combine for 3 of 18 shooting. John Wall led the starters for Washington with 14 points and three assists on 6 of 12 shooting. The Wizards have been inconsistent on the offensive end of the court ranking 28th and third to last in the NBA in scoring offense with just 92.9 points per game average. On defense the team is in the upper third of the league in all three key areas.
