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Boston at Memphis

December 20, 2016
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Premium Pick

The Memphis Grizzlies are glad to have Mike Conley back on the court. Memphis is a tough, physical team and play playoff-style halfcourt offense. They really dig in on the defensive end, especially at home, and that is not Boston's game. Boston likes to get up and down the court, and take advantage of their depth to wear teams out, but that is unlikely to occur in this one. Boston is also slumping right now on offense, which is not a good recipe vs. a defense-first team like Memphis, as the Celtics have not shot better than 45% in any of their last five games. Making matters worse for Boston, is two of their last three opponents have topped the 50% mark. Memphis has played 10 straight games without allowing an opponent to shoot better than 45% against them, and no team has shot better than 45.5% against them at home this season. Play Memphis to win this one straight-up.

1 unit on Memphis +125 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 2.25)
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112
Memphis Grizzlies
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109
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