Jason Green is back with Cappers Picks again to give out his free sports plays. As always he's hoping the Braves and Redskins can win a championship since their last one in the 90’s was long ago. He’s starting to know the pain of Cubs fans.
Many picked the Blue Jays to win the AL East and for the Red Sox to struggle, but that has not been the case so far in this young season. The Red Sox are in first place in the division while the Blue Jays are in the basement 9.5 games back of Boston. MLB lines have the visiting Red Sox as the favorite with a total of 9 runs.
The Braves won the first 2 games in this series, but the Nationals won yesterday’s game. The Braves are 4-6 in their last 10 games, but are still in first place in the NL East 3.5 games up on the Nationals. Washington is also 4-6 in their last 10 games.
The Nuggets were the favorites in this series, especially when the Warriors lost David Lee, but Golden State has won the last 3 games if this series and can now close out the series tonight in Denver.
Many thought this would be THE series that would go down to the wire and it looks that way. After winning the first 2 games in La La Land the Clippers took a 2-0 lead in the series before Memphis won the last 2 to tie it up.
The Warriors tied this season with a shocking win at Denver in Game 2 where they shot lights out for the floor. They now have home court advantage in this series, which is huge since the Nuggets were a few games under .500 on the road this season.
The Clippers won both of the games in La La Land and now this series heads back East. The Clippers won the last game against he Griz in Memphis, which gave L.A. the home court advantage in this series.
Venue/ Stadium: FedExForum, Memphis, TN
Time/Date: 9:30 PM EST Thursday, April 25, 2013
NBA Odds From: BetOnline
Moneyline: Clippers +165 / Grizzlies -200 at Bovada
Spread: Grizzlies -4.5
Over/Under: 179.5
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L.A. Clippers vs. Memphis Grizzlies Preview
NBA lines have the Grizzlies as 4.5-point home favorites with a total of 179.5
In Game 2 the Clippers beat the Grizzlies 93-91.
On the season the Clippers are 46-38 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 46-38 and the Grizzlies are 47-35-2 ATS and they have an Over/Under record of 47-35-2.
These 2 teams met in the first round of last season’s playoffs with the Clippers winning in 7 even though the Grizzlies had the home court advantage.
This season the Grizzlies are 32-9 at home and the Clippers are 24-17 on the road.
The Clippers had more points in the paint in Game 2 (50-46) and that cannot happen against, as Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph have to be the key scoring guys for the Griz and it is also key that they play solid D.
The Grizzlies really have to focus on only 2 guys in Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, who were the only Clippers’ starters that scored in double figures in Game 2.
Randolph averaged over 11 rpg this season, bit in both games in L.A., he only combined to grab 12 boards. He has to be more active on the glass in this game.
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Mike Conley scored a game high 28 points in Game 2 and he has to score again to take the offensive pressure off Randolph and Gasol.
Last season the Grizzlies trailed the Clippers 3-1 before eventually forcing a Game 7, but this game is key for them, as they cannot fall into a 0-3 hole.
In some betting trends for this playoff series the Clippers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss, 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games vs. a team with a winning S.U. record, and they have an Over record of 11-4 in their last 15 games.
The Grizzlies are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall, 26-11 ATS in their last 37 home games vs. a team with a winning road record, and they have an Under record of 9-3 in their last 12 games.
The Clippers are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games against the Grizzlies.
Jason’s Pick: Have to go with the Griz at home in this game, as I think this series will mirror last season’s one going the distance and tonight the Griz will win and cover.
The Nuggets won Game 1 of this Western Conference series with a late layup from 37-year old PG Andre Miller, who put in a great performance.
The Yankees are coming off a loss and the Blue Jays are coming off a win, but New York is still over .500 and is 2nd place in the AL East. The Yankees are 2.5 games back of the hot Red Sox in the division with the Blue Jays 4.5 games back.
The Yankees beat the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of this interleague series and they have won 2 straight overall.
Today’s game is the rubber match in this series with these teams splitting the first 2 games. The Blue Jays had high hopes coming into this season, but they are only 3-5 and their pitching and offense have both struggled.
The Reds have won 2 straight games, including beating the Cardinals last night, and they are the only team in the NL Central that has a winning record.
The Jazz have been playing well as the playoffs draw near and they have won 2 straight. They have 4 games left and they lead the Lakers by 1/2 game for the 8th and final playoff spot in the West. The Jazz hold the tie-breaker over the Lakers.
Both Louisville and Michigan have had impressive runs to the title game and overall the Cardinals have not lost since early February Louisville had to come back in their last game using their great pressure defense to come back to win by 4 points.
Louisville is coming off a huge win over Duke in the Elite 8 and they have a huge lift for this game after one of their key bench players Kevin Ware was lost for the season with a terrible injury.
In a match up of a couple of #4 seeds Michigan faces Syracuse where the winner will head to the National Championship game. The Orange have played stellar D in their last 2 Big Dance games and they will be facing a great Michigan squad that has knocked off Kansas and Florida, who are a couple of top 10 teams, in advancing to the Final 4.
The Reds stumbled a bit on offense last season after having a great season at the plate the previous season and one of the issues was at the leadoff spot. They really addressed that need brining in Shin-Soo Choo, who batted .310 and had an on-base-percentage of .389 last season.
