The Golden State Warriors (36-35) will visit the Memphis Grizzlies (42-27) tonight at FedExForum. The Warriors are bad at road with 7-28 record while the Grizzlies are 28-5 at home.
Warriors key injuries: Andre Iguodala (wrist) out, Gary Payton II (thigh) out, Ryan Rollins (foot) out, Andrew Wiggins (personal) out
Grizzlies key injuries: Steven Adams (knee) out, Brandon Clarke (Achilles) out, Ja Morant (personal) out
Any special reason why you pick GSW over Grizzlies at home? I know Morant is out, but they still have a lot of good defense for the Grizzlies. 1.90 is really an inviting odds, but personally, I would pick the spread for GSW rather than ML. But yeah, an interesting pick given that they're really terrible on the road. Just pray that Steph and the gang would perform their magics on the court to give GSW a comfortable lead before the final minutes of the game, which the Grizzlies have excellent defese and ball rotations on.
He already stated some of the facts and made a point why the Warriors are just too bad on the road, yet he wagered the money line on the Warriors favor even if it's not that enticing enough even if the Grizzlies are not yet complete and while the Warrriors core are complete, that is still not enough IMO. I agree, handicap/spread are much better.
Their next match-up is against the Houston Rockets. Let's see if they can break the curse.
That's a tough game to bet golden state has been horrible on the road. And the Grizzlies always play up to the Warriors when they are playing each other. I'm laying off this game and just gonna enjoy watching this one. Always fun with all the smack talking between these 2 teams. Big game though for the Warriors. They need to figure out how to win on the road against good teams if they are gonna compete for anorher chip.
Despite the Warriors struggle on the road, they have recorded another history because they are the first defending champions to have a 7-29 record on their road games but I guess that's one of their records in the NBA history that they don't want to brag about as it's not made on the bright side.
@Botnake, yes they are going to face the Houston Rockets on their next game and it's still on the road. I'll bet there will be lots of gamblers who will bet on the Warriors side as it's almost too impossible to think that they are still going to be defeated in this game.