Memphis Grizzlies +7 (50-32, 23-18 away) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (59-23, 34-7 home)
(OKC Leads Series 1-0)
I recommend a play on the Memphis Grizzlies plus the points (+7) in the NBA tonight. I like the road dog here as I expect this game to be similar to the third and fourth quarter of game 1 instead of like the first two quarters. I look for the Grizzlies to get stops in this game against the explosive OKC offense and I expect them to have a chance to win this game outright. Durant, Westbrook and co. showed how fantastic they were in the first half and got out to a huge 20 point lead but in the second half the Grizz slowed the game down to their pace and mounted a huge comeback before coming up short. The Grizz will exploit their mismatches down low with Z Bo and Gasol and look to get the Thunder bigs in foul trouble. They will put an emphasis on stopping Westbrook and Durant from getting out on the fast break and will make adjustments, just like they did at halftime of game 1, to make the Thunder play a half court game. The Thunder are a great team and can win this game in the half court but I just don’t see them covering this spread. This game in my opinion is a toss up so I will gladly take the points as I look for Memphis to gut it out in the end and head back to Memphis with this series tied up, which is why I am making the Memphis Grizzlies plus the points (+7) my NBA Play of the Day.
Grizzlies 93 Thunder 91