This will be the Nuggets 3rd road game in 4 days and they have a tough one on deck @ Houston. Memphis seems to have recovered from their rough patch where they lost 11 of 16 as they have won three in a row now. Denver is 5-9-2 ATS on 0 days rest this year and they are trying to hold it together without their head coach George Karl who is sidelined while he treats his cancer.
They have other injuries including Ty Lawson and Kenyon Martin that are hurting this team. Memphis already beat the Nuggets once at home and I think they can do it again. Denver is just 1-10 ATS in their last 11 as a road favorites .5-4.5 and actually they are 1-7 ATS as favorites 1-3.5 points this year overall. Memphis is 4-0 in their last 4 games on 0 days rest and 13-3 ATS in their last 16 vs. a team with a winning % grater than .600. They are also 7-2 ATS as a home dog.
I really like the front line of this Memphis squad with Randolph and Gasol and Rudy Gay on the wing with OJ Mayo running things. The Grizzlies need this game more than the Nuggets and I believe they'll get it.
It took a game for the Raptors to recover from the let down after losing at the buzzer to the Lakers, but I think they are good after their loss to the Kings. They've had 2 days to rest and think about what they will do the rest of the year. Now they face one of the west's worse, but the Warriors are cover machines as home dogs however, I'm not liking them that much here for some reason the line moved to 2.5 in some places which is odd to me. I'll take the Raptors I just think they have some solid match ups in this one and they are 8-1 overall on 2 days rest.
