NBA Picks: Can Portland Stay Hot As Memphis Comes to Town?

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John Ryan founded a cutting-edge sports technology company more than 25 years ago. John has utilized many of the machine learning tools that have applications in other industries to successfully build simulation models, neural networks, and many types of algorithms that have earned strong predictive results. To identify a betting opportunity the fundamental research must support the mathematical projections. John has a proven track record of success as shown in his season records and numerous Top-10 finishes in all Major Sports.

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Last Updated: Mar 14^th, 2024

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To help with your NBA betting, here are our picks for tonight's games. We'll start with our prop bet picks, then to our game picks.

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Prop Bet Picks to Today's NBA Games 

The player prop bets are 18-17 making $151.00 for the season wagering $50 per prop. 

Memphis Grizzlies -190 at Portland Trail Blazers +155

10 p.m. ET, ESPN

Line: Grizzlies -4.5; Total: 226.5 points 

Bet the Grizzlies -4.5 at BetMGM. 

The Trail Blazers are off to a flying 5-1 start to the season while the Grizzlies have muddled their way to a 4-3 record. 

The only loss for the Blazers was 119-98 as a 2.5-point home underdog to the Miami Heat. They are coming off a 125-111 home win priced as a 4-point favorite over the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

Situational Trends and Angles 

• The Grizzlies are 25-9 against the spread (ATS) (74%) after suffering a double-digit road loss.
• The Grizzlies are 39-22-1 ATS (64%) after scoring 105 or fewer points.
• The Blazers are 3-14 ATS when having played six or fewer games in the past 14 days.

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John Ryan founded a cutting-edge sports technology company more than 25 years ago. John has utilized many of the machine learning tools that have applications in other industries to successfully build simulation models, neural networks, and many types of algorithms that have earned strong predictive results. To identify a betting opportunity the fundamental research must support the mathematical projections. John has a proven track record of success as shown in his season records and numerous Top-10 finishes in all Major Sports.

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Last Updated:   Mar 14^th, 2024

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