The Memphis Grizzlies face the Houston Rockets on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM ET in the season opener for both teams. The matchup airs on BSSE and SportsNet SW.
The Grizzlies take the court as 5-point favorites against the Rockets.
Grizzlies vs. Rockets Betting Odds
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- Spread: Memphis -5
- Moneyline: Memphis -200, Houston +170
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Grizzlies at Rockets odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Grizzlies (- 5)
- Pick OU:
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- Prediction:
Grizzlies 121 – Rockets 106
- Memphis was the moneyline favorite 52 total times last season. It went 39-13 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -200 or shorter last year, Memphis had a record of 25-4 (86.2%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, Memphis has an implied win probability of 66.7%.
- Houston won 14, or 18.7%, of the 75 games it played as underdogs last season.
- Last season, Houston won eight of its 60 games, or 13.3%, when it was the underdog by at least +170 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 37.0% chance of a victory for Houston.
- Last year, the Grizzlies scored just 2.6 fewer points per game (115.6) than the Rockets allowed (118.2).
- Memphis went 31-3-1 against the spread and 33-2 overall last season when scoring more than 118.2 points.
- Houston had a 21-11 record against the spread and a 15-17 record overall last season when allowing fewer than 115.6 points.
- The Rockets scored an average of 109.7 points per game last year, only 0.2 fewer points than the 109.9 the Grizzlies allowed to opponents.
- Houston put together a 26-16-1 ATS record and a 19-24 overall record last season in games it scored more than 109.9 points.
- Memphis went 36-6 against the spread and 38-4 overall last season when it allowed fewer than 109.7 points.
- Last season, the Grizzlies were at the second spot in the NBA’s scoring charts (115.6 PPG), while the Rockets allowed the most points per game (118.2) in the league.
- Houston’s squad was the 19th-ranked scoring team (109.7 PPG) in the NBA a season ago, while Memphis ranked 12th in terms of allowing points per game (109.9).
- The Grizzlies totaled 466 more points than their opponents last season (5.7 per game on average), while the Rockets were out-scored by 695 total points (8.5 per game average differential).