Get ready for a Southwest Division battle as the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs will face off at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday at FedExForum. The teams split their four meetings last season. The Spurs lead the all-time series 73-26. Memphis is favored by two-points in the latest Grizzlies vs. Spurs odds from William Hill Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 229.5. Before entering any Spurs vs. Grizzlies picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the advanced computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and it returned over $5,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks last season. The model is up nearly $8,100 over the past two seasons. Last year, it went a stunning 61-33 on top-rated picks against the spread, returning almost $2,500 on those selections alone. Anybody who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Grizzlies vs. Spurs. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Grizzlies vs. Spurs:
- Grizzlies vs. Spurs spread: Grizzlies -2
- Grizzlies vs. Spurs over-under: 229.5 points
What you need to know about the Spurs
The Spurs missed the playoffs for the first time in 23 years last season. San Antonio has its youngest roster since Gregg Popovich became coach in 1996, with an average age of 25.5. But it also has veterans LaMarcus Aldridge, DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay. That trio makes the Spurs the only team with three current players with more than 16,000 career points each.
DeRozan was one of two NBA players to average 20-plus points, five-plus rebounds and five-plus assists per game while shooting over 50 percent last season. DeRozan shot at a career-best 53.1 percent clip. The Spurs led the NBA in fewest turnovers per game (12.6) and turned the ball over 10 or fewer times in 23 games, the fourth-most such games in the league.
What you need to know about the Grizzlies
The Grizzlies will look to avoid a repeat from exactly one year ago, when the Spurs dropped 145 points and shot an opponent-record 67.4 percent from the field. Memphis is 5-20 all-time in regular season openers but 3-3 in its last six. The Grizzlies were in the eighth spot in the Western Conference when the league shut down and lost to Portland in a play-in game for the final playoff berth.
Ja Morant, the second overall pick in the 2019 draft, won Rookie of the Year, averaging team-highs of 17.8 points and 7.3 assists in 31 minutes per game. Jaren Jackson Jr. (torn left meniscus) and Justise Winslow (hip injury) will be out for the start of the season. The duo averaged a combined 28.7 points and 11.2 rebounds last year.
How to make Grizzlies vs. Spurs picks
The model has simulated Grizzlies vs. Spurs 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning over, and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in almost 70 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Grizzlies vs. Spurs? And which side of the spread hits in almost 70 percent of situations? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Grizzlies vs. Spurs spread to jump on, all from the model that enters the NBA season on an incredible 61-33 roll.
