NBA Free Premium Plays 04/24: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Memphis Grizzlies

Oklahoma City  at Memphis

NBA - 735 Oklahoma City Thunder @ 736 Memphis Grizzlies Play #1 & #2 For the first three quarters of Game 2, the game was a low scoring affair played @ ridiculous slow pace. It was pretty clear that the Grizzlies didn’t want to allow 32 fast break points to OKC like they did in G1 and so, the tempo of the game was way slower in G2 vs. G1. Then the fourth quarter happened… MEM surprised OKC by playing some small ball lineup w/ Beno Udrih looking like MEM’s MVP as OKC defense didn’t “respect” him properly. MEM finished the quarter shooting almost 60% from the field! Note that MEM scored only 6 points in the paint in that quarter so all the damage was from the outside – bit strange because we are dealing w/ MEM!  On the other end, we had Kevin Durant making an unbelievable 3+1 play, you really need to watch that play! For this contest, I expect the tempo of the game to be more similar to G2 vs. G1 because that’s what the Grizzlies impose to their opponents. Both teams are coming from an OT in which their best players logged more +40min, so, a physical letdown late in the game could happen for both teams. MEM offense was great w/ shooting almost 50% FG but I really don’t expect them to hit +44% FG from 10-15 feet, +57% FG (!!!) from 16-23 feet (“long 2’s jumpers) and even 40% from 3pts land! I also think that OKC defense will be ready to defend MEM’s small ball version if MEM’s coach decides to use it. On the other end, despite some great defense from Tony Allen, the fact is that Kevin Durant finished the game w/ 12-28 FG, 5-12 3pts and 7-8 FT for 36 points. The entire OKC’s bench sucked pretty badly and w/ a slightly improvement from their bench, I think that OKC’s has the tools to bounce back tonight via primarily their defense and so, I’m taking both OKC & Under in here as my Single Dime Plays. Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 735/736 Under 190 @ -110 / 1.91 on Betonline Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 735 Oklahoma City Thunder (-2) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker