NBA Best Bets: Key Basketball Matchups and Thursday's Full Slate

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00:00Around the Association, your two premier NBA handicappers back together.

00:08DRS, this is really the first time we're going to be breaking down basketball games.

00:12And again, when you come to the early line, when you come to the Spiz Grizz, when you

00:16think NBA first and foremost, you think the two guys that can do it all.

00:20It's myself, it's Donny Rightside.

00:23So we're happy here on this Thursday to be breaking down some basketball.

00:28What's up with the Memphis Grizzlies?

00:30I bet the over of their win total, 46 and a half now healthy.

00:33The acquisition of Zach Eadie in the NBA draft felt like this team with a healthy John Moran,

00:39they'd be back.

00:40Last night, Desmond Bain and Marcus Smart both injured and out.

00:44Injury woes, a huge story of last season.

00:47They've lost two consecutive games, Donny, to the Bulls, who actually are above 500 for

00:51the first time in nearly two years.

00:54And last night, the Grizz as a 12-point favorite, lose by 13 to the Nets.

01:02Memphis is two and three straight up this year, just one and four against the spread.

01:05Now catching six and a half in the grind city against Milwaukee tonight.

01:11Take a look at Milwaukee on the season and say, look at that, they're one and three.

01:13Well, apparently Doc Rivers says, well, we can't beat anybody unless multiple starters

01:17are down from said team, which means tonight when you take on the Grizzlies, an opening

01:21night when they took on the Philadelphia 76ers without Paul George and also Joel Embiid.

01:26So I understand why they're the favorites and it would be interesting to see how they

01:29rise up.

01:30He said Memphis want to back the back, the Bucs come into town knowing they got to get

01:34their season started sooner than later.

01:36I can see why we have that minus six up there.

01:38And for good reason, this should be a Bucs double digit win, to be honest, Ben.

01:43And if the Grizz are shorthanded again with the injuries to Bain and Smart, Milwaukee

01:47takes advantage.

01:48The only win of the year for the Bucs as that favorite in Philadelphia on opening night

01:53when the second night of the year when the Sixers did not have Joel Embiid or Paul George.

01:59Maybe some points tonight, Memphis over in four of five, all lone star state showdown

02:04between the Rockets and the Mavericks in Dallas, Mav six and a half point favorite at home

02:09total to 25 and a half DRS.

02:11What do you like?

02:12Yeah, probably stick with the home team here.

02:14Colorado, Texas, Donchik, Irving and Thompson still waiting for clay to find his groove

02:18there.

02:19You know, he doesn't get enough shots for me at this point right now, but that happens

02:22when you come over.

02:23If you can get the best out of Clay Thompson, we're not talking about, you know, shifting

02:26back the clock seven or eight years back with Golden State.

02:29But if you're telling me right now in the NBA, which everybody's shooting three point

02:32shots left and right, Clay should be taking a minimum of ten three point shots per game

02:36on that team.

02:37So that's crazy.

02:38No, it's not.

02:39Look at Donchik and Kyrie Irvin can set you up perfectly.

02:41And there's so many shots to go around.

02:43Now, give me Clay Thompson over three point props and also the Dallas Mavericks to come

02:47away with this victory.

02:48I like this match team.

02:49Yeah, good start to this year for Clay.

02:52Four more made triples in his first three games in a man's uniform, 18 plus in those

02:57opening three.

02:58Not great in the Western Conference Finals rematch against Minnesota on Tuesday, despite

03:03a Mavericks win winning 121 14.

03:06Clay Thompson, only two made buckets, both from deep, just seven points.

03:10The Mavs three in one this year.

03:12The Rockets two and two this year.

03:14They have covered in both of their victories, often an underdog a year ago, Houston.

03:20They have not been an underdog much this season.

03:23Four games in the NBA tonight, the Jazz two point home favorite against the Spurs.

03:28That's an ugly one to twenty one and a half.

03:30A lot of defense for this San Antonio team.

03:32Might we see Victor Wembenyama on a back to back bounce back after only six points last

03:38night.

03:39The Rockets out to L.A. into a dome, Clippers and the Suns, Phoenix four and a half point

03:44road favorite in Los Angeles.

03:46Total to twenty one second game already for Phoenix in the new into a dome this year in

03:52front of the wall of Clipper Faithful.

03:53Yeah, it says they're oh and two at home right now.

03:56So this game number three, I'm going to assume at this point at this point.

03:58So maybe it's not a great point on it.

04:02Yeah.

04:03Maybe it's not a great advantage for them, by the way.

04:06Also, I believe on a back to back, I had James Harden yesterday over his three point

04:09shot total.

04:10So I'm living with Harden over this.

04:11I'll take another hard and three point shot total, but the Clippers getting beat again

04:14tonight.

04:15Stop it.

04:16Team stinks.

04:17I mean, when you look at Phoenix, of course, they did win outright in their opener, did

04:21not cover as a road favorite against the Clippers.

04:23That game went to OT.

04:25L.A. bounced back from that loss, knocking off the Nuggets and the Dobs, but both on

04:31the road.

04:33When a team is oh and two and they're playing another home game, it would be their third

04:37at home.

04:38Yeah.

04:39What's wrong with you?

04:40I had to correct you on that one.

04:42How about that?

04:43What do you mean?

04:44You said you said they're playing their second home game.

04:47The Clippers.

04:48No, the second time Phoenix has been in the Intuit Dome.

04:51Oh, come on.

04:52No, I was weak.

04:53I was saying the second time the Suns have been in the Intuit Dome, which they started

04:58off the year there.

04:59I'm correct.

05:00There's the Clippers.

05:01I got you.

05:02All right.

05:03No, the Suns, by the way, clips under in three straight to Donny's point.

05:06They have not won a home game in front of the wall.

05:10This is their third.

05:11They did cover in the opener against the Suns.

05:14They lost outright as an eight point favorite against Portland last night.

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