{"id":340100,"date":"2025-04-17T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340100"},"modified":"2025-04-19T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:37:21","slug":"mavericks-vs-grizzlies-play-in-sgp-predictions-april-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mavericks-vs-grizzlies-play-in-sgp-predictions-april-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks vs. Grizzlies play-in SGP predictions April 18: Bet on Thompson and Edey at +320"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Western Conference&#8217;s final playoff spot will be filled on Friday when the Memphis Grizzlies host the Dallas Mavericks in the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Memphis has been the much better \u2014 and healthier \u2014 team this season, and I expect it to advance. Prop bets on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/klay_thompson\">Klay Thompson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/zach_edey\">Zach Edey<\/a> round out this +320 wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Mavericks vs. Grizzlies play-in SGP predictions for April 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mavericks vs. Grizzlies predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Grizzlies -3.5 | Edey 12+ rebounds | Thompson 3+ threes (+320)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112610\">Embed: #112610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grizzlies -3.5 (-195):<\/strong> Both teams have been embattled in recent months, with Dallas trading away Luka Doncic and Memphis firing head coach Taylor Jenkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect either team to put up much of a fight against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but Memphis has what it takes to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grizzlies (48-34) had nine more wins than the Mavs (39-43) this season and are on home court, where they went 26-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That has to be worth something, right? Well, it&#8217;s actually worth seven points \u2014 the spread as of Thursday afternoon \u2014 and I&#8217;ll happily trim a few off that number to back Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dallas went 2-5 down the stretch and is without all-star guard Kyrie Irving (torn ACL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis has an Anthony Davis-stopper in Jaren Jackson Jr., and I can&#8217;t really picture anyone else on the Mavericks taking over this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Edey 12+ rebounds <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(-134):<\/strong> It&#8217;s hard to ignore what Edey is doing, and not just because he sticks out like a sore thumb at 7-foot-4, 305 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian has been on a tear since re-entering the starting lineup on March 29:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>13.7 rebounds\/game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11+ rebounds in 7 of 9 games<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13+ rebounds in 6 of 9 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Edey has logged 16-plus rebounds in four of his last five games, including a 17-rebound performance against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden State is undersized, so it&#8217;s reasonable to be skeptical that Edey will repeat against the Davis-led Mavs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Edey had 16 rebounds against Nikola Jokic and Co. on April 11 and 21 against the Detroit Pistons (fifth in rebounding rate this season) on April 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Thompson 3+ threes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (-175):<\/strong> Thompson was playing point for the Mavericks in Wednesday&#8217;s play-in game against the Sacramento Kings, and he lit it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23 points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8-of-11 shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5-of-7 from 3-point range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The veteran guard isn&#8217;t what he used to be, but he still shot 39.1% from deep this season, clearing this line in 43 of 72 games (59.7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the Grizzlies have allowed the eighth-most 3s to point guards and the fifth-most 3s to shooting guards over the last 30 days, according to Fantasy Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mavericks vs. Grizzlies predictions made at 12:00 p.m. ET 04\/17\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Western Conference&#8217;s final playoff spot will be filled on Friday when the Memphis Grizzlies host the Dallas Mavericks in the play-in tournament. The pregame narrative: Memphis has been the much better \u2014 and healthier \u2014 team this season, and I expect it to advance. Prop bets on Klay Thompson and Zach Edey round out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":340118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-340100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mavericks vs. Grizzlies predictions: SGP picks April 18 | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Mavericks vs. Grizzlies SGP predictions for April 18. 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