The Golden State Warriors are 72-9 straight up and 42-36-3 against the spread with just one game remaining on their regular season schedule. With a win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, the Warriors would become the first team in NBA history to win 73 games in an 82-game regular season.
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The Golden State Warriors can lock up the best regular season in NBA history with a win as huge favorites against the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Golden State is the biggest favorite on the board on Wednesday going off as 18-point betting favorites at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Warriors are 38-2 SU and 20-20 ATS in their last 40 games at home.
The chase for 73 wins looked to be in trouble after the Warriors lost two of three home games to start the month of April, putting themselves in position to require a perfect 4-0 SU record down the stretch.
But with two wins against the San Antonio Spurs and a road win against the Grizzlies over the team's last three games, Golden State is once again in excellent position to make history. The Warriors are 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS in their last six games against Memphis.
In 17 games as a favorite of 15 points or more this season, the Warriors are 16-1 SU and 5-12 ATS per the OddsShark NBA Database.
Ravaged by injuries up and down the lineup, the Grizzlies have seen their standard of play plummet over the last month. The Grizzlies entered their season ending road back-to-back against the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors just 3-12 SU over their last 15 games and 1-8 SU over their last nine.
Memphis is one of only seven teams in the NBA to average fewer than 100 points per game, and the only team in that group to have a playoff spot clinched.
Wednesday’s total is set at 213.5 at the sportsbooks. The UNDER is 8-1 in the last nine games between Golden State and Memphis.
With the Warriors coming into this game well-rested and the Grizzlies coming in on the second night of a back-to-back, the record-setting win appears to be imminent.
The matter of the spread is trickier at such a high number. Golden State has beaten Memphis by at least 20 in each of its last two home games against the Grizzlies, including a 119-69 win back in November,
