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The Grizzlies will be looking to square up the series after making light work of the Warriors in a shockingly dominant 134-95 win in Game 5. Everybody was scoring for Memphis... Jaren Jackson Jr, Tyus Jones and Desmond Bane all went for 21 points while Dillon Brooks scored 12 points. As a team, the Grizzlies shot an impressive 47 percent from the field and 18 of 41 from the 3-point land. The Grizzlies did all of this without their best player in Ja Morant - they jumped all over the Warriors from the start and were never threatened at all after exploding for 77 points in the first half. The Grizzlies led by as many as 55 points at one point in game 5.

Golden State will be hoping to erase their memories after suffering one of the worst losses in playoff history. Klay Thompson led the team in scoring with 19 points, Jonathan Kuminga added 17 points while Stephen Curry chipped in with 14 points. As a team, the Warriors shot 45 percent from the field and 14 of 39 from the 3-point line. They didn't match the intensity of the Grizzlies out of the gate and never found their rhythm on offense. Nobody really shot well in game 5 for the Warriors and they committed 22 turnovers and were terrible on the defensive end, leaking 77 points in the first half.

Pick & Prediction: The momentum is clearly with the Grizzlies now, but I think you can chalk game 5 up to a rare anomaly as you can't predict that the Dubs will play (or shoot) that poorly two games in a row. Golden State is a veteran team with championship experience and they don't want to see this series go to a 7th game. I do have the Warriors winning this series and the loss of Ja Morant is real, but the Grizzlies have shown they can play as a team and have 4-5 guys that can contribute on offense. I predict Golden State wins a close one but 8 points just feels a bit heavy here to lay against a growingly confident Memphis team

Prediction: Golden State 112- Memphis 108

The Titans aren’t turning over the ball five times on Sunday like they did last time. Also, both of Houston’s touchdowns in that previous game came from the legs of Tyrod Taylor, who won’t be playing. Houston we have a problem.

The Texans have been scrappy over last 3 games in which they beat the Titans on the road and had two one-score losses to the Dolphins and New York Jets. The Colts could be overlooking the Texans a bit.

Score Prediction: Indy 24- Houston 17

Framber Valdez has allowed just 22 hits and eight runs in his last 26.1 innings. Kolby Allard has a solid 3.70 ERA in the month of August but Texas has lost 10 of his last 12 starts because of no run support. Valdez will shut down this anemic Texas offense today. Houston wins a 6-2 type of game.

OU coming off of a close game against Kansas, the same Kansas team that beat up TCU by 29 a week ago. However, this is a lot to give up to an Oklahoma team that could be without one of their best players in Brady Manek and even if Manek is good to go, I’m not sure he’ll be 100%. Other than the KU blowout TCU has performed well in a decent sample size on the road, so I’ll take a shot with TCU and the points.