{"id":10463,"date":"2010-11-10T16:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10463"},"modified":"2010-11-10T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2010-11-10T21:55:41","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-clippers-at-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-clippers-at-san-antonio-spurs-10463\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs
\nWednesday, 11\/10\/10, 9:30 PM EST, TV: ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs are a perfect 4-0 in November and being led by the offense of Manu Ginobili<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles played without the services of point guard Baron Davis in the first meeting this season against the Spurs and now will likely be missing two starters tonight.\u00a0 The Clippers are unsure if guard Eric Gordon (shoulder) or center Chris Kaman (ankle) will be in the lineup tonight, as they look to snap a 17-game losing streak to San Antonio.\u00a0 \u201cI feel like if I\u2019m 70 percent, even not playing to the best of my abilities, I can help the team,\u201d said Davis after returning against New Orleans.\u00a0 He played just 10 minutes in that contest, turning the ball over twice and committing two fouls.\u00a0 Since the 2001 season, Davis and Spurs point guard Tony Parker have squared off 18 times, with Parker owning a 15-3 advantage.\u00a0 The team is 4-12 ATS as a road underdog of 12.5 to 15 points and the NBA lines page has them right there.<\/p>\n

The Clippers have actually lost 24 of their last 26 games against the Spurs dating back to December 1, 2003, and are 4-43 versus them since the 1997-98 season.\u00a0 Rookie forward Blake Griffin has made many believe that Los Angeles will eventually compete with a Western Conference power like tonight\u2019s opponent, ranking second in the league with 34 offensive rebounds.\u00a0 He is also the leading rebounder among rookies (10.4) and the second-leading scorer at 17.1 points per game.\u00a0 One thing that must get cleaned up is the squad\u2019s propensity to turn the ball over, committing 48 miscues the last two games, including a season-high 25 against the Hornets in a 101-82 road defeat.<\/p>\n

San Antonio may be a perfect 4-0 this month and has won 15 straight at home against tonight\u2019s opponent, nobody is going to take the night off.\u00a0 \u201cWe can\u2019t give up games,\u201d said Parker.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to do the same things we\u2019ve been doing and don\u2019t give them up.\u201d\u00a0 The Spurs have dominated the Clippers defensively, holding them to 86.0 points over the last 49 meetings.\u00a0 The team allowed just two more points than that average in a 97-88 road win over tonight\u2019s opponent on November 1 at the Staples Center.\u00a0 San Antonio is 65-61 ATS as a favorite the last three years and 12-25 ATS after three or more consecutive wins.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are getting great play out of guard Manu Ginobili early on this season after scoring a game-high 26 points in Charlotte on Monday.\u00a0 He has scored 22 or more points in four of six games and has scored at least 14 points in all six of the team\u2019s games.\u00a0 \u201cManu creates,\u201d said head coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 \u201cEverybody\u2019s got somebody on their team they give the ball to and let them create.\u201d\u00a0 San Antonio has also received the usual steady inside production from perennial All-Star Tim Duncan, who scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the 95-91 road win over the Bobcats.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested to find that the Clippers are 1-7 ATS on zero day\u2019s rest, while the Spurs are 1-4 ATS at home.<\/p>\n

The NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports have a great board to shoot at tonight on the hard wood and are ready to deliver!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, 11\/10\/10, 9:30 PM EST, TV: ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 192.5 Current Total:\u00a0 195 Los Angeles played without the services of point guard Baron Davis in the first meeting this season against the Spurs and now will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[246,3346,2933,1371,3786,141,3350,1029],"class_list":["post-10463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-baron-davis","tag-chris-kaman","tag-eric-gordon","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-manu-ginobili","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-tony-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10464,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10463\/revisions\/10464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}