{"id":20606,"date":"2011-12-28T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20606"},"modified":"2011-12-28T12:56:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T17:56:22","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-san-antonio-spurs-20606\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers vs. San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs
\nWednesday, 12\/28\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX SW
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers have lost 16 consecutive games in San Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles certainly made a splash in its season-opening win over the Golden State Warriors, as newly-acquired point guard Chris Paul took over the game in the fourth quarter.\u00a0 The Clippers will now look to snap their 16-game losing streak on the road against the Spurs on Wednesday night.\u00a0 \u201cWhile we try to figure each other out and learn guys\u2019 hot spots and stuff like that, we want to win at the same time,\u201d commented Paul.\u00a0 The former New Orleans Hornets star scored 20 points in his debut.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 8-27 ATS versus NBA Southwest opponents the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Clippers were very happy with the play of forward Caron Butler, who finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds on Christmas Day versus the Warriors.\u00a0 Blake Griffin picked up where he left off a year ago, scoring 20 or more points for the 56th time in his career.\u00a0 Los Angeles definitely has a new look and the roster includes five former All-Stars.\u00a0 That particular number is shared by just the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n

San Antonio got its revenge against the Memphis Grizzlies after last year\u2019s playoff series loss, picking up a 95-82 win as 5.5-point home favorites on opening night.\u00a0 \u201cWe played a very good defensive game,\u201d commented Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 \u201cWe did a good job of that and it fueled the break back the other way.\u201d\u00a0 The Spurs hold an overall 113-29 advantage in the all-time series against the Clippers, including a 63-8 edge at home.\u00a0 San Antonio is 8-9 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Spurs roster is definitely getting younger, as seven of the 13 players have less than three years of NBA experience.\u00a0 San Antonio still has its veteran core in Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, but some new faces are starting to make an impact.\u00a0 Ginobili led the team in scoring in the season opener, but has been held to 13.5 points per game in his last six tries against the Clippers.\u00a0 Defensively, the team will need to focus on stopping Paul, who has scored 26.3 points per game in his last eight trips to the Alamo city.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 10-3 ATS mark following a double-digit win, while the Spurs are 0-5 ATS as a favorite of 4.5 points or less.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, 12\/28\/11, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX SW Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles certainly made a splash in its season-opening win over the Golden State Warriors, as newly-acquired point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,1371,3786,18,141,3350],"class_list":["post-20606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-manu-ginobili","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tim-duncan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20606","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=20606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20607,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20606\/revisions\/20607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}