{"id":20774,"date":"2012-01-02T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20774"},"modified":"2012-01-02T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:26:12","slug":"nba-predictions-golden-state-warriors-vs-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-golden-state-warriors-vs-phoenix-suns-20774\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Golden State Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golden State Warriors at Phoenix Suns
\nMonday, 1\/2\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSAZ
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Phoenix -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Phoenix -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns PG Steve Nash hasn't had much to smile about in the early going this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Golden State has split its first four games and will now travel on the road for the first time, going \u2018under\u2019 the total in all four contests.\u00a0 The Warriors will be looking to snap a 12-game losing streak on the road in this particular series.\u00a0 It\u2019s uncertain if star guard Monta Ellis will play in this game after leaving the team to attend his grandmother\u2019s funeral in Mississippi Saturday.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently listed a probable.\u00a0 Golden State suffered a 107-79 blowout loss without his services against Philadelphia.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the team is 9-9 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 6 points.<\/p>\n

The Warriors are hoping to be a better road team this year, posting a 10-31 mark away from the Oracle Center during the 2010-11 season.\u00a0 Golden State hasn\u2019t had much success when playing its first game of a new year, dropping 12 of its last 13 games in that situation.\u00a0 Ellis averages a team-high 21.0 points, but has been shutdown by Phoenix historically, scoring 14.3 points on 37.9 percent shooting in 10 career games in the desert.<\/p>\n

Phoenix is 1-3 in its first four games and comes home after splitting a two-game road trip against the New Orleans Hornets and Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 The Suns have gone below the total in three of four games.\u00a0 Head coach Alvin Gentry is hoping its squad will avoid dropping its first three home games for the first time since the 2005-06 campaign.\u00a0 The defense has definitely shown improvement from year\u2019s past, allowing just 93.3 points per game.\u00a0 Phoenix is 13-10 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Suns have always enjoyed great success in this particular series, especially in sweeping the Warriors in four regular-season games a year ago, shooting 48.5 percent from the field and scoring 107.8 points per game.\u00a0 Scoring averages are down across the board for this roster, as veteran point guard Steve Nash is averaging just 8.3 points per game, while center Channing Frye is scoring eight points less per game than a year ago.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Suns due to their 6-2-1 ATS mark when serving as host in this series, while the Warriors are 2-8 ATS when playing on the road.<\/p>\n

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Golden State Warriors at Phoenix Suns Monday, 1\/2\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSAZ Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Phoenix -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Phoenix -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 192 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Golden State has split its first four games and will now travel on the road for the first time, going \u2018under\u2019 the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[1011,465,18,577,576],"class_list":["post-20774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-monta-ellis","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20774","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=20774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20775,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20774\/revisions\/20775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}