{"id":21265,"date":"2012-01-25T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21265"},"modified":"2012-01-25T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T18:00:41","slug":"clippers-vs-lakers-battle-of-los-angeles-tips-off-inside-the-staples-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/clippers-vs-lakers-battle-of-los-angeles-tips-off-inside-the-staples-center-21265\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers vs. Lakers: Battle of Los Angeles Tips Off Inside the Staples Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers
\nWednesday, 1\/25\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 LA Lakers -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 LA Lakers -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 186
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 186.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers are 7-0 SU at home versus Western Conference teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Los Angeles Clippers have alternated wins and losses over their last five games, coming off a 103-91 win over the Toronto Raptors as 9.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 Point guard Chris Paul missed his fifth straight game in that contest, but is listed as questionable with a hamstring injury to return in tonight\u2019s inter-city battle.\u00a0 The Clippers captured a 102-94 win over the Lakers in their first meeting this year, with Paul scoring 33 points, which also served as the last time he\u2019s been seen on the court.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 7-4 ATS in January.<\/p>\n

The Clippers received a huge performance from guard Mo Williams versus the Raptors, exploding for 26 points, including 21 in the second half.\u00a0 He has managed to average 25.6 points and 3.7 assists over his last three games.\u00a0 Los Angeles may be considered the road team Wednesday night, but the franchise has tallied an 8-2 mark inside the Staples Center when playing at home this season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging nearly seven points per game more at home than on the road.\u00a0 Power forward Blake Griffin is still a player to focus in on, joining Minnesota\u2019s Kevin Love as the only two players in the league averaging over 21.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Lakers enter tonight\u2019s game on a three-game losing streak and have dropped six consecutive games versus the spread.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s some bit of frustration at all levels from all of us because we\u2019re not performing the way that we thing we should right now,\u201d commented Lakers first-year head coach Mike Brown.\u00a0 The Lakers haven\u2019t hit the century mark in scoring in 11 straight games.\u00a0 Shooting guard Kobe Bryant has been the lone offensive weapon for most of the season, leading the NBA in scoring 30.5 points per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-7 ATS when playing a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Lakers have registered a solid 9-2 mark at home this season, including a perfect 7-0 record when hosting Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 20-4 all-time against tonight\u2019s opponent in home games inside the Staples Center, including wins in eight straight in that particular situation.\u00a0 Bryant should be ready for a solid offensive night, averaging 31.3 points over the last three seasons versus the Clippers.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Lakers due to the home team being 7-1 ATS in the last eight meetings in this series, while the Clippers are 1-5 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, 1\/25\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 LA Lakers -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 LA Lakers -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 186 Current Total:\u00a0 186.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Los Angeles Clippers have alternated wins and losses over their last five games, coming off a 103-91 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,67,1371,68,18,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-21265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21265","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=21265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21266,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21265\/revisions\/21266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}