{"id":21357,"date":"2012-01-29T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T16:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21357"},"modified":"2012-01-29T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T16:07:25","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-denver-nuggets-21357\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets
\nSunday, 1\/29\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ALT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 204
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 206.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets have won six consecutive games entering Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles is set to play one of the toughest back-to-backs of the season, traveling to the Mile High City before returning home and hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 The Clippers have alternated wins and losses over their last seven games, coming off a 98-91 win over the Memphis Grizzlies as 3.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the team has dropped its last four games on the road, giving up 106.0 points per game and allowing opponents to shoot 51 percent from the field in those contests.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-4 ATS in road games this year.<\/p>\n

The Clippers have won the last two games in this series, but both of those meetings occurred inside the Staples Center.\u00a0 Los Angeles has dropped nine consecutive games in Denver, but hope its fortune will turn around with point guard Chris Paul directing the offense.\u00a0 The former New Orleans Hornets star has averaged 25.6 points and 9.8 assists in his last five visits to the Pepsi Center.<\/p>\n

Denver has rattled off six consecutive wins and the \u201cover\u201d is 5-1 in those contests, coming in off an impressive 96-81 victory over the Toronto Raptors as 13-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Nuggets offense has flourished over the winning streak, averaging 109.7 points per game, with Danilo Gallinari leading the way in scoring 25.5 points a contest over his last four games.\u00a0 Many NBA experts questioned the team\u2019s trade of star forward Carmelo Anthony a year ago, but that sentiment has been proven wrong.\u00a0 Denver is 9-4 ATS as a favorite this year and the \u201cunder\u201d is 7-6 in those games.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have four starters averaging in double figures and point guard Ty Lawson ranks second on the team in averaging 15.7 points per game.\u00a0 He will get to match up with Chauncey Billups, who spent some time in the Mile High City before landing in New York and ultimately Los Angeles.\u00a0 \u201cChauncey was huge because I was a young point guard coming into the game,\u201d stated Lawson this week.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s been everywhere I want to be.\u201d\u00a0 Denver will finish out this two-game homestand and then take to the road for two games, which includes a rematch with Los Angeles on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to their 9-1-1 ATS versus Pacific division opponents, while the Clippers are 4-9 ATS as a road underdog of 5 to 10.5 points.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets Sunday, 1\/29\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ALT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 204 Current Total:\u00a0 206.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles is set to play one of the toughest back-to-backs of the season, traveling to the Mile High City before returning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,212,526,1371,3637,216],"class_list":["post-21357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-pepsi-center","tag-ty-lawson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357","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=21357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21358,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357\/revisions\/21358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}