{"id":21448,"date":"2012-02-02T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T22:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21448"},"modified":"2012-02-02T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T19:20:28","slug":"nuggets-vs-clippers-nba-betting-preview-from-the-staples-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nuggets-vs-clippers-nba-betting-preview-from-the-staples-center-21448\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets vs. Clippers: NBA Betting Preview from the Staples Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers
\nThursday, 2\/2\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 208
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 206
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Nuggets are coming off a fantastic January heading into Thursday night's game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver will look to snap a two-game losing streak that includes a 109-105 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers as 5.5-point home favorites on Sunday.\u00a0 The Nuggets have actually dropped three consecutive games in this series and will begin their second back-to-back-to-back stretch of the 2011-12 campaign.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the squad finished the month of January with a solid 12-5 record.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve had a great month of January,\u201d commented Nuggets head coach George Karl.\u00a0 Denver is 5-1 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have four starters that are averaging in double figures, with point guard Ty Lawson leading the way in scoring 15.5 points per game.\u00a0 Denver is 7-4 on the road this season, which includes a losing 3-4 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Despite its recent three-game losing streak in this series, the team has still managed to capture 13 of the last 19 meetings since the 2006-07 season.\u00a0 Offensively, the team leads the league in averaging 105.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is enjoying a four-game win streak and tallied a hard-fought 107-105 victory over the Utah Jazz as 2.5-point road favorites last night.\u00a0 The Clippers have also managed to go \u201cover\u201d the total in six of their last seven games.\u00a0 \u201cThis was a pretty good win for us,\u201d commented Clippers point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 \u201cThe sky\u2019s the limit.\u201d\u00a0 Over their last four games, the team is averaging 106.5 points on 49.5 percent shooting.\u00a0 Paul finished with 34 points and 11 assists inside EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 2-0 ATS this season as a home favorite of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Clippers know they are up against a difficult task tonight, after winning three games in four nights and taking on one of the best teams in the league.\u00a0 \u201cI mean, we\u2019re tired, but we have another game,\u201d stated Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro after last night\u2019s win.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to come with energy.\u201d\u00a0 Forward Caron Butler sat out Wednesday\u2019s game with back tightness, as his return to the court could provide a lift, as he\u2019s currently listed as questionable on the injury report.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to their 17-4 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the favorite is 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers Thursday, 2\/2\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 208 Current Total:\u00a0 206 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver will look to snap a two-game losing streak that includes a 109-105 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,526,1371,18,3624,216,3693],"class_list":["post-21448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-ty-lawson","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21448","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=21448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21449,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21448\/revisions\/21449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}