{"id":21693,"date":"2012-02-16T11:51:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T16:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=21693"},"modified":"2012-02-16T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T16:51:39","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-portland-trail-blazers-21693\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers
\nThursday, 2\/16\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers head back out on the road Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles heads out on the road again after capturing a 102-84 win over the Washington Wizards as 13-point home favorites, while going \u201cunder\u201d the total for the fourth time in five games.\u00a0 The Clippers will look to get major production out of forward Caron Butler, who is averaging 23.5 points and 8.0 rebounds over his last four games versus the Trail Blazers.\u00a0 He is averaging 15.1 points and 4.0 rebounds in 32.5 minutes of play this season.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 10-3 ATS as a favorite and the \u201cunder\u201d is 9-5 in that situation this year.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 7-6 on the road this season, but just 3-5 in that situation when taking on Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Both teams have gained a victory in the season series up to this point, with Los Angeles dropping a 105-97 contest as 5.5-point road underdogs in its last trip to the Rose Garden on Jan. 10.\u00a0 Power forward Blake Griffin score a team-high 23 points last night on 10-of-19 shooting, which could carry over into tonight\u2019s showdown due to Portland being without the injured LaMarcus Aldridge.<\/p>\n

Portland escaped with a 93-91 win over the Golden State Warriors last night as five-point road underdogs, but that doesn\u2019t mean a winning streak is on the horizon.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers haven\u2019t won back-to-back games since Jan. 23-24, while posting a 1-4 ATS mark in their last five games following a straight-up victory.\u00a0 The franchise has won nine of the past 10 games in this particular series, holding Los Angeles to under 100 points in nine of those.\u00a0 Portland is 10-5 ATS at home and the \u201cover\u201d is 9-6 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers have won five straight games at the Rose Garden in this series, covering the last four meetings against the spread.\u00a0 Portland is extremely balanced offensively even without Aldridge in the lineup, with five other players averaging in double figures in scoring.\u00a0 It\u2019s also the only team in the league to have two different players that come off the bench that rank in the top 15 in the league as a reserve.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Trail Blazers due to their 27-13 ATS mark as a home underdog of 4.5 points or less, while the Clippers are 3-7-1 ATS as a road favorite in the same point range.<\/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":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers Thursday, 2\/16\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 192 Current Total:\u00a0 189.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles heads out on the road again after capturing a 102-84 win over the Washington Wizards as 13-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,3303,1371,18,830,3914,3693],"class_list":["post-21693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-rose-garden","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21693","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=21693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21694,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21693\/revisions\/21694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}