{"id":22523,"date":"2012-03-28T12:29:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22523"},"modified":"2012-03-28T12:29:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T17:29:04","slug":"suns-vs-clippers-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-from-staples-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/suns-vs-clippers-nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-from-staples-center-22523\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns vs. Clippers: NBA Betting Odds and Predictions from Staples Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers
\nWednesday, 3\/28\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 196
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers have lost 13 of their last 14 games against the Phoenix Suns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Phoenix had its two-game win streak snapped in last night\u2019s 107-100 loss to the San Antonio Spurs as 1.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Suns have won 13 of their last 19 games, but still sit in 10th place in the Western Conference standings.\u00a0 The team will be out on the road for just one game in heading to the Staples Center, as it returns to host New Orleans on Sunday.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the franchise has won four straight in this series, including a 91-87 victory as nine-point road underdogs on March 15.\u00a0 Phoenix is 12-4 ATS in March and the \u201cunder\u201d is 9-7 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Suns will meet the Los Angeles Clippers for the third time since the NBA All-Star break, as they\u2019ve won 13 of the last 14 games in the series.\u00a0 Phoenix has won 11 games in a single month for the first time since March 2010, as it has captured 11 of 16 games since the break.\u00a0 Point guard Steve Nash is still the engine on the offensive end, leading the NBA in averaging 11.2 assists per game.\u00a0 He is averaging 13.0 points per game and will look to get the ball into the hands of center Marcin Gortat, who leads the team in scoring 16.0 points a night.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won its last two games by a double-digit margin that includes a 97-85 win over the New Orleans Hornets as 9.5-point home favorites on Monday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re playing for a lot right now,\u201d commented Clippers point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 He has scored just 26 combined points in two meetings with the Suns this year, but is coming off a 25-point performance against his former team.\u00a0 Power forward Blake Griffin continues to lead the team in scoring 20.8 points and grabbing 10.8 rebounds per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 15-15 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 17-8 overall at home this season, including a 10-6 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles has three more games on the schedule this month, as it will be the first team in 45 years to play 20 games in the month of March.\u00a0 With Paul in the lineup, the franchise ranks second in the NBA with 13.5 turnovers per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Suns due to their 5-1 ATS mark on zero days rest, while the Clippers are 2-8 ATS as a favorite of 5.0 to 10.5 points.<\/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":"

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, 3\/28\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBATV Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 196 Current Total:\u00a0 194 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Phoenix had its two-game win streak snapped in last night\u2019s 107-100 loss to the San Antonio Spurs as 1.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[837,1371,18,577,3624,576,3693],"class_list":["post-22523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-staples-center","tag-steve-nash","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22523","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=22523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22524,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22523\/revisions\/22524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}