{"id":22549,"date":"2012-03-30T12:52:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=22549"},"modified":"2012-03-30T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:52:36","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-los-angeles-clippers-22549\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers
\nFriday, 3\/30\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 188
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers have won two of three meetings with the Portland Trail Blazers this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, as it comes off a 99-93 win over the New Orleans Hornets as 8.5-point home favorites last night.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers have also gone \u201cover\u201d the total in three of their last four games.\u00a0 All-Star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, as he\u2019s been dealing with a sore right hip injury.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just playing through it,\u201d commented Aldridge after Thursday\u2019s win.\u00a0 Portland is 9-16 ATS on the road this year and the \u201cunder\u201d is 13-12 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Blazers have dropped two of three meetings with the Clippers this year, including a 93-88 defeat as three-point road underdogs on Jan. 1, inside the Staples Center.\u00a0 Portland has still managed to win 13 of the past 16 games in the series, including six of eight in Southern California.\u00a0 In three games during the 2010-11 series, Portland outscored Los Angeles by an average of 11.3 points per game.\u00a0 Point guard Raymond Felton picked up his third double-double of the season in scoring 12 points and dishing off 10 assists versus the Hornets.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is enjoying its longest win streak since winning four games in a row from Jan. 26-Feb. 1, capturing a 103-86 victory over the Phoenix Suns as seven-point home favorites for their third straight win.\u00a0 \u201cWinning is the best medicine,\u201d commented Clippers forward Blake Griffin about the franchise\u2019s recent mood.\u00a0 He is one of two players in the league that averages 20.5-plus points and 10.5-plus rebounds per game, joining Orlando\u2019s Dwight Howard in that category.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 0-8 ATS after playing three consecutive home games this season.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 18-8 overall at home this season, including an 11-6 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles has been led on the court offensively by the play of All-Star point guard Chris Paul over the last three games, as he\u2019s averaging 12.7 assists per game over that span.\u00a0 He is also averaging 21.8 points and 9.2 assists in the team\u2019s 25 wins this season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Clippers due to the favorite being 23-9 ATS in this series, while the Trail Blazers are 6-13 ATS as an underdog.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers Friday, 3\/30\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 188 Current Total:\u00a0 187.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, as it comes off a 99-93 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,3303,1371,18,830,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-22549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-lamarcus-aldridge","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22549","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=22549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22550,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22549\/revisions\/22550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}