{"id":23113,"date":"2012-05-19T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23113"},"modified":"2012-05-19T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:39:21","slug":"spurs-vs-clippers-game-3-san-antonio-is-streaking-in-the-2012-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/spurs-vs-clippers-game-3-san-antonio-is-streaking-in-the-2012-nba-playoffs-23113\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs vs. Clippers Game 3: San Antonio is Streaking in the 2012 NBA Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers
\nSaturday, 5\/19\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs look primed to take a 3-0 series lead against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio has opened up its best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Clippers with two impressive double-digit victories, including a 105-88 win as 10.5-point home favorites in Game 2 on Thursday night.\u00a0 The Spurs have won 16 straight games dating back to the regular season, but the locker room is focused on what lies ahead.\u00a0 \u201cIt is not important to look at that,\u201d stated Spurs points guard Tony Parker.\u00a0 \u201cWe know that Game 3 is going to be very hard.\u201d\u00a0 He is averaging 18.8 points and 7.0 assists during the playoffs, and comes off a 22-point performance last time out.\u00a0 San Antonio is 5-3 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points, while the \u201cover\u201d is 6-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are averaging a league-best 103.7 points during the 2012 NBA playoffs, with 42.0 points coming from the bench.\u00a0 San Antonio has been tremendous from beyond the arc in this series, connecting on 23 3-point shots in the first two games.\u00a0 The team was 22-11 on the road during the regular season, including a 15-9 mark versus Western Conference foes.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles will need a better performance out of point guard Chris Paul if it looks to avoid getting swept in this series, as he committed a career-high eight turnovers in Game 2.\u00a0 The Clippers start is averaging 6.5 assists in this series, which is much lower than the 9.1 assists that he dished out during the regular season.\u00a0 \u201cThe next game is our Game 7,\u201d stated Clippers head coach Vinny Del Negro about this afternoon\u2019s affair.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 6-9 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, but none of those contests came during the 2011-12 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Clippers were absolutely manhandled in the paint in Game 2, getting outscored by a 50-18 margin, which doesn\u2019t bode well for the rest of the series.\u00a0 Los Angeles has dropped all six of its playoff series in franchise history after dropping the opening game.\u00a0 All-Star power forward Blake Griffin led the squad with 20 points in the latest loss, but will need to increase his productivity if Paul continues to struggle on the perimeter.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 4-0-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Spurs are 9-12 ATS in playoff games over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers Saturday, 5\/19\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 194 Current Total:\u00a0 190.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio has opened up its best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Clippers with two impressive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6680,749,837,1371,141,1029,3693],"class_list":["post-23113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-2012-nba-playoffs","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tony-parker","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113","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=23113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23114,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23113\/revisions\/23114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}