{"id":23121,"date":"2012-05-20T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=23121"},"modified":"2012-05-20T09:42:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T14:42:40","slug":"nba-playoff-predictions-2012-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoff-predictions-2012-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-clippers-23121\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoff Predictions 2012: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers
\nSunday, 5\/20\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 190
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 190
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The San Antonio Spurs are a win away from advancing to the 2012 Western Conference finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio is just a win away from advancing to the Western Conference finals, as the team overcame a 22-point first-quarter deficit to capture a 96-86 win over Los Angeles as five-point road favorites in Game 3.\u00a0 \u201cWe understood the energy in the building was going to be high,\u201d commented Spurs forward Tim Duncan about withstanding the early charge of the Clippers.\u00a0 He is averaging 16.8 points and grabbing 8.3 rebounds during the 2012 NBA playoffs.\u00a0 San Antonio is 22-13 ATS on the road, and the \u201cover\u201d is 25-11 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are getting solid production out of point guard Tony Parker, averaging 17.3 points and 8.7 assists in the first three games of this series, but he\u2019s shooting just 35.4 percent from the floor.\u00a0 San Antonio\u2019s current 17-game win streak is the NBA\u2019s longest continued into the playoffs since the 2004 campaign.\u00a0 The team will likely close things out in this contest, considering its first three victories were by an average of 14.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles received a huge 28-point effort from All-Star power forward Blake Griffin, but it still wasn\u2019t enough on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 The Clippers were outscored by a 26-8 margin in the third quarter, with point guard Chris Paul showing the effects of a long season.\u00a0 He is averaging just 9.3 points on 30.8 percent shooting, which includes 10 points on 5 of 17 from the field in the latest 10-point setback.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 7-3 ATS when playing on Sunday, but have managed to win nine of those games in straight-up fashion.<\/p>\n

The Clippers inexperience in the playoffs has really shown at the charity stripe, shooting just 66.5 percent from the free throw line, which is the second-worst mark in the league.\u00a0 Los Angeles will definitely learn from this experience, especially in playing against an opponent that is rolling through the playoffs.\u00a0 \u201cSeventeen wins in a row would be nice,\u201d stated Griffin about his jealousy of the Spurs\u2019 current win streak.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 6-1 ATS mark following a double-digit loss at home, while the Spurs are 15-16 ATS when playing on Sunday the past two-plus seasons.<\/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":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers Sunday, 5\/20\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 190 Current Total:\u00a0 190 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio is just a win away from advancing to the Western Conference finals, as the team overcame a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[6680,749,837,1371,141,3350,1029,3693],"class_list":["post-23121","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-tim-duncan","tag-tony-parker","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121","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=23121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23122,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23121\/revisions\/23122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}