{"id":25883,"date":"2012-11-08T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T16:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25883"},"modified":"2012-11-08T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T16:36:03","slug":"los-angeles-clippers-vs-portland-trail-blazers-nba-betting-preview-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/los-angeles-clippers-vs-portland-trail-blazers-nba-betting-preview-and-predictions-25883\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers: NBA Betting Preview and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Portland Trail Blazers
\nThursday, 11\/8\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 200
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Los Angeles snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up a 106-84 victory over the San Antonio Spurs as 1.5-point home underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the first time in four games this year.\u00a0 The Clippers are fourth in the NBA in averaging 104.6 points per game, while they are forcing 18.8 turnovers per game.\u00a0 \u201cWe were so successful Wednesday because of our defense,\u201d commented Clippers point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-0 ATS off an upset win by 10 points or more as a home underdog, with the OVER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers snapped a six-game road losing streak to the Trail Blazers with a 74-71 victory on Feb. 16 of last season, but it\u2019s important to note that they lost those previous contests by an average of 14.5 points per game.\u00a0 Los Angeles was led by power forward Blake Griffin\u2019s 22 points and 10 rebounds last night, as it out-rebounded San Antonio by a 46-29 margin.<\/p>\n

Portland has alternated wins and losses over its first four games of the season, as it returns home off a three-game road trip, which included a 114-91 setback to the Dallas Mavericks as four-point underdogs last time out.\u00a0 The Blazers shot just 38.7 percent from the field in that contest, with rookie point guard Damian Lillard being held to 13 points on 2-of-13 shooting from the field.\u00a0 \u201cHe missed some open looks that he\u2019s been making,\u201d stated Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts.\u00a0 Portland is 5-11 ATS when playing on two days rest since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers dropped three of four games against the Clippers last year, losing the season series for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign.\u00a0 Portland has an 82.8 percent winning percentage in this series when playing at home, which is the second highest win percentage for the franchise in front of its home fans all-time.\u00a0 The team has played in front of a sold out Rose Garden in 193 straight games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 5-0 ATS mark versus Northwest division opponents, while the underdog is 1-6 ATS in the last seven meetings in this series.<\/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, 11\/8\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 200 Current Total:\u00a0 201.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up a 106-84 victory over the San Antonio Spurs as […]<\/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":[749,837,1371,18,830,3914],"class_list":["post-25883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-rose-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883","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=25883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25884,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25883\/revisions\/25884"}],"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=25883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}