{"id":26833,"date":"2012-12-23T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26833"},"modified":"2012-12-23T09:06:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T14:06:43","slug":"nba-betting-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns-26833\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns
\nSunday, 12\/23\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSAZ
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 197
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 196
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin has never won on the road against the Phoenix Suns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has won 12 games in a row, including a 97-85 win over the Sacramento Kings as 13.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for the sixth time in seven contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting,\u201d commented Clippers reserve guard Jamal Crawford.\u00a0 \u201cWe just have to keep the streak going.\u201d\u00a0 The Clippers have really gotten after it on the defensive end during their current run, as opponents are averaging just 88.2 points on 41.5 percent shooting in that span.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 8-3 ATS in December, with the UNDER going 6-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 8-3 on the road this season, including a 4-1 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles ranks fourth in the NBA in shooting 47.7 percent from the field, while Phoenix ranks 10th in that particular category, which is why people should take a long look at the total when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Through 26 games this season, the team has overtaken the Oklahoma City Thunder for the top spot in terms of point differential this season.<\/p>\n

Phoenix had its four-game win streak snapped in a 96-93 setback to the Portland Trail Blazers as 4.5-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the total for the fifth time in six contests.\u00a0 The Suns have an opportunity to bounce back from that effort, considering they\u2019ve held opponents to 89.5 points per game during a four-game win streak at the US Airways Center.\u00a0 Phoenix is 16-11 ATS when playing on Sunday the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Suns are 9-5 at home this season, including a solid 6-2 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Phoenix won three of four meetings in this series a year ago, overcoming deficits of nine or more points in all three victories.\u00a0 The franchise has won 10-straight home games over the Clippers.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Suns due to the home team being 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings, while the Clippers are 1-3 ATS when playing on the road with a total between 195 and 199.5.<\/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 Phoenix Suns Sunday, 12\/23\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSAZ Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 197 Current Total:\u00a0 196 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has won 12 games in a row, including a 97-85 win over the Sacramento Kings as 13.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,4357,1371,18,577,4249,3693],"class_list":["post-26833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-jamal-crawford","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-us-airways-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26833","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=26833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26834,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26833\/revisions\/26834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}