{"id":26861,"date":"2012-12-24T16:33:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26861"},"modified":"2012-12-24T16:33:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:33:14","slug":"nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-denver-nuggets-vs-los-angeles-clippers-26861\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers
\nTuesday, 12\/25\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 201
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 201
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The road team is 4-0 ATS in the last four games between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver has won four of its last five games, including a 110-88 blowout win of the Charlotte Bobcats as 15.5-point home favorites Saturday, while going UNDER the total in consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Nuggets are averaging 109.3 points per game during their last four games, but have managed to shoot just 26.6 percent from beyond the arc.\u00a0 The team is 7-12 on the road this year, which includes a 5-7 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Denver is 2-0 ATS as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have four probable starters averaging in double figures, with forward Danilo Gallinari scoring 15.6 points per game.\u00a0 Denver has won 14 of its last 22 games versus Los Angeles, with six of the eight losses coming in Southern California.\u00a0 Offensively, the team registered an NBA season-high 78 points in the paint last time out, as it leads the league in that category with 55.6 per game.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is the hottest team in the league after picking up a 103-77 victory over the Phoenix Suns as 6.5-point road favorites Sunday night, while going UNDER the total for\u00a0 a fourth consecutive time.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re just taking care of business right now,\u201d stated Clippers forward Blake Griffin.\u00a0 The Clippers have won a franchise-record 13 straight games\u2014winning those games by an average margin of 15.7 points.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-2 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 9 points this season, with the OVER going 3-2 in those affairs.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 12-3 at the Staples Center this year, including an 8-2 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles will be led by point guard Chris Paul on the offensive end, as he averaged 24.3 points on 54 percent shooting in four games in this series a year ago.\u00a0 Forward Blake Griffin has been putting up solid numbers recently, scoring 20.7 points per game over the team\u2019s last 11 contests.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Nuggets due to the road team being 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings in this series, while the Clippers are 2-5 ATS versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, 12\/25\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 201 Current Total:\u00a0 201 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver has won four of its last five games, including a 110-88 blowout win of the Charlotte Bobcats as 15.5-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,212,526,1371,18,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-26861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26861","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=26861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26862,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26861\/revisions\/26862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}