{"id":26896,"date":"2012-12-26T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26896"},"modified":"2012-12-26T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T22:35:13","slug":"nba-betting-predictions-boston-celtics-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-predictions-boston-celtics-vs-los-angeles-clippers-26896\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Predictions: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Clippers
\nThursday, 12\/27\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 189
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Boston Celtics are led by point guard Rajon Rondo on the offensive end<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boston has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 93-76 win over the Brooklyn Nets as 2.5-point road underdogs on Christmas Day, while going UNDER the total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a well-balanced game, \u201c stated Celtics forward Paul Pierce.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m happy with the start of the trip.\u201d\u00a0 The Celtics had lost their previous five road games, while they\u2019ve gone 1-4 ATS in their last five games away from home when playing a team with a winning record.\u00a0 Boston is 2-5 ATS in its last seven games overall, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Celtics are 5-8 overall on the road, but 0-2 versus Western Conference opponents in that situation.\u00a0 Boston earned a 94-85 win over Los Angeles as 5.5-point road underdogs in the only meeting last year, while going UNDER the posted total of 185.5.\u00a0 Point guard Rajon Rondo finished with a double-double in scoring 12 points and 10 assists.\u00a0 He\u2019s averaging 10.5 assists in his last four games in this series, while his 13.8 points per game versus the Clippers is his best mark versus any team.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is the hottest team in basketball in winning its last 14 games, which includes a dominating 112-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets Tuesday, while going OVER the total for the first time in five contests.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s about getting better and better,\u201d stated Clippers sixth man Jamal Crawford.\u00a0 The Clippers are getting tremendous production out of their reserves this year, including 64 points last time out.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 6-1 ATS when playing on one days rest, with the UNDER going 5-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 13-3 at the Staples Center this year, including a 4-1 mark versus Eastern Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles will need point guard Chris Paul to break out of his shooting funk against Boston, as he\u2019s hit just 3-of-21 shots in the last two meetings in this series, but still has managed to register 20 assists in that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, with the UNDER going 5-1 in the last six meetings in Southern California.<\/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":"

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Clippers Thursday, 12\/27\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 189 Current Total:\u00a0 189 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Boston has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 93-76 win over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[120,837,3622,1371,18,197,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-26896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-boston-celtics","tag-chris-paul","tag-eastern-conference","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-rajon-rondo","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896","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=26896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26897,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26896\/revisions\/26897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}