{"id":26986,"date":"2012-12-30T09:50:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26986"},"modified":"2012-12-30T09:50:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T14:50:38","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-utah-jazz-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-utah-jazz-vs-los-angeles-clippers-26986\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Clippers
\nSunday, 12\/30\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 PRIME
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 195.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers tallied a big come-from-behind win over the Utah Jazz Friday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah has dropped four of its last five games, including a 116-114 setback to the Los Angeles Clippers as three-point home underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the posted total of 191.5.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to be another hard-fought contest on their home floor and we need a win,\u201d commented Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin.\u00a0 The Jazz will need to continue getting major production out of Randy Foye, who is averaging 23.5 points in two meetings against his former team this year.\u00a0 Utah is 6-8 ATS as an underdog this year, with the OVER going 9-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 6-12 when playing away from EnergySolutions Arena, which includes a dismal 2-8 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Utah has won 10 of the last 16 meetings in this series, but has dropped the first two during the 2012-13 campaign by three combined points.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles will try to become the third team in NBA history to complete a perfect 16-0 month Sunday, as it was able to overcome a 19-point second-half deficit versus the Jazz last time out.\u00a0 \u201cThis one is a great win for us because we kind of needed a challenge,\u201d stated Clippers forward Blake Griffin.\u00a0 He tallied his 13th double-double of the season, scoring 22 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.\u00a0 The franchise is 14-3 at the Staples Center this year, including a 9-2 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 3-0 ATS when playing on Sunday, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Clippers and Jazz are two of the top teams in the league in scoring, averaging 102.2 and 98.6 points per game respectively.\u00a0 Of the previous 22 teams to win at least 16 consecutive games, 17 of them advanced to the NBA Finals.\u00a0 Los Angeles is outscoring opponents by an average of 10.1 points per game for the entire season, but that differential is +15.4 during their 16-game win streak, including 11 wins by 12 or more points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jazz due to their 19-7 ATS mark in the last 26 meeting 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":"

Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Clippers Sunday, 12\/30\/12, 9:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 PRIME Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 194.5 Current Total:\u00a0 195.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Utah has dropped four of its last five games, including a 116-114 setback to the Los Angeles Clippers as three-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,1371,18,3624,838,3693],"class_list":["post-26986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986","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=26986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26987,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986\/revisions\/26987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}