{"id":27325,"date":"2013-01-17T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T18:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27325"},"modified":"2013-01-17T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T18:56:39","slug":"pro-basketball-odds-and-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-odds-and-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves-27325\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Odds and Picks: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Minnesota Timberwolves
\nThursday, 1\/17\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 192
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 193
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The
The Los Angeles Clippers are 4-2 ATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles will look to complete the sweep of its current three-game road trip, coming off a 117-109 victory over the Houston Rockets as three-point underdogs Tuesday night, while going OVER the posted total of 206.5.\u00a0 The Clippers played those affairs without the services of All-Star point guard Chris Paul, who is listed as doubtful with a knee injury for this affair.\u00a0 The team is 12-5 overall on the road this year, including an 8-3 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 4-2 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers and Timberwolves both rank in the NBA\u2019s top 10 in points in the paint, averaging 46.5 and 42.8 points respectively in that category.\u00a0 Los Angeles earned a 101-95 victory as nine-point home favorites in the first meeting this year on Nov. 28, while going OVER the posted total of 194.\u00a0 In two seasons without Paul in the lineup, the franchise has compiled a respectable 5-3 record.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has failed to score 100 or more points in dropping four consecutive games, including a 113-98 setback to the Dallas Mavericks as 7.5-point road underdogs Monday night, while going OVER the posted total of 195.5.\u00a0 The Timberwolves have dropped five of six games since All-Star forward Kevin Love re-injured his hand, something to consider when making your pro basketball picks Thursday night.\u00a0 Minnesota is 7-14 ATS when playing with two days rest since 2010, with the UNDER going 11-10 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves are 10-5 overall at the Target Center during the 2012-13 NBA campaign, including a 5-4 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Minnesota has been outscored by an average of 16.8 points per game during its current losing streak, which is far different than seven of their previous eight games being decided by six points or less.\u00a0 The key for this team is cracking the century mark, posting a perfect 8-0 record when doing so this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 10-4 in the last 14 meetings in Minnesota.<\/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 Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday, 1\/17\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 192 Current Total:\u00a0 193 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles will look to complete the sweep of its current three-game road trip, coming off a 117-109 victory over […]<\/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":[837,12,1371,677,18,7318],"class_list":["post-27325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-kevin-love","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-target-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325","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=27325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27326,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27325\/revisions\/27326"}],"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=27325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}