{"id":27459,"date":"2013-01-24T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27459"},"modified":"2013-01-24T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:46:18","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns-27459\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns
\nThursday, 1\/24\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 193
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 192.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 4-3 ATS as road favorites of 6.5 to 9 points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has dropped back-to-back games by surrendering 106 or more points in each contest, including a 109-97 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder as 2.5-point home underdogs Tuesday night.\u00a0 The Clippers will likely play without the services of All-Star point guard Chris Paul, who has been dealing with a bruised knee injury.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s no way to replace him, but collectively we\u2019ll get it together,\u201d commented Clippers guard Jamal Crawford.\u00a0 The team is 13-6 overall on the road, including a 9-4 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 4-3 ATS as a road favorite of 6.5 to 9 points the last two-plus seasons, something to consider when making your pro basketball picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Clippers have really had their way with the Suns this year, winning two meetings by a combined 44 points.\u00a0 In two seasons with Paul on the roster, Los Angeles has tallied a 6-4 record, with its only loss in four opportunities this year coming last time out.\u00a0 Power forward Blake Griffin will need to lead the offense, as he comes off a 31-point performance against the Thunder, while also grabbing 11 rebounds and contributing five assists.<\/p>\n

Phoenix hasn\u2019t won back-to-back games since a four-game win streak from Dec. 12-19, as it comes off a 106-96 victory over the Sacramento Kings as three-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Suns have fallen short in 13 of their last 16 games, while also losing a season-high four games in a row at the US Airways Center, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Phoenix is 3-3 ATS when revenging a home loss versus an opponent.<\/p>\n

The Suns have won 10 of their last 11 home games against the Clippers, but the only loss in that period came on Dec. 23, as they suffered a 103-77 blowout loss as 6.5-point underdogs.\u00a0 Phoenix will be playing just its second game under interim head coach Lindsey Hunter, as it looks to improve to 7-6 at home versus conference opponents this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Suns in this affair due to the home team covering the spread in five of the last seven meetings.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns Thursday, 1\/24\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 193 Current Total:\u00a0 192.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has dropped back-to-back games by surrendering 106 or more points in each contest, including a 109-97 defeat to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,1371,18,577,4249,3693],"class_list":["post-27459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","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\/27459","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=27459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27464,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27459\/revisions\/27464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}