{"id":27880,"date":"2013-02-21T11:18:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27880"},"modified":"2013-02-21T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:18:31","slug":"pro-basketball-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-picks-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-clippers-27880\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Picks: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers
\nThursday, 2\/21\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 200
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 200
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 21-5 at the Staples Center this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio has won 15 of its last 16 games, including a 108-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings as nine-point road favorites Tuesday night, as it possesses the league\u2019s best record away from home.\u00a0 The Spurs have been led by point guard Tony Parker on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 29.0 points and 9.0 assists over the last five games.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s have an unbelievable year,\u201d commented Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.\u00a0 San Antonio is 10-7 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 11-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have dropped both meetings against the Clippers this year, including a 92-87 setback as 4.5-point home favorites on Nov. 19.\u00a0 San Antonio is 13-4 ATS when revenging a home loss versus an opponent the last two-plus seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA expert picks Thursday night.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks fourth in the NBA in scoring 104.3 points per game, while sitting behind just one team in shooting 48.7 percent from the field.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles put together a four-game win streak before the All-Star break, as it scored 102 or more points in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Clippers have averaged 110.0 points over that span, with point guard Chris Paul playing some great basketball, while also being named MVP over the weekend in a West victory over the East in Houston.\u00a0 He is averaging 16.6 points and 9.6 assists during the 2012-13 NBA regular season.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 9-2 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-5 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 21-5 overall at the Staples Center, including a 15-3 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles ranks fourth in the NBA in team field goal percentage, while sitting fifth in averaging 45.3 points per game in the paint.\u00a0 Power forward Blake Griffin has averaged 20.3 points in eight regular-season meetings against Tim Duncan, as he has shot 51.8 percent in playing 36.8 minutes.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 4-1 ATS mark at home versus teams with a winning road record, while the Spurs are 3-11 ATS in their last 14 games versus teams with a winning percentage above .600.<\/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":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers Thursday, 2\/21\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 200 Current Total:\u00a0 200 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio has won 15 of its last 16 games, including a 108-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings as […]<\/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":[749,837,1371,141,3624,3350,3693],"class_list":["post-27880","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-san-antonio-spurs","tag-staples-center","tag-tim-duncan","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27880","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=27880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27882,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27880\/revisions\/27882"}],"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=27880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}