{"id":28027,"date":"2013-03-07T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28027"},"modified":"2013-03-07T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:09:58","slug":"nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-denver-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-betting-odds-and-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-denver-nuggets-28027\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Betting Odds and Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets
\nThursday, 3\/7\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 211.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 213.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Los Angeles has won five of its last six games, including a 117-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks as 9.5-point home favorites Wednesday night, while going OVER the total in two consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Clippers were led by the play of forward Blake Griffin, who finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s doing everything,\u201d commented Clippers guard Jamal Crawford.\u00a0 The team is 20-12 overall away from the Staples Center, including an 11-6 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 4-2 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which is important to consider when making your NBA expert picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 11-8 during the 2012-13 NBA season against teams that are among the league\u2019s top 10 records, which includes an 0-3 mark versus the Oklahoma City Thunder.\u00a0 Los Angeles has won five in a row on the road and possess the second best road winning percentage in the league\u2014trailing only the San Antonio Spurs in that category.<\/p>\n

Denver has put together a six-game winning streak, including a 120-113 victory over the Sacramento Kings as five-point road favorites Tuesday night, while going OVER the posted total of 224.\u00a0 \u201cWe are maturing and finding our identity a little better,\u201d stated Nuggets coach George Karl.\u00a0 The Nuggets are 27-3 at the Pepsi Center, including a 17-1 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Denver is 8-0 ATS at home when the total is 210 or higher, with the OVER going 4-3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have won 15 of their last 24 games against the Clippers, with seven of the nine losses coming in Southern California.\u00a0 Denver holds a record of 44-8 since the start of the 2009-10 season when facing an opponent in the second game of a back-to-back at home, including a 7-2 mark in that situation during the 2012-13 campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 5-1 ATS mark in their last six trips to the Mile High City.<\/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 Denver Nuggets Thursday, 3\/7\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 211.5 Current Total:\u00a0 213.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has won five of its last six games, including a 117-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks as 9.5-point home favorites […]<\/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":[749,526,1371,18,3637,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-28027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-pepsi-center","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027","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=28027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28028,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28027\/revisions\/28028"}],"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=28027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}