{"id":28198,"date":"2013-03-17T10:48:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T15:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28198"},"modified":"2013-03-17T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T15:48:45","slug":"nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-new-york-knicks-vs-los-angeles-clippers-28198\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Knicks at Los Angeles Clippers
\nSunday, 3\/17\/13, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -13
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -12.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 195
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 194.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin has put up great numbers against the New York Knicks in his career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has dropped the first three games of its five-game road trip against Western Conference opponents, including a 105-90 setback to the Portland Trail Blazers as six-point underdogs Thursday night, while going OVER the posted total of 193.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got to do a better job of getting these guys over this hump,\u201d commented Knicks coach Mike Woodson.\u00a0 The Knicks will likely be without the services of Carmelo Anthony (knee) and Tyson Chandler (knee), while Amare Stoudemire won\u2019t return until at least May.\u00a0 New York is 3-3 ATS when playing on two days rest, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Knicks suffered a 102-88 loss as 3.5-point home favorites in their first meeting with the Clippers this season, while going UNDER the posted total of 192.\u00a0 In what was another Sunday afternoon matchup, New York was held to 18 fourth-quarter points, as it wasted a 42-point effort from Anthony.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has alternated wins and losses over its last six games, as it looks to bounce back from a 96-85 defeat to the Memphis Grizzlies as six-point home favorites last Wednesday, while going UNDER the posted total of 185.\u00a0 \u201cI could care less what seed we are,\u201d stated Clippers point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 He is averaging 16.6 points and 9.6 assists.\u00a0 The squad is 25-8 at the Staples Center this year, including a 9-2 mark versus Eastern Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 0-3 SUATS after scoring 85 points or less this season, with the OVER going 3-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers will be led offensively by forward Blake Griffin, who has averaged 27.8 points in four games against the Knicks, which happens to be his second-highest scoring average versus any NBA team.\u00a0 Los Angeles has compiled a 13-5 record when featured on ABC, ESPN or TNT during the 2012-13 season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Knicks due to the road team being 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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New York Knicks at Los Angeles Clippers Sunday, 3\/17\/13, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -13 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -12.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 195 Current Total:\u00a0 194.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has dropped the first three games of its five-game road trip against Western Conference opponents, including a […]<\/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":[49,837,1371,18,115,3624],"class_list":["post-28198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-carmelo-anthony","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-staples-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198","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=28198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28199,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28198\/revisions\/28199"}],"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=28198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}