{"id":28424,"date":"2013-03-30T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T15:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28424"},"modified":"2013-03-30T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T15:37:51","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-houston-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-houston-rockets-28424\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Houston Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets
\nSaturday, 3\/30\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSH
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 206
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 205.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers have won five straight games against the Houston Rockets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 104-102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs as four-point road underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 \u201cWe can learn from this,\u201d commented Clippers forward Blake Griffin.\u00a0 The Clippers have won five straight meetings with the Rockets, as they\u2019ve averaged 108.0 points on 40.4 percent shooting.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 8-6 ATS as a road underdog of three points or less, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 21-16 overall when playing away from the Staples Center, including a 12-10 mark against Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Los Angeles has been led by Griffin on the court for most of the 2012-13 NBA season, as he\u2019s the only NBA player averaging 18-plus points, 8.5-plus rebounds, 3.5-plus assists and 1.0-plus steals per game.\u00a0 Point guard Chris Paul is also an important piece of the puzzle, as he\u2019s averaged 21.8 points in his last five games versus the Rockets.<\/p>\n

Houston has dropped back-to-back games by being held to 94 points or less, including a 103-94 setback to the Memphis Grizzlies as 4.5-point road underdogs Friday night, while going OVER the total for the first time in eight contests.\u00a0 \u201cWe made more mistakes defensively than we have been doing,\u201d commented Rockets coach Kevin McHale.\u00a0 The Rockets are 25-11 overall at the Toyota Center, including a 14-8 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Houston is 5-2 ATS as a home favorite of three point or less, with the UNDER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Rockets entered Friday night\u2019s action second in the league in averaging 106.1 points per game, while leading all teams in 3-point makes.\u00a0 Houston also stands in third place in terms of scoring 45.7 points per game in the paint, while sitting second in terms of fast-break points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 10-4 in the last 14 meetings in this series when played in Houston.<\/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 Houston Rockets Saturday, 3\/30\/13, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSH Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 206 Current Total:\u00a0 205.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 104-102 loss to the San […]<\/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":[749,837,831,1371,18,6619,3693],"class_list":["post-28424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-houston-rockets","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-toyota-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424","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=28424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28425,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28424\/revisions\/28425"}],"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=28424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}