{"id":28568,"date":"2013-04-16T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28568"},"modified":"2013-04-16T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T15:24:05","slug":"nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-portland-trail-blazers-vs-los-angeles-clippers-28568\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers
\nTuesday, 4\/16\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -14
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 202.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 202.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 6-5 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 or more points this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Portland has lost 12 games in a row, including a 118-109 setback to the Denver Nuggets as 15-point road underdogs Sunday, while going OVER the posted total of 208.5.\u00a0 The Trail Blazers have lost their games by an average of 14.4 points during their current rough period, as they continue to play without numerous starters.\u00a0 \u201cWithout having any other starters, they paid a lot more attention to me,\u201d commented Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard.\u00a0 He finished with 30 points and is averaging 19.1 in his first season in the league.\u00a0 Portland is 11-29 SU and 16-22-2 ATS on the road, which is important to consider when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers haven\u2019t dropped consecutive season series against the Clippers since 2005-06 and 2006-07, but they\u2019ve lost two of three meetings this season.\u00a0 Five of the last six meetings in this series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, but Portland suffered a 96-83 setback to Los Angeles as 8.5-point road underdogs in the last meeting on Jan. 27.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won five games in a row, including a 91-87 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as two-point road underdogs last Saturday, while going UNDER the total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Clippers continue to fight in trying to gain home-court advantage for their first-round matchup in the 2013 NBA playoffs, as they\u2019ll likely take on the Grizzlies.\u00a0 \u201cIf we want home court, we control it,\u201d stated Clippers point guard Chris Paul.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 9-2 SU and 6-5 ATS as home favorites of 12.5 or more points, which is important to note when looking over the NBA betting lines Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 31-9 overall at the Staples Center this season, including a 19-6 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles has compiled a 19-9 record since Feb. 10, which is the fifth-best mark in the NBA in that span.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 115.3 points and 54.3 percent shooting during its three-game winning streak in front of its home fans.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 7-1 ATS mark at home versus a team with a losing road record, while the Trail Blazers are 2-10 ATS versus conference rivals.<\/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":"

Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, 4\/16\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -14 Opening Total:\u00a0 202.5 Current Total:\u00a0 202.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Portland has lost 12 games in a row, including a 118-109 setback to the Denver Nuggets as 15-point road […]<\/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":[837,5930,1371,18,830,3693],"class_list":["post-28568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-chris-paul","tag-damian-lillard","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28568","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=28568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28569,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28568\/revisions\/28569"}],"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=28568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}