{"id":28649,"date":"2013-04-26T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28649"},"modified":"2013-04-26T11:06:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:06:01","slug":"nba-playoffs-2013-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-lakers-game-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2013-san-antonio-spurs-vs-los-angeles-lakers-game-3-28649\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2013: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Game 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers
\nFriday, 4\/26\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 189.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 187
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Antonio Spurs were 15-15 ATS as road favorites during the regular season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Antonio has jumped out to a 2-0 series lead in this Western Conference first round matchup, as it picked up a 102-91 victory as nine-point home favorites Wednesday night, while going OVER the posted total of 188.5.\u00a0 The Spurs know they\u2019ll be tested in Game 3, as the two teams will play at the Staples Center Friday night.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s going to change,\u201d commented Spurs forward Tim Duncan.\u00a0 \u201cThe energy is going to be in their building.\u201d\u00a0 San Antonio is 15-15 ATS as road favorites since the start of the regular season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Spurs finished the regular season with a 23-18 overall record on the road, including a 11-15 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 San Antonio has been led by the play of point guard Tony Parker in the first two games, as he\u2019s averaged 23.0 points and 7.5 assists, while Duncan is contributing 16.5 points and grabbing 7.5 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is in a world of trouble heading into Game 3, as its roster has been ravaged by injuries, with regular point guard Steve Nash listed as doubtful and backup Steve Blake out indefinitely.\u00a0 \u201cWe have total confidence that we can come back and win this series,\u201d stated Lakers center Dwight Howard.\u00a0 He is averaging 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds in the series, while Pau Gasol is also contributing a double-double.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 1-7-1 ATS when trailing in a playoff series the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Lakers were 29-12 at home during the regular season, including a 19-7 mark versus conference rivals.\u00a0 Los Angeles has captured six of its last 10 regular season games against San Antonio when playing in Southern California, which is important to consider when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 The franchise has compiled a 2-18 all-time series record when dropping the first two games.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the UNDER is 9-2 in the last 11 meetings in Los Angeles.<\/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 Lakers Friday, 4\/26\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Antonio -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Antonio -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 189.5 Current Total:\u00a0 187 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Antonio has jumped out to a 2-0 series lead in this Western Conference first round matchup, as it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[833,68,18,141,3624,576,3350,1029],"class_list":["post-28649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-dwight-howard","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-staples-center","tag-steve-nash","tag-tim-duncan","tag-tony-parker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649","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=28649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28650,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649\/revisions\/28650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}