{"id":28681,"date":"2013-04-30T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=28681"},"modified":"2013-04-30T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:56:36","slug":"nba-playoffs-2013-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-clippers-game-5-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-playoffs-2013-memphis-grizzlies-vs-los-angeles-clippers-game-5-picks-28681\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Playoffs 2013: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Clippers, Game 5 Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Clippers
\nTuesday, 4\/30\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 180
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 180
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 5-3 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Memphis evened the series at 2-2 after picking up back-to-back home wins against Los Angeles, including a 104-83 victory as 3.5-point favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total of 177.5.\u00a0 \u201cThey played desperate basketball,\u201d commented Clippers guard Chauncey Billups.\u00a0 The Grizzlies owned a 92-61 combined rebounding edge in Games 3 and 4, while outscoring the Clippers by a significant 44-6 margin in second-chance points.\u00a0 Memphis is 1-6 SU and 3-4 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points, with the OVER going 4-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies were 24-17 overall on the road during the regular season, including a 14-12 mark versus Western Conference foes, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread.\u00a0 Memphis held Los Angeles to 82.5 points in Game 3 and 4 after the Clippers averaged 102.5 points in Games 1 and 2.\u00a0 Defensively, the team allowed a league-low 89.3 points to opponents this season.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has played Memphis 18 times in the last 15 months dating back to the 2011-12 regular season\u2014winning 11 of those contests, including nine of 10 when scoring 91 or more points on the offensive end.\u00a0 The Clippers are now looking for answers in this affair after being soundly defeated at FedExForum.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019ve executed better than us the last couple games on both ends,\u201d stated Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 5-3 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, while the OVER is 8-0 in those eight contests.<\/p>\n

The Clippers need to get a big performance out of forward Blake Griffin, who is averaging 16.5 points and 6.3 rebounds, while he was the only player in the NBA to average 18-plus points, 8.3-plus rebounds, 3.5-plus assists and one-plus steals per game.\u00a0 In 62 NBA playoff series with the home team winning the first four games, the team with home-court advantage has produced a 51-11 record.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 7-1 in the Clippers\u2019 last eight home games.<\/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":"

Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, 4\/30\/13, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 TNT Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 180 Current Total:\u00a0 180 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Memphis evened the series at 2-2 after picking up back-to-back home wins against Los Angeles, including a 104-83 victory as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,1371,3354,18,3624],"class_list":["post-28681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-staples-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681","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=28681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28682,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28681\/revisions\/28682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}