{"id":32441,"date":"2014-01-10T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32441"},"modified":"2014-01-10T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T18:12:18","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-lakers-vs-los-angeles-clippers-32441\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers
\nFriday, 1\/10\/14, 10:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Clippers -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Clippers -10.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 208
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 208.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Lakers have lost and failed to cover the spread in their last three games, including a 113-93 setback to the Houston Rockets as 13.5-point road underdogs Wednesday, while going OVER the betting total of 211.5.\u00a0 The Lakers are dealing with numerous injuries, especially at the guard position with Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Jordan Farmer all being out.\u00a0 Since Christmas, the team is allowing a league-worst 22.8 points per game off turnovers.\u00a0 The Lakers are 0-4 SUATS as road underdogs of 9.5 to 12 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are 6-12 SU on the road this season, including a 3-10 mark versus Western Conference opponents, which is important to consider when making your NBA betting picks.\u00a0 The franchise is 5-5 SU in its last 10 overall games in this series, while it has dropped six of 10 as the road team versus the Clippers at Staples Center.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 99.6 points per game, which ranks 16th in the league.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Clippers have won back-to-back games, including a 111-105 victory over the Boston Celtics as 10.5-point home favorites Wednesday, while going OVER the betting total for the fourth time in five affairs.\u00a0 The Clippers are led offensively by forward Blake Griffin, who is the only player in the NBA averaging 20-plus points, 10-plus rebounds, three-plus assists and shooting at least 50 percent from the field.\u00a0 He has scored 25-plus points in six of his last 10 games.\u00a0 The Clippers are 10-4 SU and 11-3 ATS when revenging a loss versus a foe during the 2013-14 campaign.<\/p>\n

Since the 2011-12 season, the Clippers have compiled a 12-10 SU record when Chris Paul isn\u2019t in the lineup, as he\u2019s out with a shoulder injury.\u00a0 The squad leads the league in home scoring, as it averages 109.3 points in Southern California, which is just a half point better than the Portland Trail Blazers.\u00a0 Expect the team to get out on the break, as it ranks in the top five in both points off turnovers and fast-break points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the Clippers due to their 4-1 ATS mark in the last five meetings in this intra-city rivalry.<\/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 Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers Friday, 1\/10\/14, 10:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Clippers -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Clippers -10.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 208 Current Total:\u00a0 208.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Los Angeles Lakers have lost and failed to cover the spread in their last three games, including a 113-93 setback to the […]<\/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":[749,1371,68,18,3624,3693],"class_list":["post-32441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32441","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=32441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32442,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32441\/revisions\/32442"}],"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=32441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}