{"id":33280,"date":"2014-03-04T13:57:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33280"},"modified":"2014-03-04T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:57:34","slug":"nba-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-los-angeles-clippers-vs-phoenix-suns-33280\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Phoenix Suns
\nTuesday, 3\/4\/14, 9:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 218.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 219
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 16-5 SUATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles has won four games in a row, including a 108-76 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans as 11.5-point home favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Clippers have four of five probable starters averaging in double figures, with forward Blake Griffin leading the way at 24.2 points a contest.\u00a0 He\u2019s tallied 10 games with 30-plus points and 10-plus rebounds during the 2013-14 NBA campaign.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 16-5 SUATS as road favorites of 3.5 to 6 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are nearly unbeatable when point guard Chris Paul scores 20 or more points\u2014compiling a 13-3 SU record this season when he reaches that number.\u00a0 Los Angeles has also received 19 consecutive 20-point performances from Griffin, which is the second longest streak of its kind in the NBA during the 2013-14 campaign.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is second in the league in scoring 107.2 points per game, which has led directly to winning 31 of 34 games when putting up 104 or more points.<\/p>\n

Phoenix has won back-to-back games, including a 129-120 victory over the Atlanta Hawks as eight-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the betting total in each of those contests.\u00a0 The Suns are 21-11 SU at home this season, including a 14-7 mark when taking on Western Conference opponents, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA predictions Tuesday night.\u00a0 Phoenix is 3-1 SUATS as home underdogs of 3.5 to 6 points this season.<\/p>\n

The Suns have won 16 of the last 21 games in this series, which is important to consider when looking over the NBA betting lines.\u00a0 Phoenix ranks fourth in the league in knocking down 9.3 three-pointers per game, while it ranks behind eight teams in knocking down 37.2 percent of its attempts from beyond the arc.\u00a0 Of the team\u2019s 24 losses this season\u2014only five have come by a double-digit margin.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Suns due to the home team covering the number in five of the last seven meetings in this series.<\/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 vs. Phoenix Suns Tuesday, 3\/4\/14, 9:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 218.5 Current Total:\u00a0 219 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles has won four games in a row, including a 108-76 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans as 11.5-point home favorites […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,837,1371,18,577,3693],"class_list":["post-33280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-chris-paul","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33280","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=33280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33282,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33280\/revisions\/33282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}