{"id":33684,"date":"2014-03-28T18:33:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T23:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33684"},"modified":"2014-03-28T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T23:33:15","slug":"nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-houston-rockets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-los-angeles-clippers-vs-houston-rockets-2-33684\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Houston Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Houston Rockets
\nSaturday, 3\/29\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 215
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 215
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are dangerous road underdogs Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Los Angeles picked up a 109-103 victory over the Dallas Mavericks as one-point road underdogs Thursday, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in eight affairs.\u00a0 \u00a0 The Clippers have four of five probable starters averaging double figures, with forward Blake Griffin leading the way\u2014scoring 20-plus points in 30 consecutive games.\u00a0 He\u2019s eight points away from being No. 7 on the franchise\u2019s all-time scoring list.\u00a0 The team has compiled a 20-17 SU record away from the Staples Center, including a 12-10 mark versus Western Conference foes.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 4-1 SUATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points this season.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are averaging 18.6 fast-break points per game, which ranks second in the league in that important offensive category.\u00a0 Los Angeles has won 27 of 30 games when scoring at least 20 points in transition\u2014something to consider when making your NBA betting picks Saturday night.\u00a0 Point guard Chris Paul is a big reason for the team\u2019s great productivity on the offensive end, as he\u2019s tallied 36 double-doubles in 54 games played.<\/p>\n

Houston has put together a five-game winning streak, including a 120-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers as 19.5-point home favorites Thursday, while going OVER the betting total for the sixth time in seven opportunities.\u00a0 The Rockets have all five probable starters averaging double figures, with shooting guard James Harden leading the way at 24.9 points a contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro basketball odds page.\u00a0 Houston is 2-2 SUATS as home favorites of three or fewer points, with the UNDER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Rockets have put together a solid 29-7 SU record at the Toyota Center, including a 14-7 mark versus conference foes.\u00a0 Houston ranks third in both scoring and shooting percentage on the offensive end\u2014winning each of the last 16 games when knocking down 50 percent or better of its field goal attempts in a contest.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Clippers due to their 22-14 ATS mark on the road during the 2013-14 campaign.<\/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. Houston Rockets Saturday, 3\/29\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 215 Current Total:\u00a0 215 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Los Angeles picked up a 109-103 victory over the Dallas Mavericks as one-point road underdogs Thursday, while going OVER the betting total for the […]<\/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":[749,831,3595,1371,18,3693],"class_list":["post-33684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-houston-rockets","tag-james-harden","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33684","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=33684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33685,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33684\/revisions\/33685"}],"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=33684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}