{"id":33744,"date":"2014-04-03T16:49:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T21:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=33744"},"modified":"2014-04-03T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T21:49:39","slug":"nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-predictions-dallas-mavericks-vs-los-angeles-clippers-33744\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Predictions: Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Clippers
\nThursday, 4\/3\/14, 10:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 213
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 212
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Clippers are 31-5 SU at the Staples Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dallas has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games, as it looks to bounce back from a 122-120 overtime setback to the Golden State Warriors as five-point home favorites Tuesday, while going OVER the betting total in six of its last seven contests.\u00a0 The Mavericks have four of their five probable starters averaging double figures, with forward Dirk Nowitzki leading the way at 21.6 points a contest, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA predictions.\u00a0 Dallas is 16-12 ATS as an underdog this season, with the UNDER going 18-10 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are 19-17 SU away from the American Airlines Center, including a 9-12 mark when taking on Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Dallas has dropped six of its last seven regular-season meetings against Los Angeles, with the last five being decided by seven or fewer points.\u00a0 Nowitzki has averaged 24.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in three games versus the Clippers during the 2013-14 campaign.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has won four games in a row, including a 112-108 victory over the Phoenix Suns as three-point road underdogs Wednesday, while going OVER the betting total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Clippers are led by forward Blake Griffin, who is averaging 24.0 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.\u00a0 The last time the franchise swept a season series against Dallas was during the 1993-94 season.\u00a0 Los Angeles is 7-1 SU and 5-3 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 6 points, with the OVER going 7-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 31-5 SU at the Staples Center this season, including an 18-3 mark when taking on conference rivals.\u00a0 Los Angeles has won 33 of 34 games when making at least nine 3-pointers in a game\u2014winning all 15 of those games when playing in front of its own fans.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that Griffin sat out for the first time this season on March 31 due to lower back spasms\u2014ending a streak of 105 consecutive regular season games played.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 4-0 in the last four meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mavericks vs. Los Angeles Clippers Thursday, 4\/3\/14, 10:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Los Angeles -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Los Angeles -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 213 Current Total:\u00a0 212 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Dallas has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games, as it looks to bounce back from a 122-120 overtime setback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[749,19,20,1371,18,3624],"class_list":["post-33744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-blake-griffin","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-staples-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33744","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=33744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33745,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33744\/revisions\/33745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}