Posted on
4/11/2008 8:04:42 PM
NBA Basketball Betting - L.A. Clippers at Golden State Warriors
By Charles Jay
BetUS NBA basketball betting matchup:
WHO: Los Angeles Clippers (23-56 SU, 33-45 ATS) at Golden State Warriors (47-32 SU, 33-45 ATS)
WHERE: Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA
WHEN: Saturday, April 12 at 10:30 PM ET
Here are some of the NBA basketball betting trends that are relative to this matchup:
(Trends are current through April 10)
* LA has lost 15 of its last 17 games SU
* LA has covered one of its last six games
* LA has played five of its last six games UNDER the total
* LA has lost nine of its last ten road games SU
* LA has covered four of its last six road games
* GS has covered one of its last six games
* GS has played five of its last six games UNDER the total
* GS has covered one of its last six home games
* GS has played four of its last five home games OVER the total
In the HEAD-to-HEAD NBA basketball betting trends:
* GS has won three of the last four meetings SU
* GS has covered six of the last eight meetings
* GS has won and covered the last four meetings SU as the home team
* Seven of the last ten meetings have gone UNDER the total
* GS has had the shooting edge in three of the last four meetings
* GS has made more three-pointers in seven of the last ten meetings
The Clippers got slugged around again on Thursday night against the Lakers (106-78), which brings their streak of consecutive pointspread defeats to four. Elton Brand had 23 points in that game, but he's getting minimal support, except for the outstanding rookie, Al Thornton (12.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg - 22 points vs. Lakers). the 'other" L.A. team is second from the bottom in the league in scoring (93.8 ppg), while Golden State is the NBA's highest scoring club at 110.7 points per contest.
However, the Warriors don't play a lot of defense, allowing 46.6% shooting and 105.4 points a game, and because of that they have not been a very good team at carrying big numbers. In fact, they are 5-15 ATS when laying six points or more. And Don Nelson's team, which is none too physical, won't extract any advantages on the glass from a Clippers team that may be without Chris Kaman, but still has a relatively potent combo up front with Brand and Thornton.
Golden State is just 14-25 ATS at the Oracle Arena, which makes them the league's worst pointspread team at home aside from Miami. We'll look for the Clips to keep this one within a roomy number in the BetUS NBA basketball betting odds.
JAY'S PREDICTION: GOLDEN STATE BY 8
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(Charles Jay of http://www.eBookies.com is a freelance writer and handicapper who not only can make his shots from the top of the key, but also contributes with gusto to the BetUS Locker Room)