Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Clippers Host Nuggets Jockeying for Playoff Spots

Clippers Basketball

ESPN Late Game Showcases Teams Battling for 8th Seed



The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers will be jockeying for playoff position on Wednesday when they battle at STAPLES Center. ESPN has the telecast and tip-off is scheduled for 10:30 pm EST.

The NBA season just turned toward the second half. The Nuggets sit toward the bottom of the Western Conference's playoff seedings. The Clippers are half-game back in ninth place.

Oddsmakers have the Clippers listed as a 3.5-point favorite. The total is at 221.5.

Clippers Have a Resurgence with Griffin Back



Last time out for Los Angeles, they were a 113-102 winner as they battled the Houston Rockets at home. The Clippers covered in the match as a +4.5-point underdog, while 215 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

The Clippers have seen a resurgence with the return of All-Star forward Blake Griffin. Griffin is back from a knee issue that kept him out for a month. He also had a concussion that cost him two more games.

Wednesday's game will be the end of the Clippers' run of 12 consecutive games in California. Ten of those games took place at the Staples Center. They have lost just three of those 10 games.

The Clippers nearly came to blows in their victory with the Houston Rockets. It was both on the court near the end of the game and in the locker room area after the game. The NBA is investigating.

The Clippers have been crushed by injuries all season. That may be a factor in the edge they have displayed lately. Griffin is back now from a knee issue that kept him out for a month and a concussion that cost him two more games.

Guard Austin Rivers (ankle), forward Danilo Gallinari (glute) and guard C.J. Williams (ankle) have all missed time lately. Center DeAndre Jordan (ankle) has missed two games and is listed as "questionable" tonight.

Nuggets Heading in Wrong Direction



Last time out for Denver, they were a 105-102 winner as they battled the Dallas Mavericks at home. The Nuggets failed to cover in the match as a -6.5-point favorite, while 207 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

The Nuggets seemed to be hitting a mid-season wall before Tuesday's victory. Denver  lost four of its last five previous games. They almost blew a big lead against the Mavericks, but held on. Only one of those defeats came at home, but they all count in the standings.

A victory Wednesday would be a morale booster for Denver. With a win the squad will then play its next five games at home. Only one playoff caliber team is in that stretch. The Nuggets could pull off a little run.

The Nuggets will be without forward Paul Milsap (wrist).

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NameRecordATSOffenseDefenseDiffATS HomeATS AwayOU RecordOU HomeOU Away
Denver23-2120-22-2106.18105.520.6600000000000112-98-13-218-268-1310-13
LA Clippers22-2124-19107.47106.720.7512-1012-924-18-113-8-111-10





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Assists Turnovers
NameAssistsTurnoversRatio
DEN23.4115.091.55
LAC21.5314.471.49


















Rebounding
NameOffenseDefenseTotal
DEN11.5533.4845.03
LAC10.1633.1943.35


















ShootingPercentage
NameOffenseDefenseDifferential
DEN46.0547.38-1.33
LAC46.2345.570.66





Team Records




Denver Nuggets

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall23-2116-57-1620-22-212-98-13-2106.18105.520.66
Last 104-64-20-44-5-13-31-2-1104.10106.90-2.80
vs Div4-63-11-56-43-13-398.8099.90-1.10
vs EAST9-75-34-45-10-12-63-4-1109.19107.002.19
vs WEST14-1411-23-1215-12-110-35-9-1104.46104.68-0.22





Los Angeles Clippers

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall22-2113-99-1224-1912-1012-9107.47106.720.75
Last 108-25-23-07-34-33-0115.50109.206.30
vs Div10-25-25-09-35-24-1116.33106.1710.16
vs EAST6-84-32-58-63-45-299.93102.21-2.28
vs WEST16-139-67-716-139-67-7111.10108.902.20





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TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense106.1812106.7219
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense103.1719106.5522
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed44.171143.1419
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense107.478105.5214
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense110.098108.5722
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed43.731542.004


Head To Head Summary



































TeamrecordATSO/UAVGAVG ½FG%REB3PTsteals
Denver4-65-53-7102.4050.6045.9941.70109/2938.50
LA Clippers6-45-53-7104.9052.3043.2648.0094/2766.80





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DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineATSTotalO/UFG% EdgeReb Edge3PT EdgeAway Half ScoreHome Half ScoreAway FG%Home FG%Away ReboundsHome ReboundsAway Three PointersHome Three PointersAway StealsHome Steals
Mar 16, 2017LAC114DEN129-5.5DEN221.5ODENDENLAC465952.453.5344816/3215/2857
Jan 21, 2017LAC98DEN123-5DEN222.5UDENDENPush455941.752.9354610/3210/2454
Dec 26, 2016DEN106LAC1024.5LAC208.5ULACDENDEN634643.946.4513811/319/25106
Dec 20, 2016DEN102LAC119-8LAC217.5OLACDENLAC536843.354.7463711/3916/3657
Mar 27, 2016DEN90LAC105-8.5LAC208.5ULACPushLAC485239.447.544447/2910/28713
Feb 24, 2016DEN87LAC81-11DEN213.5UDENDENLAC533937.835.357476/2413/461113
Nov 24, 2015LAC111DEN947LAC204.5OLACDENPush514546.839.743488/208/25103
Apr 13, 2015DEN103LAC110-18DEN214.5ULACDENDEN575437.645.1584712/337/2177
Apr 4, 2015LAC107DEN9211LAC215.5ULACLACLAC55394337.6474413/346/2297
Jan 26, 2015DEN98LAC102-14.5DEN215.5UDENLACDEN475048.247.538458/217/19710





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Team Last 5 Games




Denver Nuggets







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 16, 2018DAL105-102W-6.5210L/U46.5165.388H
Jan 13, 2018SAN80-112L7.5208L/U34.9488.247A
Jan 12, 2018MEM87-78W-6.5203.5W/U38.5781.257H
Jan 10, 2018ATL97-110L-9215.5L/U40.0060.009H
Jan 8, 2018GS114-124L10227.5P/O49.4775.008A





Los Angeles Clippers







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 15, 2018HOU113-102W4.5230.5W/U55.7075.0010H
Jan 13, 2018SAC126-105W-7216W/O56.1084.6212H
Jan 11, 2018SAC121-115W-3.5213W/O51.1973.3313A
Jan 10, 2018GS125-106W12219W/O49.4678.5711A
Jan 8, 2018ATL108-107W-4.5214L/O44.7167.659H



Next up:
Denver home to Phoenix Friday, January 19
Los Angeles at Utah Saturday, January 20

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Lakers Visit Inconsistent Thunder

OKC Thunder

Thunder Look for Consistency Against Hot-Mess Lakers



Maybe LaVar Ball just wanted to light a fire under the Los Angeles Lakers. Ball told ESPN that head coach Luke Walton had lost control of the team. The Lakers (15-27 SU, 21-21 ATS) have won four straight games SU and ATS since then.

Their odyssey continues Wednesday with a road game against the wayward Oklahoma City Thunder (23-20 SU, 17-26 ATS), beginning at 8 PM ET. Oddsmakers have the Thunder as 9.5-point favorites. The total is at 216.5.

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LA’s improved level of play might have more to do with the return to health of several players. That includes Ball’s son, Lonzo Ball. The hotshot rookie is already one of his team’s best performers. His shooting touch isn’t nearly as good as his passing and defense.

Brook Lopez recently returned from an eight-game layoff. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is now allowed to play basketball outside the state of California. He had been missing games due to a violation of his probation terms.

The Thunder looked like they’d sorted out some of their earlier issues distributing the workload among their Big Three of Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, but OKC have lost five of their last eight games SU and ATS. Defensive stopper Andre Roberson is also day-to-day with patellar tendinitis.

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NameRecordATSOffenseDefenseDiffATS HomeATS AwayOU RecordOU HomeOU Away
LA Lakers15-2821-22106.67110.47-3.811-1210-1023-2013-1010-10
Oklahoma City24-2017-27104.11101.053.069-138-1418-269-139-13





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Assists Turnovers
NameAssistsTurnoversRatio
LAL23.4916.211.45
OKC20.8213.911.5


















Rebounding
NameOffenseDefenseTotal
LAL11.2835.4746.75
OKC12.0732.3644.43


















ShootingPercentage
NameOffenseDefenseDifferential
LAL45.2045.73-0.53
OKC45.0845.13-0.05





Team Records




Los Angeles Lakers

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall15-289-146-1421-2211-1210-10106.67110.47-3.80
Last 104-63-31-35-53-32-2107.90112.80-4.90
vs Div3-81-52-36-53-33-2109.27113.55-4.28
vs EAST7-85-32-58-75-33-4105.87105.870.00
vs WEST8-204-114-913-156-97-6107.11112.93-5.82





Oklahoma City Thunder

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall24-2015-79-1317-279-138-14104.11101.053.06
Last 105-52-33-24-61-43-2108.20104.703.50
vs Div5-74-21-52-101-51-5101.58101.580.00
vs EAST10-75-45-39-84-55-3104.4199.474.94
vs WEST14-1310-34-108-195-83-11103.93102.041.89





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TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense106.6711101.053
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense107.308100.055
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed45.65339.321
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense104.1119110.4727
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense105.7715112.4027
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed44.001344.6524


Head To Head Summary



































TeamrecordATSO/UAVGAVG ½FG%REB3PTsteals
LA Lakers1-92-85-596.9059.3050.0051.2097/2528.80
Oklahoma City9-18-25-5116.7047.9041.4639.8088/2819.20





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DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineATSTotalO/UFG% EdgeReb Edge3PT EdgeAway Half ScoreHome Half ScoreAway FG%Home FG%Away ReboundsHome ReboundsAway Three PointersHome Three PointersAway StealsHome Steals
Jan 3, 2018OKC133LAL965.5OKC214OOKCLALOKC634460.241.3444514/3011/33125
Feb 24, 2017LAL93OKC110-10.5OKC221.5UOKCOKCOKC515839.645.451597/3510/24159
Nov 22, 2016OKC109LAL1113LAL219.5OLALOKCLAL484948.950.6403511/2714/27118
Oct 30, 2016LAL96OKC113-8.5OKC216UOKCOKCOKC465840.247.441467/329/261515
Apr 11, 2016LAL79OKC112-15.5OKC216.5UOKCOKCOKC485828.443.848577/3112/3788
Jan 8, 2016OKC117LAL11315LAL212OOKCOKCLAL605350.647.645345/179/2689
Dec 23, 2015OKC120LAL8514OKC207.5UOKCOKCLAL574653.73661355/197/2576
Dec 19, 2015LAL78OKC118-16.5OKC207.5UOKCOKCOKC416734.954.832568/289/19106
Mar 24, 2015LAL117OKC127-9.5OKC214.5OOKCOKCOKC536851.855.828499/1911/21107
Mar 1, 2015OKC108LAL1014OKC198.5OLALOKCOKC564841.244.4554911/329/2556





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Team Last 5 Games




Los Angeles Lakers







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 15, 2018MEM114-123L3.5204L/O39.5883.8712A
Jan 13, 2018DAL107-101W4.5213.5W/U45.2672.228A
Jan 11, 2018SAN93-81W2.5212.5W/U41.3857.1413H
Jan 9, 2018SAC99-86W-8213W/U48.0561.9012H
Jan 7, 2018ATL132-113W-3.5216W/O55.8180.0016H





Oklahoma City Thunder







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 15, 2018SAC95-88W-12208.5L/U41.8648.289H
Jan 13, 2018CHR101-91W-2212W/U40.2175.008A
Jan 10, 2018MIN88-104L4.5213L/U40.5175.006A
Jan 9, 2018POR106-117L-8204.5L/O44.0573.0813H
Jan 7, 2018PHO100-114L-8222L/U46.5157.148A



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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Rested Celtics Host Pelicans on Tuesday

Boston Celtics

Celtics Hope There is no Rust After Layoff



After playing in London England on Thursday, the Boston Celtics have received five days off to recover from jet lag. They’ll be at home on Tuesday, when they host the New Orleans Pelicans.

Oddsmakers have the Celtics as 5.5-point favorites and the total is at 214.

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The Pelicans are coming off a win in New York on Sunday afternoon. That moved their record to 22-20 on the season (22-19-1 ATS). They have some momentum right now as they’ve won two straight games and seven of their last 11. Although they’re just 11-11 on the road this season, they’ve won four of their last six away games.

The Celtics are 34-10 (27-15-2 ATS) after a 114-103 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in London. They came back from a 22-point deficit. Shooting guard Jaylen Brown put up 21 points. Point guard Kyrie Irving added 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Celtics. Boston is on a roll again, entering Tuesday’s game on a seven-game winning streak. They look like legitimate title contenders (+800 futures), even without the injured Gordon Hayward.

The two teams have split their last 10 meetings straight up, with Boston winning five of the last six. The Celtics covered in six of those games. As for the total, six of the games went under.

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NameRecordATSOffenseDefenseDiffATS HomeATS AwayOU RecordOU HomeOU Away
New Orleans22-2022-19-1111.05111.020.0300000000000019-10-113-925-1714-611-11
Boston34-1027-15-2103.0097.735.2713-8-214-721-22-112-119-11-1





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Assists Turnovers
NameAssistsTurnoversRatio
NOH26.1415.501.69
BOS22.0513.201.67


















Rebounding
NameOffenseDefenseTotal
NOH8.1434.3642.5
BOS9.1135.4144.52


















ShootingPercentage
NameOffenseDefenseDifferential
NOH49.0846.392.69
BOS45.0443.032.01





Team Records




New Orleans Pelicans

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall22-2011-911-1122-19-19-10-113-9111.05111.020.03
Last 106-43-23-25-52-33-2112.20109.902.30
vs Div2-41-11-33-31-12-2107.00108.33-1.33
vs EAST11-56-35-29-6-13-5-16-1113.31109.633.68
vs WEST11-155-66-913-136-57-8109.65111.88-2.23





Boston Celtics

































































NameRecordHomeAwayATSATS HomeATS AwayOffenseDefenseDiff
Overall34-1018-516-527-15-213-8-214-7103.0097.735.27
Last 108-25-13-16-44-22-2101.6095.905.70
vs Div8-14-04-16-33-13-2102.8996.566.33
vs EAST22-89-413-418-11-17-5-111-6102.5097.804.70
vs WEST12-29-13-19-4-16-3-13-1104.0797.576.50





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TitleStatRankStatRank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense111.05497.731
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense108.77498.003
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed43.551444.0023
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense103.0022111.0228
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense104.3921109.5524
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed44.96844.8626


Head To Head Summary



































TeamrecordATSO/UAVGAVG ½FG%REB3PTsteals
New Orleans5-54-64-699.5051.5043.2741.8097/2738.50
Boston5-56-44-6102.5048.9045.2545.3055/1796.40





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DateAwayaway scoreHomehome scorelineATSTotalO/UFG% EdgeReb Edge3PT EdgeAway Half ScoreHome Half ScoreAway FG%Home FG%Away ReboundsHome ReboundsAway Three PointersHome Three PointersAway StealsHome Steals
Jan 7, 2017NOH108BOS117-6BOS212ONOHBOSBOS535747.143424710/3118/3676
Nov 14, 2016BOS105NOH1063.5NOH212UNOHNOHBOS51564044.3444612/416/2199
Apr 6, 2016NOH97BOS104-14.5NOH208.5UNOHNOHBOS455343.641.449419/2410/34510
Dec 7, 2015BOS111NOH931.5BOS211UBOSBOSBOS534449.441.1464412/284/1388
Mar 6, 2015BOS104NOH98-7BOS199.5ONOHNOHBOS474745.647.5374510/238/2185
Jan 12, 2015NOH100BOS1085.5BOS203.5OBOSNOHBOS494941.34245446/158/2478
Mar 16, 2014BOS120NOH121-6BOS196ONOHBOSBOS645746.450494412/263/1578
Jan 3, 2014NOH95BOS923.5BOS201UNOHBOSBOS494349.434.845492/67/2935
Mar 20, 2013BOS86NOH874.5NOH186.5UBOSNOHNOH554545.843.728454/145/16137
Jan 16, 2013NOH90BOS78-8.5NOH182.5UBOSNOHBOS444343.745.948332/174/18511





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Team Last 5 Games




New Orleans Pelicans







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 14, 2018NY123-118W-2.5218W/O47.3770.599A
Jan 12, 2018POR119-113W-3.5218.5W/O54.8895.657H
Jan 10, 2018MEM102-105L1210.5L/U44.1667.6511A
Jan 8, 2018DET112-109W-6211L/O56.1066.676H
Jan 6, 2018MIN98-116L1.5218L/U42.3192.866A





Boston Celtics







































































DateOpponentscoreResultlineTotalATS Resultfield goal percentagefree throw percentagethree pointersLocation
Jan 11, 2018PHI114-103W-2212W/O48.3178.9513A
Jan 6, 2018BKN87-85W-3205.5L/U37.7653.335A
Jan 5, 2018MIN91-84W-3210.5W/U40.4369.236H
Jan 3, 2018CLE102-88W-3212.5W/U44.5772.7312H
Dec 31, 2017BKN108-105W-9.5209.5L/O49.3764.0014H



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