NBA Betting – Wednesday Picks – Los Angeles Clippers vs New York Knicks
Before nba betting fans turn their attention to more the nice matchups on Thursday Night TNT hoops, we have some Wednesday night NBA gambling action. It’s time for our weekly hoops picks for NBA betting profits.
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CLIPPERS vs. KNICKS
Time: Wednesday 7:30 ET
Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City
Spread: Knicks -7
Over/Under: 215.5
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The bloom is off the Clippers’ rose. Not a deep team by any means, the Clippers were a feel-good story through mid-January. Blake Griffin’s soaring dunks finally got the team some national exposure, and there was even talk of a late-season surge that would get them into the playoffs.
But it all came crashing down on Jan. 22 when leading scorer Eric Gordon suffered a sprained right wrist. Since then the Clippers are 3-5 as they continue a torturous 11-game road swing that has 8 games left, including tonight’s matchup against the Knicks in Madison Square Garden.
The Clippers were competitive in Atlanta (losing by 1) but were spanked in Florida (losing by 18 to Miami and by 16 to Orlando). Now, with a thin rotation the Clips have to take on a Knicks team that hasn’t played since Sunday and runs even after opponents’ made baskets.
New York, in fact, has a nice home-centric schedule heading into the All-Star break. The Knicks are two games over .500 and hope to create a little separation between themselves and Philadelphia in the scrum for playoff position. NY has little chance of catching any of the Big 4 (Boston, Miami, Chicago, Orlando) in the East, but a 5-seed would be a big boost to the franchise.
Trends:
LAC are 1-6-1 ATS in their last 8 road games.
Over is 8-3-1 in LAC last 12 road games.
LAC are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
Over is 10-3 in NY last 13 vs. NBA Pacific.
NY are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
Under is 7-3 in NY last 10 vs. Western Conference.
Underdog is 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
BEST BET:
Seven points is a lot to lay, but LA hasn’t shown much fight on the road this season (3-18) and the vast majority of their road covers were early in the season when they were catching teams by surprise. The road has always taken a disproportionate toll on the Clippers, and this trip is daunting. The question is whether the Clippers will go balls-to-the-wall tonight trying to win a game they probably will lose, or save some energy for Friday night in Cleveland, a game they MUST win.
Cleveland has lost a league-record 25 games in a row, but this weekend has two chances to half that streak – Friday vs. the Clippers and Sunday vs. Washington. If the Clippers can bring it only once in the next few days, tonight might not be the time. New York -7, with parlay players also taking the Over.
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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.
