NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Clippers
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, February 18, 2016
Where: Staples Center in Los Angeles, California
Lines: San Antonio -4.5
Total: 205.5
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The San Antonio Spurs had an excellent first half of the season, but much h of it was overlooked because of what the Warriors were doing. The Spurs are 45-8 on the year, including 17-8 on the road and they have a 14 game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies in the Southwest Division. The Spurs have won their last six games in a row, which followed a three game stretch where they had double digit losses in road games vs the Cavs and Warriors.
Those two losses have questioned just how good this team really is. They may have been running out of gas a bit as their they were able to beat the Lakers by just four points at home and Orlando by just two points on the road in two of their three games before the break. The Spurs are a solid offensive team this year as they come in ranked 5th in scoring (105 ppg) and first in FG% (49.1%), while at6 the defensive end of the floor they are tops in points allowed (91.8 ppg) and 32rd in defensive FG% (43.1%).
The Los Angeles Clippers come in at 35-15 overall, which includes a 17-8 mark at home. The Clipps have won their last 7 of their last 9, but come in off a wild 139-134 OT loss to the Celtics on the road. THat followed an OT win over Philadelphia, soi they really weren’t playing their best ball right before the break. The Clippers are still without Blake Griffin (Out Til March), who leads the team in scoring with 23.2 ppg and when he does return he will be suspended for the first four games for punching a team employee.
They still have Chris Paul, who is 2nd on the team in scoring at 19.3 ppg and they also have DeAndre Jordan, who is a beast on the boards pulling down 14.0 rpg (2nd in the league). He also scores 12 ppg and leads the league in FG% at 70.3%. This is an offensive minded team that comes in at 7th in the league in scoring, putting up 104.7 ppg, while hitting 46.2% of their shots, which is 5th in the league. On defense they have been solid as they rank 9th in points allowed, giving up just 100.8 ppg, while allowing teams to hit just 43.7% of their shots, which is 5th.
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[503] San Antonio -4.5
I like the Spurs in this game. They have had some time to rest and should come out in the 2nd half of the season firing on all cylinders. The Spurs have not played well vs the top teams on the road, so I look for them to come out and make a statement vs a Clippers team that is still without Blake Griffin. The Spurs are 23-6 ATS in their last 29 games following a ATS loss, while the Clippers are 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600 and we note that the road team is 4-1 ATS the last five in the series. San Antonio is the better team and the deeper team as well and should win this one by at least seven points.
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