LA Clippers at San Antonio
NBA - 815 Los Angeles Clippers @ 816 San Antonio Spurs
Projected line: San Antonio by 8 points
The Spurs are coming from a very easy win at home against the Knicks. They wreaked havoc on the interior defense of the Knicks, who were playing without Chandler, and two things were clear from that game: Linsanity is fading and San Antonio continues to have one of the most prolific offense in the league. The Spurs played that with a ferocity that we hadn't showed since the Rodeo Road Trip. When they play with this kind of energy, there are few teams in the NBA who can beat them, especially a struggling Knicks team playing without Chandler. Both Melo and Amare can be very talented offensive players, but their defense is just ridiculous, especially at the rim. San Antonio explored that extremely well by outscoring the Knicks in the paint by 60-38 and if it wasn't for the 17 turnovers that the Spurs committed, things would have gone even uglier for the Knicks, who were too slow for the methodical Spurs, who took advantage of the Melo+Amare+Harrelson frontcourt combo, who combined a total of zero in terms of defensive skills. As a very high IQ team that they are, the Spurs took advantage of all the mismatches and crushed the Knicks.
They will now face the Clippers, who are struggling right now, especially on offense, where they are showing no flow whatsoever, especially in the perimeter. They have been very well in the boards, but the Spurs' depth in the backcourt will be too much for them to handle! San Antonio is 2-0 this season against the Clippers and in the last game of this series, the Spurs went to LA to beat the Clippers on overtime. San Antonio had better overall numbers, but their poor FT numbers allowed the Clippers to make the game very close, with a huge and improbable game from Foye with 8-17 FG and 21 points! I don't believe something similar will happen tonight and so, I expect a very comfortable win for the Spurs tonight. I'm taking San Antonio in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 816 San Antonio Spurs (-5) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker
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