NBA Betting Odds- Warriors at Clippers Game 1
Arguably the best series of the 2014 NBA playoffs first round features the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers in a bad blood duel. Game one of the series is this Saturday at 3:30 PM ET at the Staples Center.
The Warriors and the Clippers don’t like each other; in fact, they hate in each other, which will make things really interesting.
“You see him flop sometimes like how can a guy that big and strong flop that much?”, Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. “[Blake] is a good guy off the court, but he plays pretty physical and flops a little bit.”
The season series was split with two wins each; however, in the game on Christmas day things got heat up and ended with two players ejected.
We have to be a great rebounding team,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “In the two games that we won we outrebounded them and the two we lost, they outrebounded us. So, I think this series in that way is really close. We split. When you look at each game, except for the one where we got scheduled, they’ve been close games and at some point somebody broke through.”
The Clippers are 7 point favorites for the game on Saturday, with the game total set at 211.5. The Clippers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games, and the Warriors are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Zack is a tour guide whose favorite sports are football, baseball, and golf. He enjoys giving obnoxious commentary during games and hopes to some day write a book about sports. His favorite underdog victory was the Diamondbacks beating the Yankees in game 7 of the World Series.
