Clippers Highlight Early Week Sports Betting Slate
With the Pacific Division title seemingly in hand the Los Angeles Clippers will continue to gun for first place overall in the Western Conference early this week as they take on the Bucks and the Nuggets to highlight the sports betting slate at the online books.
Los Angeles will host Milwaukee at the Staples Center on Wednesday night before visiting Denver to battle the Nuggets on Thursday night. And the Nuggets took care of business against the Clippers when those teams last met on January 1, winning 92-78 as a 1-point home favorite on the NBA betting lines. The Clippers had won SU in their previous three games against the Nuggets, going 2-1 ATS over those three contests.
The Nuggets will be busy heading into their Thursday matchup, as they host the Hawks on Monday night and play in Sacramento on Tuesday night. Denver has dominated Sacramento over the last few seasons, going 9-1 SU and 6-3-1 ATS over their past 10 meetings dating back to early 2010. The OVER paid out in their last four matchups.
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Other top games on the NBA betting slate for early this week include the Lakers at Oklahoma City on Tuesday night, Boston at Indiana and Chicago at San Antonio on Wednesday night, and Oklahoma City at New York in the early contest on Thursday.
In college basketball betting action in the days ahead Ohio State takes on Indiana at Assembly Hall on Tuesday night, with the Big Ten Tournament just a week away. The Buckeyes came up well short against the Hoosiers in their last meeting on February 10, falling 81-68 as a 1.5-point favorite on the college hoops odds at the sportsbooks. The OVER/UNDER has gone 7-2-1 over the past 10 games between these schools.
Wednesday's night action then includes Georgetown at Villanova and Oklahoma State at Iowa State, while on Thursday it's Wisconsin at Michigan State. The Spartans are 4-0 both SU and ATS in their past four games against the Badgers, with Michigan State getting by Wisconsin by a score of 49-47 as a 5-point road underdog on January 22.
Finally, the PGA Tour offers up the WGC-Cadillac Championship beginning on Thursday morning this week from TPC Blue Monster at Doral in Miami, Florida. Justin Rose paid out on the golf betting odds at the sportsbooks with a victory in this event last season, with Nick Watney the winner in 2011. Tiger Woods has won this event six times, most recently in 2007, while Phil Mickelson claimed this tournament title in 2009.