That the San Antonio Spurs are in the Western Conference semifinals comes as no surprise. But the Los Angeles Clippers? Yes, that might qualify as a surprise.
The Spurs, the No. 1 seed in the West, now meet the fifth-seeded Clippers, who pulled off a Game 7 road victory Sunday in Memphis, in a best-of-seven conference semifinals series starting Tuesday night.
BetOnline is listing San Antonio at -11.5 for Tuesday night's series opener (9:30 pm Eastern, TNT) with a total of 190.5. They also have the Spurs at -1200 for Game 1, with Los Angeles getting +800 to win straight-up.
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Finally, is listing San Antonio as a -2500 favorite to win this series, with the Clippers getting +1200 to pull the upset.
On the NBA futures betting market, is lining the Spurs at 6/5 to win the Western Conference and 3/1 to win the NBA championship, while longshot LA is getting 18/1 to win the West and 40/1 to win it all.
San Antonio, 50-16 during the regular season, rolled over Utah in four games in the first round of these playoffs to return to the conference semifinals after losing in the first round last year to Memphis.
Meanwhile the Clippers, who went 40-26 this season, endured a seven-game first-round series with the fourth-seeded Grizzlies, winning Games 1 and 7 on the road to return to the conference semifinals for the first time since 2006.
The Spurs took two of three games from the Clippers during the regular season, but one of those victories came in overtime. San Antonio won the first game at home, blowing open a close game into the third quarter, then won the second matchup by three points in OT.
Los Angeles then beat the Spurs at The Barn 120-112 in early March, although San Antonio G Tony Parker missed that game with a sore leg.
All three of those games played 'over' on the totals.
Game 2 of this series will be played in San Antonio Thursday night (9:30 pm Eastern, ESPN), with Games 3 and 4 at Staples Center back-to-back Saturday and Sunday.
Clippers Spurs Props: Series Price courtesy of :
Los Angeles Clippers (Series Prices) 11/1 (+1100)
San Antonio Spurs (Series Prices) 1/20 (-2000)
Exact Series Result
San Antonio Spurs 4-0 23/10
San Antonio Spurs 4-1 1/1
San Antonio Spurs 4-2 19/4
San Antonio Spurs 4-3 21/4
Los Angeles Clippers 4-0 200/1
Los Angeles Clippers 4-1 150/1
Los Angeles Clippers 4-2 25/1
Los Angeles Clippers 4-3 45/1
Total Games in Series
Over Games O 5½ 9/5 (+180)
Under Games U 5½ 5/11 (-220)
Total Games in Series
4 51/20
5 1/1
6 4/1
7 9/2
Series Game Spread
San Antonio Spurs -1½ 1/6 (-600)
Los Angeles Clippers +1½ 4/1 (+400)
Series Game Spread
San Antonio Spurs -2½ 20/43 (-215)
Los Angeles Clippers +2½ 7/4 (+175)
Where Will the Series be Decided?
AT&T Center, San Antonio 2/3 -150
Staples Center, Los Angeles 6/5 +120
Player Props
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Blake Griffin
Over/Under 19½ (-115)
Average 2nd Round Rebounds Per Game - Blake Griffin
Over/Under 10 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Chris Paul
Over/Under 20 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Assists Per Game - Chris Paul
Over/Under 9 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Caron Butler
Over/Under 11½ (-115)
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Tony Parker
Over/Under 19 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Assists Per Game - Tony Parker
Over/Under 7 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Tim Duncan
Over/Under 15½ (-115)
Average 2nd Round Rebounds Per Game - Tim Duncan
Over/Under 9 (-115)
Average 2nd Round Points Per Game - Manu Ginobili
Over/Under 13½ (-115)
Will Metta World Peace get ejected during the Series against the Thunder?
Yes 7/1
Will Metta World Peace Foul James Harden during game 1 of the Series against the Thunder?
Yes -140
No EVEN
Will any player get ejected for fighting in the Lakers/Thunder Series?
Yes 4/1
