Play: L.A. Clippers -11.5 -110
Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
Reasoning: Los Angeles (28-14) hasn't played outside the Pacific Time Zone since Dec. 23. It is 4-0 ATS in its last four games after receiving two rest days. Brooklyn (18-24) played Wednesday night, and it won 103-100 at Sacramento. But in doing so it nearly blew a 23-point lead. The Nets have played the second-easiest schedule in the NBA. They have lost eight of 10 and will be without Deron Williams (ribs), their third-leading scorer and assists leader, for the eighth straight game. Brooklyn has managed just 90.2 ppg in dropping five of its last six on the second of back-to-backs. DeAndre Jordan leads the league in rebounds (13.4) and has reached double figures in boards in an NBA-high 36 straight contests. He also leads the league in field-goal percentage at 72.1%, which is the NBA's highest mark since Wilt Chamberlain's 72.7% in 1972-73. Jordan is second in the league in blocks per game (2.4). J.J. Redick set a club-record for threes in a month (53) in December, and he has 23 this month. He'll go against a below-average perimeter defensive club in Brooklyn. The Clips are allowing just 98.9 ppg and are scoring 106.6 ppg at home. The Nets have averaged only 92.0 ppg in their last 10 games and they have lost nine of the last 10 on the road vs. Los Angeles. Blake Griffin is averaging 26.2 ppg on 56.2% shooting over his last six tilts.
Record: 254-192-9 (57.0%)
Bankroll: +162.98%
No comments:
Post a Comment