NBA - 705 Los Angeles Clippers @ 706 Sacramento Kings
Projected line: LA Clippers by 7 points
The Clippers are coming from some sense of urgency for this game, after having lost at home against Minnesota in a super weird game. Both CP3 and Blake had monster games, the Clippers were able to completely stop Rubio and Love, but then the Wolves bench crushed the Clippers with Beasley shooting 11-15 FG and Derrick 9-10 FG! Offensively, the Clippers had a good game except in a kind of plays where they use to be good: spot up plays with 4-19 FG 0.50 PPP! Once again the Clippers dominated the boards even though they were facing another top rebounding team in the league. Their only problems continues to be their undersized backcourt and so, they have been struggling against players like Beasley and Derrick.
Curiously, Sacramento has been playing in a similar way as the Clippers, with an undersized backcourt with the rookie Thomas, Thornton and Evans! Their rookie Thomas was the rookie of the month, but he will have a very tough matchup against CP3. Even though they have some defensive struggles at times, the Clippers are an average rim defensive team by allowing 63% FG for the season, but just 59% FG on their last 5 games. Their much bigger depth in the frontcourt position on this matchup will help them to win the boards battle at the front.
On the other side, Sacramento's interior defense is ridiculously bad. Sacramento is coming from a nice home win against Utah, where they were able to have a good inside game with 23-34 FG and 6-17 FG from 3-9 feet, however they once again struggled on the outside with 3-12 FG from 16-23 feet and 5-20 3pts. The Clippers with their improved rim defense will put a lot of pressure on the Kings outside game, which is quite poor, therefore I expect Sacramento to struggle offensively tonight. On the other side, the Clippers offense won't have problems in scoring against the poor defense of the Kings. So, I expect the Clippers to be much more effective than the Kings tonight, especially down the stretch with CP3 coordinating the team's offense. I believe the Clippers will have a comfortable win today and so, I'll take them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 705 Los Angeles Clippers (-3,5) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bookmaker
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