ESPN Late Game Showcases Teams Battling for 8th Seed
The Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers will be jockeying for playoff position on Wednesday when they battle at STAPLES Center. ESPN has the telecast and tip-off is scheduled for 10:30 pm EST.
The NBA season just turned toward the second half. The Nuggets sit toward the bottom of the Western Conference’s playoff seedings. The Clippers are half-game back in ninth place.
Oddsmakers have the Clippers listed as a 3.5-point favorite. The total is at 221.5.
Clippers Have a Resurgence with Griffin Back
Last time out for Los Angeles, they were a 113-102 winner as they battled the Houston Rockets at home. The Clippers covered in the match as a +4.5-point underdog, while 215 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
The Clippers have seen a resurgence with the return of All-Star forward Blake Griffin. Griffin is back from a knee issue that kept him out for a month. He also had a concussion that cost him two more games.
Wednesday’s game will be the end of the Clippers’ run of 12 consecutive games in California. Ten of those games took place at the Staples Center. They have lost just three of those 10 games.
The Clippers nearly came to blows in their victory with the Houston Rockets. It was both on the court near the end of the game and in the locker room area after the game. The NBA is investigating.
The Clippers have been crushed by injuries all season. That may be a factor in the edge they have displayed lately. Griffin is back now from a knee issue that kept him out for a month and a concussion that cost him two more games.
Guard Austin Rivers (ankle), forward Danilo Gallinari (glute) and guard C.J. Williams (ankle) have all missed time lately. Center DeAndre Jordan (ankle) has missed two games and is listed as “questionable” tonight.
Nuggets Heading in Wrong Direction
Last time out for Denver, they were a 105-102 winner as they battled the Dallas Mavericks at home. The Nuggets failed to cover in the match as a -6.5-point favorite, while 207 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
The Nuggets seemed to be hitting a mid-season wall before Tuesday’s victory. Denver lost four of its last five previous games. They almost blew a big lead against the Mavericks, but held on. Only one of those defeats came at home, but they all count in the standings.
A victory Wednesday would be a morale booster for Denver. With a win the squad will then play its next five games at home. Only one playoff caliber team is in that stretch. The Nuggets could pull off a little run.
The Nuggets will be without forward Paul Milsap (wrist).
| Name |
Assists |
Turnovers |
Ratio |
| DEN |
23.41 |
15.09 |
1.55 |
| LAC |
21.53 |
14.47 |
1.49 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Total |
| DEN |
11.55 |
33.48 |
45.03 |
| LAC |
10.16 |
33.19 |
43.35 |
| Name |
Offense |
Defense |
Differential |
| DEN |
46.05 |
47.38 |
-1.33 |
| LAC |
46.23 |
45.57 |
0.66 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
23-21 |
16-5 |
7-16 |
20-22-2 |
12-9 |
8-13-2 |
106.18 |
105.52 |
0.66 |
| Last 10 |
4-6 |
4-2 |
0-4 |
4-5-1 |
3-3 |
1-2-1 |
104.10 |
106.90 |
-2.80 |
| vs Div |
4-6 |
3-1 |
1-5 |
6-4 |
3-1 |
3-3 |
98.80 |
99.90 |
-1.10 |
| vs EAST |
9-7 |
5-3 |
4-4 |
5-10-1 |
2-6 |
3-4-1 |
109.19 |
107.00 |
2.19 |
| vs WEST |
14-14 |
11-2 |
3-12 |
15-12-1 |
10-3 |
5-9-1 |
104.46 |
104.68 |
-0.22 |
| Name |
Record |
Home |
Away |
ATS |
ATS Home |
ATS Away |
Offense |
Defense |
Diff |
| Overall |
22-21 |
13-9 |
9-12 |
24-19 |
12-10 |
12-9 |
107.47 |
106.72 |
0.75 |
| Last 10 |
8-2 |
5-2 |
3-0 |
7-3 |
4-3 |
3-0 |
115.50 |
109.20 |
6.30 |
| vs Div |
10-2 |
5-2 |
5-0 |
9-3 |
5-2 |
4-1 |
116.33 |
106.17 |
10.16 |
| vs EAST |
6-8 |
4-3 |
2-5 |
8-6 |
3-4 |
5-2 |
99.93 |
102.21 |
-2.28 |
| vs WEST |
16-13 |
9-6 |
7-7 |
16-13 |
9-6 |
7-7 |
111.10 |
108.90 |
2.20 |
| Title |
Stat |
Rank |
Stat |
Rank |
| Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense |
106.18 |
12 |
106.72 |
19 |
| Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense |
103.17 |
19 |
106.55 |
22 |
| Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed |
44.17 |
11 |
43.14 |
19 |
| Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense |
107.47 |
8 |
105.52 |
14 |
| Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense |
110.09 |
8 |
108.57 |
22 |
| Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed |
43.73 |
15 |
42.00 |
4 |
| Team |
record |
ATS |
O/U |
AVG |
AVG ½ |
FG% |
REB |
3PT |
steals |
| Denver |
4-6 |
5-5 |
3-7 |
102.40 |
50.60 |
45.99 |
41.70 |
109/293 |
8.50 |
| LA Clippers |
6-4 |
5-5 |
3-7 |
104.90 |
52.30 |
43.26 |
48.00 |
94/276 |
6.80 |
| Date |
Away |
away score |
Home |
home score |
line |
ATS |
Total |
O/U |
FG% Edge |
Reb Edge |
3PT Edge |
Away Half Score |
Home Half Score |
Away FG% |
Home FG% |
Away Rebounds |
Home Rebounds |
Away Three Pointers |
Home Three Pointers |
Away Steals |
Home Steals |
| Mar 16, 2017 |
LAC |
114 |
DEN |
129 |
-5.5 |
DEN |
221.5 |
O |
DEN |
DEN |
LAC |
46 |
59 |
52.4 |
53.5 |
34 |
48 |
16/32 |
15/28 |
5 |
7 |
| Jan 21, 2017 |
LAC |
98 |
DEN |
123 |
-5 |
DEN |
222.5 |
U |
DEN |
DEN |
Push |
45 |
59 |
41.7 |
52.9 |
35 |
46 |
10/32 |
10/24 |
5 |
4 |
| Dec 26, 2016 |
DEN |
106 |
LAC |
102 |
4.5 |
LAC |
208.5 |
U |
LAC |
DEN |
DEN |
63 |
46 |
43.9 |
46.4 |
51 |
38 |
11/31 |
9/25 |
10 |
6 |
| Dec 20, 2016 |
DEN |
102 |
LAC |
119 |
-8 |
LAC |
217.5 |
O |
LAC |
DEN |
LAC |
53 |
68 |
43.3 |
54.7 |
46 |
37 |
11/39 |
16/36 |
5 |
7 |
| Mar 27, 2016 |
DEN |
90 |
LAC |
105 |
-8.5 |
LAC |
208.5 |
U |
LAC |
Push |
LAC |
48 |
52 |
39.4 |
47.5 |
44 |
44 |
7/29 |
10/28 |
7 |
13 |
| Feb 24, 2016 |
DEN |
87 |
LAC |
81 |
-11 |
DEN |
213.5 |
U |
DEN |
DEN |
LAC |
53 |
39 |
37.8 |
35.3 |
57 |
47 |
6/24 |
13/46 |
11 |
13 |
| Nov 24, 2015 |
LAC |
111 |
DEN |
94 |
7 |
LAC |
204.5 |
O |
LAC |
DEN |
Push |
51 |
45 |
46.8 |
39.7 |
43 |
48 |
8/20 |
8/25 |
10 |
3 |
| Apr 13, 2015 |
DEN |
103 |
LAC |
110 |
-18 |
DEN |
214.5 |
U |
LAC |
DEN |
DEN |
57 |
54 |
37.6 |
45.1 |
58 |
47 |
12/33 |
7/21 |
7 |
7 |
| Apr 4, 2015 |
LAC |
107 |
DEN |
92 |
11 |
LAC |
215.5 |
U |
LAC |
LAC |
LAC |
55 |
39 |
43 |
37.6 |
47 |
44 |
13/34 |
6/22 |
9 |
7 |
| Jan 26, 2015 |
DEN |
98 |
LAC |
102 |
-14.5 |
DEN |
215.5 |
U |
DEN |
LAC |
DEN |
47 |
50 |
48.2 |
47.5 |
38 |
45 |
8/21 |
7/19 |
7 |
10 |
| Denver is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games |
| Denver is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games |
| The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Denver’s last 7 games |
| Denver is 8-13-2 ATS in its last 23 games on the road |
| Denver is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road |
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver’s last 7 games on the road |
| Denver is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Clippers |
| The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Denver’s last 11 games when playing LA Clippers |
| Denver is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers |
| Denver is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers |
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Denver’s last 6 games when playing on the road against LA Clippers |
| LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games |
| LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games |
| The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Clippers’s last 8 games |
| LA Clippers is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games at home |
| LA Clippers is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home |
| The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers’s last 6 games at home |
| LA Clippers is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Denver |
| The total has gone UNDER in 8 of LA Clippers’s last 11 games when playing Denver |
| LA Clippers is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing at home against Denver |
| LA Clippers is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Denver |
| The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Clippers’s last 6 games when playing at home against Denver |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
Total |
ATS Result |
field goal percentage |
free throw percentage |
three pointers |
Location |
| Jan 16, 2018 |
DAL |
105-102 |
W |
-6.5 |
210 |
L/U |
46.51 |
65.38 |
8 |
H |
| Jan 13, 2018 |
SAN |
80-112 |
L |
7.5 |
208 |
L/U |
34.94 |
88.24 |
7 |
A |
| Jan 12, 2018 |
MEM |
87-78 |
W |
-6.5 |
203.5 |
W/U |
38.57 |
81.25 |
7 |
H |
| Jan 10, 2018 |
ATL |
97-110 |
L |
-9 |
215.5 |
L/U |
40.00 |
60.00 |
9 |
H |
| Jan 8, 2018 |
GS |
114-124 |
L |
10 |
227.5 |
P/O |
49.47 |
75.00 |
8 |
A |
| Date |
Opponent |
score |
Result |
line |
Total |
ATS Result |
field goal percentage |
free throw percentage |
three pointers |
Location |
| Jan 15, 2018 |
HOU |
113-102 |
W |
4.5 |
230.5 |
W/U |
55.70 |
75.00 |
10 |
H |
| Jan 13, 2018 |
SAC |
126-105 |
W |
-7 |
216 |
W/O |
56.10 |
84.62 |
12 |
H |
| Jan 11, 2018 |
SAC |
121-115 |
W |
-3.5 |
213 |
W/O |
51.19 |
73.33 |
13 |
A |
| Jan 10, 2018 |
GS |
125-106 |
W |
12 |
219 |
W/O |
49.46 |
78.57 |
11 |
A |
| Jan 8, 2018 |
ATL |
108-107 |
W |
-4.5 |
214 |
L/O |
44.71 |
67.65 |
9 |
H |
Next up:
Denver home to Phoenix Friday, January 19
Los Angeles at Utah Saturday, January 20
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