The Los Angeles Clippers (17-16) host the Brooklyn Nets (22-9) Monday at the Crypto.com Arena for a 10:30 p.m. ET game. Below, we look at the Nets vs. Clippers odds and lines, and make our expert NBA picks, predictions and bets.
Brooklyn beat the Los Angeles Lakers 122-115 as 2.5-point road underdogs Christmas. Over the past two weeks, the Nets are 3-1 straight-up (SU), 2-2 ATS and 3-1 O/U with the 12th-best non-garbage time net rating (plus-3.3 points per 100 possessions), according to CleaningTheGlass.com (CTG).
The Clippers lost 103-100 last night (Sunday) at home to the Denver Nuggets, but covered as 4-point home underdogs. L.A. is 2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS and 1-5 O/U with the 20th-ranked non-garbage time net rating (minus-4.1 points per 100 possessions), per CTG.
Nets at Clippers odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Nets -180 (bet $180 to win $100) | Clippers +145 (bet $100 to win $145)
- Against the spread (ATS): Nets -4.5 (-108) | Clippers +4.5 (-112)
- Over/Under (O/U): 213.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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Nets at Clippers key injuries
Nets
- SF Kevin Durant (health and safety protocols) out
- PG Kyrie Irving (health and safety protocols) out
- C LaMarcus Aldridge (health and safety protocols) out
- SG Joe Harris (foot) out
Clippers
- SG Paul George (elbow) out
- PG Reggie Jackson (health and safety protocols) out
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Nets at Clippers odds, lines, picks and predictions
Prediction
Nets 112, Clippers 104
Money line
PASS with a heavy “lean” to the Nets (-180) since this is on the fringe of my price range for an NBA regular-season money line favorite.
Also, Brooklyn has been dealt the worst COVID luck in the league perhaps but the Nets just keep on winning.
Against the spread
“LEAN” to the NETS -4.5 (-108) for a half unit since they are just 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games as a favorite and the Clippers +4.5 (-112) just covered as slight home underdogs Sunday vs. the Nuggets.
However, L.A. has gotten rolled in the second of back-to-backs this season. The Clippers are 0-4 SU and ATS with a minus-16.0 spread differential when playing with no rest days. I’d presume that this second of a back-to-back is tougher than the previous for the Clippers considering they are short-handed.
Furthermore, Brooklyn has been one of the best road teams in the league thus far. The Nets are 12-3 SU with the third-best non-garbage time net rating on the road (plus-6.9 points per 100 possessions) and the eighth-best spread differential (plus-2.3 ATS margin), per CTG.
Over/Under
Slight “LEAN” to the OVER 213.5 (-115) because the Over has cashed in three of Brooklyn’s past four games and the assigned officiating crew has a combined 38-31 O/U record.
In addition, a vast majority of the market is backing the Under here, which has caused oddsmakers to lower the total from the 216.5-point opener so there’s a “fade the market” angle to play here.
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