NBA Odds: Nuggets-Clippers prediction, pick, how to watch

Denver Nuggets have won four straight games and are in first place in the Western Conference. Los Angeles Clippers have lost six of their last seven games. This is the third of four meetings between the two teams. Denver won each of the first two games by double digits.

Nuggets and Clippers are playing each other tonight.

Denver is a league-best 18-3 at home and 10-10 on the road. They beat LA twice this season. Nikola Jokic is questionable for tonight's game with a wrist injury. Denver ranks fifth in the league in scoring (117 PPG) and sixth in points in paint (54.9 Ppg). LA ranks in bottom half of the NBA in fast break and paint defense. The last time Denver went to LA, they won by 10 points. Aaron Gordon scored 29 points and pulled down seven rebounds in that game.

The Clippers haven't played their best basketball of late. They had lost six in a row before their win over Dallas. LA has averaged the fourth-fewest points in their last seven games (109.6 PPG). They rank 28th in scoring (110.2 PUG) and in the top ten in made threes (12.4 3PM/Game) and three-point percentage (37%). Kawhi Leonard is coming off his best game of the season when he scored 33 points on 9/12 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds.

Kawhi is playing his best basketball of the season. Jokic is potentially limited. Clippers are going to defend their home court.

Los Angeles Clippers are -2.5 at the odds of Denver Nuggets.