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Friday's game featuring the LA Clippers and Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City will be a match between the walking wounded. LA lost the first of their three meetings this season and will be looking to even it against Utah. The Clippers have lost back-to-back games and five of their last seven games to fall to an even 36-36 record. They are…

The 76ers get a night off after another overtime win. They're still a full game behind the upstart Cleveland Cavaliers, on the outside looking in of the teams who'd get home court for round one if the playoffs started today. But we're not yet at the halfway mark of the year so there's time. But that means we can kick back and root for the Mavericks…

Thursday's NBA slate will be capped off with a 10 PM ET tip-off between the two familiar foes as the Los Angeles Clippers (21-18, 10-10 away) visit the first-place Denver Nuggets (24-13, 14-3 home) at Ball Arena. LA is currently winless in its last three games and just lost by 10 points to the Miami Heat on Monday night at home. The Nuggets are…

Kawhi Leonard is no stranger to big games - or big games in Philadelphia. As the Clippers travel to face the 76ers tonight, our NBA betting picks expect Leonard to deliver a vintage big-game performance. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The Philadelphia 76ers are in red-hot form at Wells Fargo Center and they put their eight-game home win streak on the…

This season has been filled with drama and controversy for the Nets, from firing head coach Steve Nash to the Kyrie saga. But, it appears this group is finally finding a rhythm, going 8-2 in their last 10 games and capturing three consecutive victories. And honestly, Saturday's win over the Pacers meant a lot considering they basically had no…

The LA Clippers will make a trip to the Vivint Arena for a matchup against the Utah Jazz on Friday. In the only encounter between the two teams this season, the Jazz were the side that came out with a win. The Clippers come into this game after yet another disappointing loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris Sr.…

Here's a wild stat for you as we near the midpoint of the Western Conference finals: The Los Angeles Clippers are 0-6 in the first two games of their three playoff series thus far... and 9-1 in all other postseason games they've played. They've beaten a generational superstar in Luka Doncic and they've beaten a great all-around team in the Utah…

Fading Kevin Durant typically isn't a good idea, but the Clippers have a defense uniquely suited to force the Nets' superstar into playmaking mode. Find out why KD may not be calling his own number with our NBA betting picks. The Saturday, November 12 showdown between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers features a clash between two of…

NBA performance typically begins to stabilize after the first 12-15 games of the regular season. While the first few weeks of any new campaign are fraught with small sample size theater, you don't have to wait until Christmas for the NBA season to really start to matter the way casual sports fans like to believe. What we see at the beginning of the…

NBA Media Day was Monday. Everyone looks amazing, everyone has added 10 pounds of muscle, everyone is in the best shape of their career, and everyone's excited and optimistic about this season. It's a refreshing time for about a month until the games start, and the injuries start, and teams find they're not as good as they thought. But for now,…