LA Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs Picks and Odds Nov 16
LA Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs Betting Preview
Sportsmemo NBA handicapper JM Sports offers his LA Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs betting preview for Tuesday, November 16. At the time of posting, the Clippers have opened as a 6.5-point home favorite over the Spurs with the total sitting at 219.5 points.
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LA Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs Predictions
- LA Clippers -6.5 vs San Antonio Spurs
- Total: 219.5 Points
- The Spurs are 7-6 against the spread this season, including 4-3 ATS on the road.
- The Clippers are 7-6 against the spread this season, including 4-5 ATS at home.
- The under is 5-2 in the Spurs’ seven road games this season.
The Los Angeles Clippers are taking on the San Antonio Spurs, in their third game in just four days. The first two games of the three-game stretch showed the Clippers’ offense continuing their groove, putting up 129 Saturday against Minnesota and 112 on Thursday in a big win against the Miami Heat. Although the final game of the four-day stretch ended in a 90-100 loss to the Chicago Bulls. That loss ended a seven-game win streak, a streak in which they put up at least 100 points every game, with six our of seven of those being 112 points or higher!
Paul George and this Clipper offense has put up 109 points per game on 45-percent shooting (with an even better shooting percentage at home) but in Sunday’s game against the Bulls, the Clippers shot a measly 35.8%, while shooting 32.4% from beyond the arc, well below the 45% average and the 36% average from three. The struggles of this team on Sunday resulted in just 16 assists, well below their average of 23.8 average assists per game. Paul George led the team in assists with just four, against a Spurs team that is allowing 23 assists per game. The Clippers are just barely cracking the top-10 in offensive rating. They continue to take three-point attempts, but are struggling to get them to fall.
The Spurs, on the other hand, have better stats then what their record shows. The Spurs are in the top-10 in points per game (109.6 PPG), No. 6 in shooting percentage (46.8%) mainly because they are the No. 1 team in terms of percentage of point from inside the arc, keeping the ball in the paint and handling defenses with the strength and power inside the three-point line. Even though most of the Spurs’ points are coming from inside the arc, they are still No. 5 in 3PT% (36.5%), taking advantage of the open shot, and this team knows how to find the open man. San Antonio is No. 3 in assists (#2 in APG w/ 28.5) and sitting at No. 7 in assists-to-turnover ratio while prioritizing ball security.
https://t.co/wWGNmWnCY9’s updated Power Rankings:
1. Golden State Warriors
2. Chicago Bulls
3. Brooklyn Nets
4. Washington Wizards
5. Phoenix Suns
6. Miami Heat
7. Cleveland Cavaliers
8. Denver Nuggets
9. Utah Jazz
10. LA Clippers— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) November 15, 2021
These two teams know each other well, with what has recently been a powerful Western Conference, but the Clippers have taken advantage of the opportunity to play the Spurs recently. LA has won six of the last eight meetings, while covering the spread in five of those games.
San Antonio is 1-7 against the spread in their last eight games as an underdog. The Clippers have played well in recent years in a “bounce back” game, sitting at a 17-9 ATS record following a game where they put up less then 100 points. My only 2 hesitations are first with the Clippers & the fact that this 17-9 record doesn’t take into account the ATS result of the game where they put up less than 100 points. In the last two years, they are sitting at .500 ATS following a big loss, going 6-6 following a loss as a home favorite and 5-5 after a game where they lost by double digits. The other slight hesitation is that the Spurs also know how to be a bounce-back team, even this season, going 5-1 ATS following a straight-up loss.
While both of these teams seem to have a better offense then they do defense, the total has always worked out that way. I do think that this game may be a slight exception, with the fact that the Clippers are on a run of going over 100 points in 7 of L8 (and six of those over 110 points) and a limited Spurs defense, I do think this game will go over the total but it’s hard to come to that decision with the trends of these two teams. The Spurs are 6-4 OU against opponents outside of their division, but depending on which line you took, the Spurs are 1-6-1 on the road. Although the Clippers have gone over the total in four straight games following a performance of less than 100 points, the under is 5-3 in the last eight meetings between these two teams.
Great effort today. We play the other LA team on Tuesday. #PorVida pic.twitter.com/5kc4fnBEyy
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 14, 2021
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