The 43-12 San Antonio Spurs will travel to play the 39-17 LA Clippers in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home team LA Clippers favored by -3 ½ points with an over under line of 200 ½ points. There has been no movement in the spread and total since the odds opened up a few hours ago.
The teams have met twice this season with the Clippers winning and covering the point spread in both games. One game was played in LA and one in San Antonio. Each game went under the total.
San Antonio has a road record of 21-10. The Spurs have won 14 of their past 15 games and four straight. They return from the All Star break with a 108-102 road win at Sacramento on Tuesday as a -9 point betting favorite. The total landed right at the closing line of 210 points. The Spurs jumped out to the 28-19 lead at the half in the win. They shot 46.1% from the floor along with 10 of 30 from three. San Antonio held the Kings to just 37% shooting. The Spurs defend well this season as they sit seventh in the NBA in field goal defense by allowing 44% shooting to opponents. On offense the team is a top four club in all of the key shooting and scoring categories.
The Clippers are 21-5 on their home court. They entered the All Star break with four straight wins all by double digits. They faced the LA Lakers last Thursday night on a back to back and playing their fourth game in five nights with a cross country flight mixed in between. The Clippers post one of the more impressive regular season results this year in a 125-101 road win against a rested LA Lakers team as a -4 point betting favorite. The game ended over the total of 201 points. The Clips jumped out to the 31-17 lead after one quarter. They shot 51.7% from the field along with 16 of 30 conversions from the three point line. LA Clippers pulled down 10 more rebounds but allowed the Lakers 50.7% shooting. Chris Paul had 24 points and 13 assists on 8 of 14 shooting in the win. The Clips are a top five defense this season in two key areas which are points allowed and defensive field goal percentage. They allow 93.7 points a game along with 43.6% shooting to their opponents.
