The 13-43 Charlotte Bobcats will hit the road to face the 40-18 LA Clippers in an NBA pro basketball game on Tuesday night. Tip time from Staples Center in Los Angeles is scheduled for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The odds from this pro basketball game have the home team LA Clippers favored by -15 points with an over under line of 199 points. There has been no line movement in this spread or total since the odds came out a few hours ago.
The teams met back on December 12th with the Clippers posting the 100-94 road win against the Bobcats as a -8 point betting favorite. The game ended under 200 ½ points.
The Bobcats have a road mark of 6-21 on the season. Charlotte loses for the third straight time following a 113-99 home loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday as a +10 ponit underdog. The game ended over 208 ½ points. Charlotte shoots 45.1% from the floor and connects on 2 of 11 from three. They give up 53% shooting to the Nuggets and the Bobcats are sloppy with 18 turnovers. Kemba Walker led the team with 24 points and five assists on 9 of 14 shooting. The Bobcats are dreadful on both sides of the court ranking in the lower third of the NBA in just about all key offensive and defensive categories. They are the worst shooting team in basketball hitting on 42% of their shots.
LA Clippers on their home court is 22-6 straight up on the season. They earn their fifth win in six tries following a 107-94 home win on Saturday to the Utah Jazz as a -9 ½ point betting favorite. The game ended over 198 points. LA breaks it open in the third quarter by outscoring Utah 36-20. The Clips shot 51.3% from the floor and made 8 of 20 three pointers. They grab seven more rebounds and allowed just 41.7% shooting to the Jazz. The winning margin could have been greater if not for 22 Clippers turnovers. Caron Butler had 21 points and five rebounds on 7 of 13 shooting. The Clippers are an outstanding defensive team sitting in the top six positions in the two key areas of defense in the NBA. They are fourth in points allowed as they give up 94.1 points a game and sixth in defensive field goal percentage as teams hit on 43.8% from the field against the Clips.
