Los Angeles Clippers vs Phoenix Suns | PRIME TIME NBA PICKS AND PREDICTIONS FOR 1/3/24

Los Angeles Clippers vs Phoenix Suns | PRIME TIME NBA PICKS AND PREDICTIONS FOR 1/3/24

Let’s take a look here guys out west with the red hot Clippers taking on them Phoenix Suns tonight uh 3 three and a half is what this uh what this line has been there were some questions as far as whether or not Durant uh with the

Hamstring was going to go if he was available but ski and I know I know your love for the Clippers here I know I know you got mad love for um the hell with the Lakers you all Clippers uh but tell me here man does this freight train we

Want to get in front of right now you know last week I I was thinking about it and I saw a bunch of home games coming up for the Phoenix Suns I saw they were healthy and I thought that it would be a situation where they could go on a

Streak like how the Clippers had had gone on the streak after being pretty terrible um Sun still what three and 13 against to spread their last 16 games and they’re going to be without Kevin Durant tonight and I don’t know how we got that picture yes gonna be without Kevin Durant tonight so

Um I just can’t trust the Suns when they have two out of the big three like if you have two out of the big three I at least need KD to be one of them so combination of that and then this is a what playoff Revenge situation I believe

For the Clippers Clippers have been playing good basketball they’ve uh covered seven of their last 10 games and when I just look at it matchup wise like the Clippers have guys who they can put on the opposing team’s best players and make life tough for them I don’t really

See a whole lot of people making life tough for anybody you know um for as far as Phoenix Defenders for the Clippers team tonight so I have to look towards the Clippers it does make me feel like you know how it opened up it’s a little

Bit too easy but uh I do if I have to put my money on it I think the Clippers get the job done tonight yeah it it’s kind of hard RSC I mean you know looking for spots maybe where they’re going to get overvalued

But I I mean no Durant I mean Booker and Beal aren’t anything to you know to laugh at but really with how good they’re playing here how do you see this going down tonight yeah I think um you know one way that I want to tackle this is actually

Towards the the team total of the Clippers instead of the spread um one thing that I looked at I know ski mentioned Durant out for some reason with Durant out of the lineup they’re 4- one against the spread so I kind of want to stay away from that but one thing

That I want to take advantage of is the fact that the Suns they look like a better defensive team the last two games but if you look at who they played um they played uh what the magic they had to travel across the country right before the new year then they played a

Blazers team who missed uh some key players Anthony Simons was out I think Aiden was out as well that game so both of those teams went under their team total by a huge margin but I don’t think the Suns defense is that is that great

In my opinion um some of the things that I look at on the Clippers side if you look at if you split it between the first 15 games and then the rest of them with Harden uh they’re just a drastically different team I think the

The first 15 games of the of the season with James Harden in the lineup um they went over their team total just three times in the last 12 they went uh over their team total in eight of the the last 12 they’re just a more much more

Balanced team uh some of the things that I saw that were different was they score about five more points per game in the paint and they shoot they make two more threes per game um with Harden in the lineup he just creates that space for that team and you know after the first

15 games they started to jail and that’s where they’re clicking right now is is really on the offensive side of the ball so for me um you know uh if you look at Trends as well clippers six and0 straight up in the last six Road games as favorites they covered five of them

Went over their team total in five of them um for me I think the team total is the way to go here I think they’re I think the Clippers get up and over that number oh all right expecting little points here maybe some value on the team

Total Rob voo what do you think about this uh this Clippers team here you trust them on the road well Ronald said a lot of stuff that I totally agree with starting with his team total over and then ending with the fact that the Clippers as a road

Favorite show have been good he mentioned six and0 straight up five of those are straight get to spread wins and that’s a kind of a situation where we couldn’t trust the Clippers before on the road laying points um ski make good made a good point about when you have

The big three if you’re only going to have two one of them has to be Kevin Durant it can’t really be Booker and Beal not for me at least it doesn’t give them enough um interior play not that Durant’s a great inside Force but the seven foot length certainly is more

Helpful than having two guards so you know a lot of the fundamental matchups point the Clippers they’ve got a day of rest here and if I just look at Phoenix real quick at home this year and again they’ve been banged up like they are tonight without the ram but they’re f 5

13- one against the spread at home that’s horrendous um but they do go over at home 12- six which again points me toward Ronald’s play of Clippers team total over there actually is a home Underdog 0 and2 losing the games by eight points per game it’s hard to say

Anything here to back Phoenix which you know it’s the NBA Phoenix probably go out and win by 20 but if I’m just using what I see in front of me it’s hard to play the Suns right now Joe I’d have to look Clippers

Get ready for a fiery battle in the desert tonight as the Phoenix Suns welcome the Los Angeles Clippers to the Footprint Center for an 9:00 PM ET tip-off. This Western Conference clash promises explosive plays and intense matchups, so don’t miss out on the action!

Here’s the lowdown:
🏀 Game: Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Clippers
⌚️ Time: 7:00 PM MT (9:00 PM ET)
📍 Location: Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ

📊 Spread: Suns -3.5 (as of 4:46 PM ET)
Total: 233.5 points

📺 How to Watch: ESPN, NBA TV

📱 Twitter:
Phoenix Suns: @Suns
LA Clippers: @LAClippers
Hashtags: #SunsvsClips #NBATuesday #BattleforWest

Clippers Aim for Fourth Straight Win: The Clippers are riding a three-game winning streak fueled by dominant performances from Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Can they steal one on the road against the desert Suns?

Suns Looking to Bounce Back: Phoenix has stumbled lately, dropping two of their last three games. Devin Booker and Chris Paul need to be at their best if the Suns want to reclaim the top spot in the West.

Who will reign supreme in the fiery Phoenix heat? Tune in tonight to find out!

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