7:40 pm
April 13

Clippers @ Pacers

Who will WIN this matchup? (7 Innings)

Los Angeles Clippers (37-18)

@ Indiana Pacers (25-27)

 

Current odds:

Los Angeles Clippers: (-160)

Indiana Pacers: (+140)

 

• The spread for the game is Los Angeles by 3 points.

• Los Angeles opens a three-game, Eastern Conference road swing with Tuesday’s contest. The Clippers are riding a five-game winning streak, the most recent a 131-124 defeat of Detroit on Sunday. Paul George scored 32 points and dished nine assists in the win, while Marcus Morris recorded a season-high 33 points on 13-of-18 shooting from the floor. Los Angeles needed a late-game rally, outscoring Detroit 37-25 in the fourth quarter behind quality minutes from reserves Nicolas Batum and Rajon Rondo.

• Bench production is especially critical for Los Angeles with two regular starters — guard Patrick Beverley and center Serge Ibaka — sidelined due to injury. Ibaka has missed 15 games with a back injury, while defensive stopper Beverley has missed 14 of the last 16. Kawhi Leonard missed Sunday’s win, but the absence was a scheduled rest. The Clippers’ leader in points at 26.0 per game and steals at 1.7 per game should be in the lineup on Tuesday.

• Indiana, meanwhile, picked up its third consecutive win with a wire-to-wire, 132-125 defeat of Memphis on Sunday. Caris LeVert, acquired from Brooklyn in a three-team trade in January, scored 34 points — his most since joining the lineup March 13 after recovering from kidney surgery. Domantas Sabonis and Malcolm Brogdon both almost registered triple-doubles in the win with Sabonis scoring 18 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing nine assists; and Brogdon going for 29 points, 11 assists and nine boards.

• Among the guards in the rotation was T.J. McConnell, who scored in double figures for the fifth time in seven games. Doug McDermott has also continued to be a consistent spark, dividing time between the reserves and starting unit. The scoring balance has powered the Pacers to at least 132 points in three of their last four wins. They have also given up at least 125 points in as many games over the same stretch.

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Confidence
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Los Angeles Clippers
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