{"id":5789,"date":"2025-05-01T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/5789\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:00:07","slug":"nuggets-at-clippers-odds-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/5789\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets at Clippers odds, picks and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth-seeded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/denver-nuggets\/7\/\" data-autotag=\"81d09f83-fd88-4a89-842b-d31778fd3b3c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> and the fifth-seeded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-clippers\/12\/\" data-autotag=\"05d62218-2c53-4928-8e69-9f1ad296f0b0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LA Clippers<\/a> play Game 6 of a Western Conference best-of-7, first-round series in the NBA Playoffs Thursday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood. The Nuggets lead the series 3-2. Tip-off is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET (TNT \/ truTV \/ Max). Let&#8217;s analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook&#8217;s<\/a> NBA odds around the Nuggets vs. Clippers odds and make our expert <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/nba-picks-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NBA picks and predictions<\/a> for the best bets.<\/p>\n<p>Regular-season series: Split 2-2<\/p>\n<p>After going down in the series 2-1, Denver has won back-to-back games to take a 3-2 series lead. The Nuggets took down LA 131-115 Tuesday, covering as 2-point home underdogs. G Jamal Murray scored a game-high 43 points, shooting 8 of 14 from deep, while C Nikola Jokic added 13 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds for his 21st career playoff triple-double.<\/p>\n<p>LA has dropped back-to-back games for the first time since early-March. C Ivica Zubac scored a team-high 27 points in Game 5, while F Kawhi Leonard added 20 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists. The Clippers never led in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets at Clippers odds<\/p>\n<p>Provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook<\/a>; access <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub<\/a> for a full list. Lines last updated at 10:45 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline (ML): Nuggets +220 (bet $100 to win $220) | Clippers -275 (bet $275 to win $100)Against the spread (ATS): Nuggets +6.5 (-110) | Clippers -6.5 (-110)Over\/Under (O\/U): 212.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)Nuggets at Clippers key injuries<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets<\/p>\n<p>Clippers<\/p>\n<p>For most recent updates: <a href=\"https:\/\/official.nba.com\/nba-injury-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Official NBA injury report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Play our free daily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pick\u2019em Challenge<\/a> and win! <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Play now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets at Clippers picks and predictionsPrediction<\/p>\n<p>Clippers 111, Nuggets 107<\/p>\n<p>PASS.<\/p>\n<p>There is minimal value on the Clippers (-275) to win in front of their home crowd Thursday to extend this series. Despite falling victim to an incredible outing from Murray Tuesday, the Clippers have won 10 of their last 13 overall.<\/p>\n<p>BET NUGGETS +6.5 (-110).<\/p>\n<p>Three of the 5 games in this series have been decided by 3 points or fewer, while the Nuggets have won the last 2 games, both as underdogs. With a larger spread than expected for what has been a relatively tight series, backing the Nuggets is the best play.<\/p>\n<p>The Clippers are just 4-5 ATS over their last 9 games, including 2-4 ATS as favorites.<\/p>\n<p>BET OVER 212.5 (-105).<\/p>\n<p>The Over has hit just once in this series, but this total is the third-lowest. The Clippers have scored 110 or more points in 3 games this series and in 7 of their last 10 overall and have surrendered 112 or more in 5 of their last 9.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets have scored 112 or more points twice in this series and at least 112 in 7 of their last 10. They have allowed 109 or more points in 8 of their last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>For more sports betting picks and tips, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SportsbookWire.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/betftw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BetFTW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow SportsbookWire on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsBookWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a> and like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportsbookwire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Access more NBA coverage: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HoopsHype<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/celticswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Celtics Wire<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/netswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nets Wire<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rocketswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rockets Wire<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sixerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sixers Wire<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/okcthunderwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thunder Wire<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/warriorswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Warriors Wire<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/lebronwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LeBron Wire<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rookie Wire<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelistwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">List Wire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fourth-seeded Denver Nuggets and the fifth-seeded LA Clippers play Game 6 of a Western Conference best-of-7, first-round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[273,299,7,212,559,301,187,274,267,717,850,529,851,298,135,70,85,6,11,67,302,61,134,34,132,276,425,716,275,286,66,215,285,83,277,713,790,73,272],"class_list":{"0":"post-5789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-angeles","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-betting","12":"tag-clippers","13":"tag-denver","14":"tag-denver-nuggets","15":"tag-disclaimer","16":"tag-exclude","17":"tag-exclude-sports-betting","18":"tag-kawhi","19":"tag-kawhi-leonard","20":"tag-leonard","21":"tag-los","22":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","23":"tag-national","24":"tag-national-sports","25":"tag-nba","26":"tag-nba-playoffs","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-nuggets","29":"tag-overall","30":"tag-overall-positive","31":"tag-playoffs","32":"tag-positive","33":"tag-scores","34":"tag-smg","35":"tag-smg-timely","36":"tag-sport","37":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","38":"tag-sports","39":"tag-sports-betting","40":"tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","41":"tag-sports-news","42":"tag-statistics","43":"tag-timely","44":"tag-tnt","45":"tag-u0026","46":"tag-widget"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}