NBA odds<\/a>, with the total set at 226.5.<\/p>\nThunder vs. Clippers NBA Betting Odds<\/p>\n
The Thunder are looking for a season sweep of the Clippers. OKC won 126-107 on November 4 and 122-101 on December 18. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30+ in each meeting, and Isaiah Joe has 10 made threes and 36 total points off the bench against the Clippers this year.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important to note the Thunder haven\u2019t seen the Clippers since they were 6-21 and played against a James Harden and Ivica Zubac-led team, both of whom are elsewhere now. Kawhi Leonard was not healthy for either meeting, and Bennedict Mathurin and Darius Garland were not yet in LA. <\/p>\n
Oklahoma City Thunder<\/p>\n
The Thunder are 18-1 since reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is gunning for consecutive honours, returned from injury on February 27. In the Thunder\u2019s 123-87 win over the Lakers last night, no starter logged more than 28 minutes, and SGA led with 25 points.<\/p>\n
Over the last 15 games, the Thunder rank eighth in offensive rating, second in defensive rating, sixth at taking care of the ball, eighth at limiting opponent free-throw attempts, ninth at forcing turnovers, ninth in points off turnovers, first at limiting points off turnovers, second at limiting opponent fast-break points and second at limiting opponent points in the paint.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n
The Clippers are 35-17 since late December and are 7-2 in their last nine. Since Mathurin began playing for the Clippers, LA is 14-8. Since Garland joining the team, they are 11-5.<\/p>\n
Last night, in their 116-103 win over the Mavericks, Kawhi Leonard continued his hot play, pouring in 34 points while nailing six triples. Darius Garland added 22 points on 50 per cent shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over the last 15 games, the Clippers are fifth in offensive rating, 13th in defensive rating, first at limiting opponent free-throw attempts, first at forcing turnovers and first at limiting fast-break points. They will need to be on point once again in all those areas if they stand a chance of slowing down OKC.<\/p>\n
NBA Prediction: Who Will Win Thunder vs. Clippers?<\/p>\n
The Thunder are trying to stave off the San Antonio Spurs for the top seed in the Western Conference, but I think the Clippers\u2019 near 40 per cent three-point shooting as of late matches up well with a Thunder defence that allows opponents to get hot from downtown. The way the Clippers have taken care of the ball and forced turnovers while limiting free throws and fast-break points, paired with Kawhi Leonard\u2019s elite three-level scoring and playmaking, should enable LA to challenge this elite Thunder team. I still expect OKC to prevail 113-109, but it won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only three games remain in the 2025-26 NBA regular season, and the top seed in the Western Conference,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-705322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-clippers","12":"tag-laclippers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesclippers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116369467839500861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705322","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=705322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}