Los Angeles Clippers – Denver Nuggets: 2025 Playoffs rematch
Last game of the season between the Clippers and Nuggets. Different seasons, same target: win, climb the table and lock the best spot before the postseason. Denver want to keep third in the West; Los Angeles are gunning for the best shot at eighth — anything better than ninth or tenth makes life easier when the playoffs start.
Los Angeles Clippers: let the Intuit Dome push them
The All‑Star break came at the right time for a Clippers squad stuck in a nasty run of fixtures. After this one they face the Lakers, then host the Magic and Wolves. Before the break, the Clippers had to grind past the Rockets twice (95-102 and 105-102) after beating the Timberwolves (115-92). Still, Kawhi and co. have three wins in four and keep moving despite the James Harden and Ivica Zubac moves.
At home the Dome has been a boost — 13 wins from 24 — and their defense has tightened since that late-December swing, pushing the Clippers to ninth in the league allowing just 112.3 points per game. Offense hangs on Kawhi Leonard, obviously. Question is whether he’s as hot as in the All‑Star exhibition, where he dropped 31 in a quarter for Team Stripes.
INJURY REPORT : Darius Garland (OUT)
Denver Nuggets: looking to sweep the season series
The Nuggets have been steady all season, methodical rather than flashy. David Adelman’s side sit third in the West, 2.5 games back of the Spurs for second, but only 1.5 up on sixth and three clear of seventh — so margins are tiny and mistakes costly.
Injuries have nagged them this year and they’ll be without Peyton Watson and Aaron Gordon here. It’s a blow, but Colorado have adapted. Spencer Jones will plug that short-corner role and, offensively, Denver still run everything through the Jamal Murray–Nikola Jokic pick-and-roll. They lead the league at 120.4 points per game.
INJURY REPORT : Peyton Watson (OUT) – Aaron Gordon (OUT) – Jalen Pickett (probable)
NBA Prediction Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets
Over 224.5 points
For the first game back after the break, legs should be as fresh as you can get. Jokic will look normal — the All‑Star grub‑fest isn’t a conditioning test — and the Clippers, buoyed by Kawhi’s season, should hit above their usual offensive marks. All signs point to an open game: not a defensive travesty, but not a grind either. Back the points total.
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