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2022 NBA Handicapping
(8-23) Charlotte Hornets vs. LA Clippers (18-14)
Date: Wednesday, December 21st
Time: 10:30 PM EST
Venue: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California
NBA Moneyline Odds: Hornets | Clippers (Bet Now!) Moneyline is off as of posting
NBA Betting Odds: Clippers -7
NBA Betting Total: 225.5
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Wednesday, December 21st, finds the Charlotte Hornets facing the LA Clippers for the second and final time this season. The Clippers won the initial meeting 119-117 on December 5th.
The Hornets last played Monday finally ending their eight-game losing streak with a 125-119 defeat of the Kings while the Clippers have the major rest advantage having last played Saturday defeating the Wizards 102-93.
Last season, the squads played twice with LA winning both, and have a current nine-game win streak versus Charlotte and haven’t lost since November 18th, 2017. The Clippers hold the all-time record having bested the Hornets in 38 of their 63 matches.
*Editor’s Note: Statistics and rankings are current as of this writing, Tuesday evening, December 20. Numbers may vary slightly entering games on Wednesday, December 21.
Charlotte Hornets
This is the third game of the Hornets’ six-game road trip that still has stops versus the Lakers, Blazers, and Warriors remaining with the latter two in a back-to-back scenario.
The win versus the Kings isn’t that surprising because they were close in several recent matches. Against this Clippers team, they lost by a mere two points, pushed the Nets in the second half, lost in overtime to the Pistons, and were in clutch time with the Nuggets losing only by four points.
LaMelo Ball has been limited to seven games this season averaging 23.1 points, 7.4 assists, and 3.4 rebounds in those six matches.
Ball is taking 18.4 field goals per match shooting 45.7% while hitting 40.3% from the perimeter on 11.0 attempts and taking 2.1 free throws per game shooting 86.7%.
Charlotte scores 110.8 points per game (24th) while shooting 44.5 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from the perimeter ranking 29th and 30th respectively.
Defensively, Charlotte is giving up an average of 117.9 points (28th). Opponents shoot 47.5 percent from the field (23rd). Their best defensive area is on the perimeter where they limit foes to 35.6% ranking 15th overall.
Terry Rozier (hip) is doubtful. Dennis Smith Jr. (ankle) and Cody Martin (knee) are out.
LA Clippers
The running narrative for this team will be ‘if Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are healthy’ but is it really that simple? Certainly, they’ve demonstrated on certain nights (see the Celtics game) how they can dominate an elite team.
On the other hand, if the superstars don’t play enough games with the rest of the team how concerned should Ty Lue be about developing chemistry?
Presently, they sit 30th for scoring averaging 107.0 points per game shooting 45.9% from the field and 36.4% from the perimeter ranking 23rd and 13th respectively.
Defensively, the Clippers’ opponents average 107.6 points per game which is the second lowest overall while allowing opponents to shoot 45.2% from the field (4th) and 33.8% from the perimeter (12th).
Paul George (knee), Ivica Zubac (knee), Reggie Jackson (Achilles), and Norman Powell (groin) are questionable.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Hornets are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The Clippers are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games.
- The Hornets are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against LA Clippers.
- The Hornets are 2-12 SU in their last 14 games on the road.
Free Charlotte Hornets vs. LA Clippers NBA Prediction:
Could the win versus the Kings spark the Hornets into a run? Maybe, but unlikely. Initially, I considered taking the points but LA has had several days off to prepare for this match and Kawhi loves his rest so I’ll take the Clippers to cover the spread.
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