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The Utah Jazz (7-3) face the Los Angeles Clippers (5-4) Sunday to conclude a 3-game road trip. Tip-off is 10 p.m. ET at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
The Jazz are 1-1 on the current road trip and coming off a 130-116 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the same arena. F Lauri Markkanen led the way with 27 points and 13 boards and G Jordan Clarkson added 20 points. They have won 3 of their last 4 games.
The Clippers are riding a 3-game winning streak that was preceded by a 4-game losing streak. They beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-106 on the road Thursday night behind F Paul George’s 32 points and C Ivica Zubac’s 17 points and 15 rebounds.
Jazz at Clippers odds
- Moneyline (ML): Jazz +133 (bet $100 to win $133) | Jazz -165 (bet $165 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Jazz +3.5 (-105) | Clippers -3.5 (-115)
- Over/Under (O/U): 220.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Jazz at Clippers key injuries
Jazz
- G Leandro Bolmaro (reconditioning) out
Clippers
- F Robert Covington (reconditioning) questionable
- G Luke Kennard (chest) out
- G Kawhi Leonard (knee) out
For most recent updates: Official NBA injury report.
Jazz at Clippers picks and predictions
Prediction
Jazz 109, Clippers 105
Moneyline
The Clippers have 3 straight wins and 5 on the season, but their 5 wins are against teams that are all .500 and below. The best team they have beaten are the 5-5 Spurs.
The Jazz are 3-3 on the road this season, but are healthier than the Clippers. The are 5th in the league in scoring, putting up 117.0 points per game, while the Clippers are the league’s worst offense, scoring 102.3 points per game.
BET JAZZ (+133).
Against the spread
The Jazz are 7-3 ATS and the Clippers are 3-6 ATS.
The Jazz covered the spread in each of their last 4 games. The Clippers covered the spread in each of their last 2 games, but failed to do so in 5 consecutive games before that.
But expecting an outright Jazz win on the road, while betting the spread isn’t a bad play at +3.5 (-105), you get so much more of a return sticking with the moneyline. PASS.
Over/Under
Only 1 of the Clippers’ games this season has passed 220 total points. The Over has hit once for the Clippers so far.
Meanwhile, 7 of the Jazz’ 10 games have had more than 220 total points.
The Clippers, while they have the lowest-scoring offense in the league, allow the 4th-fewest at 106.2 points per game.
Take UNDER 220 (-110).