Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 8:00 PM

American Airlines Arena in Miami

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The Los Angeles Clippers will take the cross country flight to Miami to battle the Heat on Thursday night. The Clippers are currently the 8th seed in the Western Conference and have won 5 of their first 9 games. For Miami, following their hot start, they are 6-5 on the season, which is currently 6th in the Eastern Conference. The Clippers are coming off a home loss to the Chicago Bulls, while the Miami Heat beat Brooklyn on Monday night.

The Miami Heat used 22 points from former Kansas Jayhawks guard Mario Chalmers in their 95-83 win over the Nets. The Heat also saw Chris Bosh add 15, Norris Cole 12 and Shabazz Napier off the bench had 11. Miami's top scorer has been Chris Bosh with 19.9 points per game, while he is also adding 8.7 rebounds per game. Miami is scoring 97.5 points per game, and allowing 95.8.

For the Los Angeles Clippers, the 105-89 loss was their third home loss of the season. Jamal Crawford led the team with 24 points, but the Clippers defense could not contain Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson, who had 22 and 20 respectively. In the loss, Los Angeles saw their power forward Blake Griffin score 19 points and grab 10 rebounds. On the season, the Clippers rank 29th in the league with 37.4 rebounds per game. DeAndre Jordan leads the team with 12.4 per game.

Los Angeles Clippers Betting Trends

Los Angeles Clippers are 1-8-0 Against the Spread

Los Angeles Clippers are 5-4-0 against the Over/Under

Miami Heat Betting Trends

Miami Heat are 6-5-0 Against the Spread

Miami Heat are 4-7-0 against the Over/Under

Injuries to Watch

Los Angeles Clippers

11/15/14 G Chris Douglas-Roberts Achilles out indefinitely

Miami Heat

11/19/14 G Dwyane Wade Hamstring missed last game, "?" Thursday vs. LA Clippers
11/19/14 F Josh McRoberts Foot "?" Thursday vs. LA Clippers
11/19/14 F Luol Deng Wrist missed last game, "?" Thursday vs. LA Clippers

Josh's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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