Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 1/19/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: ESPN

Ball Arena is the site where the Denver Nuggets (22-20) will go up against the Los Angeles Clippers (22-23) on Wednesday.

The Clippers stepped onto the hardwood against the Pacers and walked away with a win by a score of 139-133 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Clippers ended up walking away with 18 and the Pacers accounted for 12 personal fouls. They buried 13 out of their 33 shots from three-point range. Indiana ended up shooting 87.0% when shooting free throws by knocking down 20 of 23 attempts. In addition, Indiana snagged 26 rebounds (15 offensive, 11 defensive) and had 7 blocked shots. Indiana earned 41 dimes and had 30 steals in the matchup. When talking about defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 51.5% from the field on 50 out of 97 shooting. They also recorded 32 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 4 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When it comes to grabbing boards, they collected 37 with 8 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Clippers knocked down 31 of their 36 attempts for a rate of 86.1%. Los Angeles ended the game having earned a 54.9% field goal percentage (45 out of 82) and buried 18 out of their 36 shots from distance.

Nicolas Batum is a guy who was a factor for this game. Batum finished the game at 68.8% from the field and recorded 3 dimes. He was on the court for 36 minutes played and also grabbed 5 rebounds. He accumulated 32 points on 11 of 16 shooting.

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Los Angeles comes into this matchup with a win-loss record of 22-23 so far this year. They lose possession via turnover 14.5 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 18.1 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Los Angeles is pulling down 43.7 boards per contest and has accumulated 1,034 assists on the campaign, which ranks 18th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Clippers are shooting 35.7% on shots from distance (555 of 1,555) and 79.1% from the free throw line. They average 104.9 points per outing (26th in the NBA) while hitting 44.6% from the field.

On the defensive end of the court, the Clippers are forcing 14.3 turnovers every game while drawing 18.9 fouls. They are 15th in the league in allowing assists with 1,052 relinquished so far this season. The Clippers defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 44.2% (1,813 of 4,104) and they concede 48.1 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 32.6% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 10th in the league in PPG from their opponents (106.0).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Nuggets took a defeat with a final score of 125-102 when they played the Jazz. With respect to cleaning up the glass, Denver allowed Utah to collect 42 in all (9 offensive). They finished shooting 38.5% from three-point range by going 15 of 39 and finished the game at 22 out of 29 at the charity stripe (75.9%). The Nuggets allowed the Jazz to knock down 44 out of 84 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 52.4% in the game. When this game wrapped up, the Nuggets walked away from this one shooting 42 for 95 from the floor which had them at 44.2%. Pertaining to three-point attempts, Denver knocked down 11 of their 43 attempts (25.6%). They were able to convert 7 of the free throw tries for a rate of 87.5%. The Jazz had 9 fouls in the matchup which took the Nuggets to the charity stripe for 8 shots. They coughed up the ball 9 times, while recording 5 steals for the matchup. The Nuggets were able to collect 33 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 39 for this game.

Nikola Jokic was important for the Nuggets in this matchup. Jokic earned 25 points in his 37 mins on the court and totaled 14 assists in the matchup. He knocked down 10 out of 18 in this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 55.6%, and totaled 15 rebounds.

Denver has a record of 22-20 this year. The Nuggets are committing 19.3 fouls per contest and they go 76.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 26.5 times per contest (4th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 13.8 times per contest. Denver has accounted for 4,492 pts this year (107.0 per game) and they grab 43.4 boards per contest. As an offense, the Nuggets are connecting on 46.7% from the floor, which ranks them 6th in basketball.

The Denver defense concedes 33.9% on 3-point shots (492 of 1,450) and opponents are connecting on 74.7% of their free throw attempts. They concede 24.1 dimes and 43.5 rebounds per contest, which is 18th and 10th in the league. The Nuggets are ranked 9th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 105.9. They are forcing their opponents into 13.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 46.2% from the floor (21st in the NBA).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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