Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets Prediction, 12/13/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Clippers vs Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday, December 13, 2024

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: NBA TV

The Denver Nuggets (12-10) welcome the Los Angeles Clippers (14-11) at Ball Arena on Friday.

The Clippers stepped onto the hardwood against the Rockets and took a loss by a final of 117-106 in their last contest. Los Angeles finished the contest with a 44.6% field goal percentage (41 out of 92) and made 11 of their 34 3-pointers. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Clippers made 13 of their 16 tries for a rate of 81.3%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 33 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. They also doled out 21 dimes in this contest while forcing the opposition into 15 turnovers and earning 11 steals. When talking about defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 48.8% from the field on 40 of 82 shooting. Houston earned 23 dimes and had 4 steals in the game. Furthermore, Houston grabbed 50 rebounds (12 offensive, 38 defensive) and earned 3 blocks. Houston ended up shooting 84.6% at the charity stripe by knocking down 22 of 26 attempts. They converted 15 of 41 attempts from 3-point range. In relation to fouls, the Clippers walked away with 24 and the Rockets accounted for 16 fouls.

Bones Hyland is a guy who was a major contributor in the game. He left the arena with 22 points on 7 out of 13 shooting. He was on the court for 28 mins played and collected 3 rebounds. Hyland finished the contest at 53.8% from the floor and also distributed 4 dimes.

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Los Angeles heads into this game with a mark of 14-11 on the season. They currently have an average of 108.7 pts per contest (24th in the league) while hitting 46.3% from the field. The Clippers are connecting on 37.1% on shots from downtown (313 of 844) and 77.9% from the free throw line. As a team, Los Angeles is grabbing 44.6 rebounds per game and has accounted for 615 assists on the season, which is 20th in basketball in terms of passing. They are turning it over 16.4 times per contest and as a team they commit 18.9 personal fouls every game.

On defense, the Clippers have forced 15.2 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.2 personal fouls. They currently rank 13th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 621 surrendered on the year. The Clippers are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 46.3% (979 of 2,116) and they relinquish 41.6 rebounds per game as a team. They are surrendering 34.4% on shots from distance while they are 5th in the NBA in points per game allowed (107.4).

When they last played, the Nuggets went home victorious with a score of 141-111 when they played the Hawks. In the matter of rebounding, Denver permitted Atlanta to grab 45 overall (19 offensive). They went 22.5% from 3-point land by going 9 of 40 and ended up shooting 20 of 27 from the free throw line (74.1%). The Nuggets allowed the Hawks to knock down 41 of 101 attempts from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 40.6% for the matchup. When all was said and done, the Nuggets finished the game shooting 56 for 89 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 62.9%. In relation to shooting from distance, Denver converted 12 out of 27 tries (44.4%). They were able to make 17 of the free throw tries for a rate of 70.8%. The Hawks had 22 fouls in the matchup which took the Nuggets to the charity stripe for 24 attempts. They turned it over 20 times, while recording 9 steals for this contest. The Nuggets were able to collect 36 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 43 for this contest.

Nikola Jokic was important for the Nuggets in this contest. Jokic totaled 48 points in his 35 mins of playing time and had 8 assists for the contest. He converted 17 out of 29 in this matchup for a rate of 58.6%, and accumulated 14 rebounds.

Denver has a win-loss mark of 12-10 this year. The Nuggets commit 18.5 personal fouls per contest while shooting 75.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 30.9 times per contest (1st in the league) and they turn it over 14.5 times per game. Denver has 2,611 pts for the season (118.7 per contest) and they pull in 44.5 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Nuggets are connecting on 49.2% from the field, which ranks them 3rd in the league.

The Denver defense surrenders 36.0% on 3-point attempts (308 of 855) and their opposition makes 75.9% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 29.9 dimes and 44.5 rebounds per contest, which is 30th and 21st in basketball. The Nuggets on defense are ranked 24th in the NBA in PPG allowed with 116.8. They are forcing their opponents into 15.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 46.8% from the field (19th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Denver

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