Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Clippers Prediction, 3/23/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Clippers

Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025

Location: Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Los Angeles Clippers (39-30) welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder (57-12) at Intuit Dome on Sunday.

The Thunder faced the 76ers and walked away with a win by a score of 133-100 in their last game. Oklahoma City walked away from the contest with a 52.2% field goal percentage (47 of 90) and converted 24 out of their 52 shots from beyond the arc. At the charity stripe, the Thunder converted 15 of their 20 shots for a percentage of 75.0%. In terms of getting rebounds, they earned 55 with 11 of them being offensive. They also recorded 36 assists for this game as well as forcing 12 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In relation to defending, Oklahoma City allowed 36.8% from the field on 35 of 95 shooting. Philadelphia recorded 24 dimes and had 8 steals in the game. On top of that, Philadelphia collected 41 boards (12 offensive, 29 defensive) and earned 5 blocked shots. Philadelphia shot 75.0% at the free throw line by knocking down 12 of 16 shots. They also knocked down 18 of their 57 attempts from 3-point range. Concerning fouls, the Thunder ended up with 12 while the 76ers totaled 15 fouls.

Aaron Wiggins is one guy who came through for the matchup. He totaled 26 points on 10 out of 18 shooting. He saw the court for 29 mins and snagged 4 rebounds. Wiggins walked away from this one shooting 55.6% from the floor and dished out 6 assists.

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Oklahoma City enters this matchup with a win-loss record of 57-12 on the campaign. They average 119.8 points per game (4th in the league) while hitting 48.0% from the field. The Thunder are connecting on 36.8% on shots from downtown (989 of 2,691) and 82.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Oklahoma City is grabbing 44.9 rebounds per game and has accounted for 1,846 dimes for the year, which ranks 13th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 11.9 times per contest and as a squad are committing 20.1 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Thunder are able to force 17.2 turnovers per game while drawing 18.3 fouls. They are surrendering 33.7% on shots from downtown while they are 2nd in the league in points per game allowed (107.0). The Thunder defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 43.5% (2,604 of 5,987) and they surrender 45.3 rebounds per game as a team. They are 4th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,687 conceded so far this year.

In their last game, the Clippers went home victorious with a score of 132-119 when they faced the Cavaliers. The Clippers pulled down 35 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive rebounds for a total of 49 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while getting 7 steals in the matchup. The Cavaliers were called for 21 personal fouls for this contest which took the Clippers to the charity stripe for 28 attempts. They were able to convert 24 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 85.7%. In the matter of shots from downtown, Los Angeles converted 16 out of 35 tries (45.7%). Overall, the Clippers walked away from this one shooting 46 for 84 from the field which gave them a percentage of 54.8%. The Clippers permitted the Cavaliers to knock down 44 out of their 90 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 48.9% for this contest. They shot 34.1% from behind the 3-point line by hitting 14 of 41 and ended up shooting 17 of 26 from the charity stripe (65.4%). In regard to rebounding, Los Angeles allowed Cleveland to snag 29 overall (10 on the offensive side).

Kawhi Leonard ended up being a factor for the Clippers for the contest. Leonard scored 33 points in his 35 minutes of playing time and had 4 dimes in this matchup. He buried 12 out of 19 in this game giving him a rate of 63.2%, and had 7 rebounds.

Los Angeles has a mark of 39-30 for the year. The Clippers are committing 18.4 personal fouls every game and they hit 79.3% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 25.0 times per contest (25th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 15.3 times per contest. Los Angeles has accounted for 7,707 pts for the season (111.7 per game) and they grab 43.8 rebounds per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the Clippers are connecting on 47.6% from the field, which ranks them 13th in the league.

The Clippers on the defensive end are ranked 4th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 108.6. They are forcing their opponents into 15.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 46.1% from the floor (10th in the league). The Los Angeles defense surrenders 35.1% on shots from distance (907 of 2,587) and opponents are connecting on 77.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 25.6 assists and 42.1 rebounds per contest, which is 8th and 2nd in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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