NBA basketball handicapper Andy Lang offers his Denver Nuggets vs LA Clippers preview for Tuesday, March 22. At the time of posting, The Nuggets have opened as a 6.5-point road favorite over the Clippers, with the total sitting at 223 points.<\/p>\n
Stay on top of the latest NBA<\/a> updates direct from Las Vegas!<\/em><\/p>\n Two teams who are losing more than winning recently face off in Denver as the Clippers come off a game at Utah in altitude on Friday and now play in Denver at altitude.<\/p>\n The Nuggets are a playoff team with an MVP candidate, and they\u2019ll be a -7 point favorite tonight with a total of 223. Let\u2019s find the best play in this one.<\/p>\n The Clippers are six games behind the Wolves and five games up on the Lakers so it looks like they\u2019ll be the 8th seed in the West despite their lack of winning record, and lack of two best players being available.<\/p>\n They are 4-6 ATS their last 10 games, and 3-6-1 O\/U, and on a three game losing streak recently getting blown off the floor by 29 to Utah. The Clippers have played Denver close this season as they are 1-2 against them, but all three games being decided by three or fewer points.<\/p>\n The Clippers only wins after the all-star break have been against the Rockets, Lakers, Wizards and Pistons so they have not been beating the better teams on the schedule.<\/p>\n The Nuggets have two wins over playoff teams since the break (Golden State and Philly), and they really haven\u2019t been dominating the bad teams night in and night out, and it\u2019s still all Jokic right now as he\u2019s now led the team nine games in a row in points, rebounds and assists.<\/p>\n They\u2019re 4-6 ATS their last 10, and they\u2019re coming off of getting beat big by Boston and losing in OT to Cleveland.<\/p>\n Jokic has put up massive numbers against the Clippers this season, so I\u2019ll expect him to put up big numbers again, but I\u2019m not sold on this being an easy win for Denver.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take +7 with the Clippers as this Denver team does well against bad teams, and struggles against good teams and the Clippers are a middle of the road team that has played Denver close this season.<\/p>\n LA has plenty of rest so the altitude shouldn\u2019t be an issue. I\u2019ll expect a close game like all the other games between these two this season.<\/p>\n Prediction: LA Clippers +6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Tuesday, March 22<\/th>\n NBA Betting Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Point Spread:<\/td>\n Denver Nuggets -6.5 vs LA Clippers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total:<\/td>\n 223 Points<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Game Time:<\/td>\n 10:00pm ET \/ 7:00pm PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Arena:<\/td>\n Amway Center in Orlando, FL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n TV:<\/td>\n TNT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Denver Nuggets vs LA Clippers Analysis<\/h2>\n
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