The Brooklyn Nets (32-20, 16-8 Home), one of the NBA’s top shooting teams, welcome the Los Angeles Clippers (30-26, 16-15 Away) on Monday. Los Angeles defeated the New York Knicks 134-128 in overtime at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Kawhi Leonard was the key player with 35 points. The Clippers are the fifth seed in the Western Conference.
Brooklyn won their third in a row at home in a close one on Saturday at Barclays Center, beating the Washington Wizards 125-123. Cameron Thomas had 44 points and six rebounds to lead the team. The Nets are fourth in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the final time this season.
Brooklyn will be seeking a season sweep against Los Angeles after taking the only previous meeting 110-95 at Crypto.com Arena in November 2022. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 27 points. Paul George had 17 points in defeat.
The Clips have been led this season by Norman Powell, who is averaging 16.8 points per game. Meanwhile, Ivica Zubac is grabbing 10.3 rebounds per game, eighth-most in the NBA, and Reggie Jackson is dishing 3.6 assists. Durant (29.7 ppg) and Kyrie Irving (26.4) have powered the Nets’ offense.
Durant ranks eighth in the NBA. Nicolas Claxton is pulling down 9.0 rebounds per game, and Ben Simmons is tallying 6.1 assists. The Nets rank as one of the league’s most accurate teams from the field, second-best at 50.7%.
The Clippers are 4-5 in nine visits to Barclays Center.Los Angeles is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +4.6 (118.3-113.7). For the season, the Clippers are averaging 111.0 points per game, compared to 110.8 for opponents.
Brooklyn has split the last 10 (5-5), allowing 119.3 points per game on average while scoring only 116.6 (-2.7 margin). The Nets are averaging 114.4 ppg for the full season while allowing 112.3.
CLIPPERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Luke Kennard: 8.0 | 11.8 | -3.8
Points per game:
Kawhi Leonard: 29.3 | 21.3 | +7.9
Reggie Jackson: 7.5 | 10.9 | -3.4
Rebounds per game:
Paul George: 7.8 | 6.2 | +1.6
NETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Cameron Thomas: 22.0 | 11.2 | +10.8
Ben Simmons: 8.0 | 19.3 | -11.3
Points per game:
T.J. Warren: 2.0 | 8.5 | -6.5
Rebounds per game:
Nicolas Claxton: 11.2 | 9.0 | +2.2
Ben Simmons: 1.0 | 6.2 | -5.2
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
LA Clippers -7.5 (-115)
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