Game Time: 10:30 PM ET, Monday, December 13th, 2021 

Venue:  Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

Where to Watch:  NBA League Pass

DraftKings:  Spread: NL

BetMGM:  Spread:  NL

VegasInsider:  Spread:  Suns -2; O/U 213

 

Suns: 21-4, 1st place Western Conference

Clippers: 15-12, 5th place Western Conference

This matchup should feel great for CP3.  Once again he returns to face the team that traded him away and he is still on a better NBA basketball team.  In fact he is on a great team… in fact he is what makes it a great team.  When Chris Paul’s Suns faced the Clippers in last season’s Western Conference Finals he walked all over the Clippers' playoff dream and it was the Suns who went on to the Finals.  For entertainment purposes this game should be on ESPN or ABC instead of NBA League Pass… Every time a future Hall of Famer completely owns the team that traded him away,., it deserves eyeballs.

The LA Clippers are like that cat in the poster… they are hanging in there. 3 games above .500 and 5th place in the Western Conference is pretty good if you consider they are a real unentertaining watch this NBA season.  The Clippers' head of the snake Kawhi Leonard hasn’t played at all as he takes plenty of time to rest and rehab his knee. Outside of Paul George the rest of the roster is mostly unrecognizable.  Still the team is on a three-game winning streak against the Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, and Portland Trail Blazers.  It seems like they have enough to beat the bad teams yet they lost the game before to the Sacramento Kings.

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PHO is 21-4 on the season, but 13-12 ATS.  They have logged 10 0Overs and 15 Unders.  They are a blistering 9-2 in road games.

LAC is 15-12 on the season, but 12-15 ATS.  They have notched 12 Overs and 15 Unders.  They are 11-7 ini home games.

The Suns are 5th in the league in scoring with 111.4 points per game, 13th in rebounds with 45.4 per game, and 4th in AST/TO ratio with 1.9.  They have won their last 2 games against the Boston Celtics 111-90 (W ATS) and San Antonio Spurs 108-104 (L ATS).   They are shooting the lights out: 2nd in FG%, 4th in 3PT%, 

The Clippers are 19th in ppg with 106.0, 23rd in rebounds with 44.2 per game, 23rd in AST/TO ratio.  They are hot and cold shooters ranking 20th in FG% and 9th in 3PT%.  The Clippers defense is pretty solid and rank them 7th while giving up a stingy 104.6 ppg.

Our prediction for Monday, December 13th is….  Suns 118 - Clippers 101

The Suns should roll the Clippers even if Devin Booker misses the game.  Chris Paul is too good and enjoys beating his former team too much.

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Phoenix is 5-1 ATS after a non-conference game this season.

Clippers are 7-6 ATS versus Suns over the last 3 seasons.

Clippers are 3-2 ATS versus Phoenix at Clippers last 3 seasons.

Phoenix: SG Devin Booker (hamstring) Out ** C Deandre Ayton (illness) Quest ** SF Dario Saric (knee) Out indefinitely

Los Angeles: SF Paul George (elbow) Quest ** SG Nicholas Batum (ankle) Quest ** 

Suns: F Mikal Bridges, F Jae Crowder, C JaVale McGee, G Chris Paul, G Landry Shamet

Clippers: F Marcus Morris Sr, F Terance Mann, C Ivica Zubac, G Raggie Jackson, G Luke Kennard

Suns

Points: Devin Booker 23.2

Assists: Chris Paul 10.2

Rebounds: Deandre Ayton 11.1

Steals: Chris Paul 2.0

Blocks: JaVale McGee 0.9

Clippers

Points: Paul George 25

Assists: Paul George 5.4

Rebounds: Ivica Zubac 8.1

Steals: Paul George 1.9

Clocks Isaiah Hartenstein 1.2

Suns: Monty Williams.

Clips: Tyronne Lue