This year, the Clippers offered more of the same with a good but not great regular season. Also, there were the perpetual injury problems with Kawhi Leonard. Leonard arrived in 2019 as the presumptive savior of the franchise. Instead, Leonard has struggled to avoid injuries. Now in their own NBA betting venue of the spectacular Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA, the LA Clippers are trying to rebrand. LA is looking to stand on its own two feet after sharing an arena with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2025 NBA Playoffs First Round Preview: Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers
| Date and Time: | Monday, April 21, 2025, 10 PM ET. |
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| Location: | Ball Arena, Denver, CO. |
| TV Coverage: | TNT |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| Los Angeles Clippers | -1 -110 | 218½ -110 | -115 |  |
| Denver Nuggets | +1 -110 | 218½ -110 | -105 | |
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LA Clippers Series Schedule
- Game 2: Clippers at Nuggets | Monday, April 21, 10 p.m. | TNT
- Game 3: Nuggets at Clippers | Thursday, April 24, TBD | NBA TV
- Game 4: Nuggets at Clippers | Saturday, April 26, 6 p.m. | TNT
- Game 5: Clippers at Nuggets | Tuesday, April 29, TBD | TBD*
- Game 6: Nuggets at Clippers | Thursday, May 1, TBD | TBD*
- Game 7: Clippers at Nuggets | Saturday, May 3, TBD | TBD*
LA Clippers Head Coach
Tyronn Lue has been the head coach of the Clippers since 2020. He is best known as the head coach of the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Overall, Lue is 362-249 in the regular season and 54-37 in the playoffs.
LA Clippers Key Players
G James Harden is an 11-time NBA All-Star, including this season. He is a 3-time NBA scoring champion. This season, Harden led the Clippers with 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 8.7 assists per game.
Last year, SF Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 23.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. He is a two-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, and six-time NBA All-Star, including last season. This season, Leonard averaged 21.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.
Also, C Ivica Zubac added 16.8 points and 12.6 rebounds per game this season.
LA Clippers Record, Metrics & History
Overall, LA’s NBA metrics were 19th for scoring offense, 6th for field goal percentage, 7th for 3-point field goal percentage, 7th for free throw percentage, and 16th for offensive rebounding. While on defense, the Clippers’ metrics were 4th for scoring defense, 8th for field goal percentage permitted, 5th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 1st for defensive rebounding.
The LA Clippers’ final regular season record was 49-32 straight up, 45-35-1 against the spread, and 39-42 over/under the NBA betting total. As a result, LA was 5th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings and 18 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
While the Lakers will always be the top offshore betting show in Los Angeles, the Clippers can eventually gain headway and their own identity.
Former owner Donald Sterling went down as one of the worst owners in the history of professional sports. Sterling owned the team from 1981 to 2014, when he was banned from the league for life and forced to sell the franchise. In turn, the Clippers only made the playoffs four times between 1976 and 2011, winning just one playoff series in that stretch.
Steve Ballmer immediately did everything in his power to make the Clippers a contender. Late on, they finished with a winning record for 12 straight seasons, and Ballmer brought in Kawhi Leonard to hopefully win a title.