The Brooklyn Nets (13-9, second in the Eastern Conference) will host the LA Clippers (16-5, first in the Western Conference) on Tuesday night at the Barclays Center.
The LA Clippers head into this contest looking to win their fourth game in a row. The team has won their last three straight on the road, including their last win which was against the the New York Knicks 129-115 on Sunday night.
The Brooklyn Nets will come into the match on the back of 149-146 loss to the Washington Wizards. As per reports so far, James Harden will remain inactive for Tuesday's clash. He was ruled out by medical team staff for Sunday's night's game against the Wizards with a thigh contusion.
Speaking after the game against the Washington Wizards, Steve Nash gave an update on Harden's injury. He said,
Yeah, I don’t think it’s too severe, I think it’s pretty manageable,” Nash said before his team lost to the Wizards. "Hopefully, it’s just this game.”
Tuesday's night blockbuster encounter will be a star studded affair. Some of the league's most elite offensive players will be on the court. Even if James Harden is unavailable, basketball fans will be treated to a dual between Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving on one side and Kawhi Leonard and star Paul George.
The Clippers currently sit with the third-best odds to lift the O’Brien Trophy at the end of the year. Unfortunately for them, the Brooklyn Nets are one of the teams above them.
That makes this Tuesday night matchup at Barclays Center one of the must-see games of this NBA regular season.
Brooklyn’s recent run of high-scoring games adds even more flavor to this game. Nets games have hit the over in 15 of their last 16. What is even more shocking is they don’t just hit the over, they crush it. With an average of 28 points scored above the total in games it hit, bettors have had little worry about when backing the Nets’ over.
The Clippers have been no slouches in producing high-scoring themselves, as seven of their last 11 hit the over.
With each team smashing their totals recently, the over is the play according to trends. Let’s dig deeper and see if oddsmakers have adjusted for these trends.