Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder 5/16/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/16/2021 at 8:18 AM ET

The Los Angeles Clippers look to move up in the Western Conference standings on Sunday when visiting the Oklahoma City Thunder to complete their regular season. Los Angeles is 47-24 and tied for third place in the conference standings with Denver but if the season ended today would finish fourth as Denver holds the tiebreaker between the two. The Clippers cannot finish any worse than 4th in the conference but could finish third.

Kawhi Leonard is the leading scorer for Los Angeles with an average of 24.8 points per game, while Paul George is the second leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 23.3 points and 5.2 assists per game. Ivica Zubac is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.4 rebounds per game. The Clippers are scoring an average of 114.10 points per game while allowing an average of 109.1 points per game.

The Oklahoma City Thunder season has been over for quite some time following several trades, several players being injured and management decisions. Oklahoma City is  21-50 and the Thunder have lost nine straight and 23 of the last 24. Oklahoma City's only victory since April 2nd was on April 27th over the Boston Celtics. Needless to say, Oklahoma City is last in the Northwest division 30 Games behind division champions Utah.

Luguentz Dort is the leading scorer for Oklahoma City with an average of 14.0 points per game, while Darius Bazley is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 13.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Ty Jerome is the leader in assists with an average of 3.6 per game. Oklahoma City is scoring an average of 105.0 points per game and allowing an average of 112.0 points per game.

Los Angeles will pick up a victory on Sunday against Oklahoma City, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in 9 of the Clippers last 11 and in five of the Clippers last six played on the road. Oklahoma City is playing without its top three scorers, it's leader in assists and it's second-leading rebounder. The total has finished under in six of the last eight that Oklahoma City has played against Los Angeles. Final Score Prediction, Los Angeles Clippers win but our best play is UNDER 112-92.

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