Los Angeles Clippers vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 5/16/2021

The Los Angeles Clippers (47-24) are 9-point favorites as they are set to take the court against the Oklahoma City Thunder (21-50) on May 16, 2021. A 221-point total is set for the game.

How to Watch

Time: 9:00 PM EST
TV Channel: BSOK

Betting Suggestions:

Clippers vs. Thunder Betting Data

Clippers Betting Data

• Los Angeles holds a winning record against the spread this season, going 39-31-1 ATS.
• The Clippers' record against the spread as at least a 9-point favorite is above .500 at 12-7.
• Los Angeles has gone over the point total less than half of the time, in 34 of 71 games (47.9%).

Thunder Betting Data

• Oklahoma City has a losing (30-40-1) record against the spread this season.
• Oklahoma City hit the over in just 47.9% of their games (34 of 71 games).

Point Total Insights

• Los Angeles' games this season have resulted in a higher total score than Sunday's matchup over/under (221 points) in 37 out of 71 opportunities (52.1% of matchups).
• In 49.3% of Oklahoma City's games this season (35 of 71), the total points scored was higher than Sunday's 221-point over/under.
• The Clippers average 114 points per game against the Thunder's 104.8, totaling 2.2 points under the matchup's total of 221.
• The 223.4 points per game these two teams surrender to opponents on average this season are 2.4 more than the 221 over/under in this contest.
• This season, the average total for Clippers games is 221.7 points, 0.7 more than the over/under of 221 points for this contest.
• A difference of 0.5 points separates this matchup's over/under (221 points) and the average total points bet in Thunder's games (220.5 points) this season.

Previous Matchups

Los Angeles has a 7-3 record against Oklahoma City over the last 10 matchups,

Clippers Players to Watch

• Kawhi Leonard leads the Clippers in scoring, tallying 24.8 points per game to go with 6.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists.
• Ivica Zubac is Los Angeles' leading rebounder, grabbing 7.3 per game, while Paul George is its best passer, distributing 5.2 assists in each contest.
• George makes more threes per game than any other member of the Clippers, knocking down shots from beyond the arc at a clip of 3.2 per contest.
• The Los Angeles steals leader is Leonard, who averages 1.6 takeaways per game, while its blocks leader is Serge Ibaka, who compiles 1.2 rejections per contest.

Thunder Players to Watch

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averages 23.7 points and adds 5.9 assists per game, putting him at the top of the Thunder's leaderboards for those statistics.
• Moses Brown grabs 8.7 rebounds per game (he also scores 8.2 points per game and adds 0.2 assists per game) which puts him at the top of the Oklahoma City rebounding leaderboard.
• Ty Jerome knocks down 2.2 three-pointers per game, the most on the Thunder.
• Oklahoma City's leader in steals is Isaiah Roby (0.9 per game), and its leader in blocks is Aleksej Pokusevski (1.0 per game).

Injury Report

Clippers:

DeMarcus Cousins: Day To Day (Foot),

Amir Coffey: Out (Health and Safety Protocols),

Terance Mann: Day To Day (Personal)

Thunder:

Mike Muscala: Out (Ankle),

Ty Jerome: Day To Day (Calf),

Luguentz Dort: Out (Knee),

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Out (Foot)