It’s a battle of Western Conference teams on the hardwood as they tangle in the Lone Star State. The LA Clippers are on the road as they make the trip to face the Houston Rockets Monday night. LA comes in off a 110-95 home loss to Brooklyn Saturday in their previous contest, losing outright as a 1.5-point favorite. Houston was knocked off 119-106 by New Orleans on the road Saturday night, failing to cover the line as a 10.5-point underdog in that contest. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Rockets own a 124-87 advantage but the Clippers have won five straight meetings. That includes two wins this season already: 95-93 at home on October 31 and 109-101 on the road on November 2.
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LA was unable to get things going late as Brooklyn pulled away for the victory on Saturday. The Clippers, who dropped to 7-6 and sit second in the Pacific Division, 1.5 games behind the Suns, look to beat the Rockets for the sixth straight meeting here. Against Brooklyn, LA trailed by eight early and by five after the opening quarter. The deficit was four at the half and after three quarters though the Clippers rallied to tie the game at 86 with 7:21 to play. LA went cold from there, giving up an 18-2 run over the next five minutes to trail 104-88 and seal their fate. The Clippers shot 40% from the field, including 11 of 30 from three-point range, and won the rebounding battle 46-41 in the contest. Paul George led the Clippers with 17 points in the loss.
This year, the Clippers are 30th in the league in scoring offense with an average of 103.9 points per game. LA is 21st in reb ounding with 42.6 boards a night while they stand 27th in assists by handing out 21.5 dimes per game. The Clippers are 5th in the league in scoring defense as they give up an average of 107.2 points a night. Paul George leads the team with 24.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists a night. Reggie Jackson puts up 10.1 points plus 4.2 assists a night while John Wall (12.6 points, 5.1 assists), Nicolas Batum, Luke Kennard (8.3 points) and Ivica Zubac (10.6 points, 11.2 rebounds) are solid scoring options. Terance Mann, Marcus Morris Sr. (14.7 points, six boards), Kawhi Leonard (12.5 points, 6.5 rebounds), Norman Powell (11.9 points), Robert Covington and Amir Coffey are key players in the rotation. LA is 14th in field goal percentage as they shoot 47.1% from the floor as a team. The Clippers are 24th by knocking down 10.8 three-pointers a night while they are 22nd in the league by drilling 33.7% of their long-range attempts.
Leonard (knee) has played just two games this season and has been out since October 23. He currently has no timetable for return at this point in time.
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