Will Suns Eclipse Clippers without Durant? NBA Odds Preview
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00:05 >> No Kevin Durant for Phoenix, the Suns a three and a half point home underdog
00:10 against the LA Clippers who in the month of December had a really, really good month.
00:15 Are they the correctly favored side tonight in the Valley?
00:18 >> Yeah, if we were taking a look at here,
00:21 I wanna say what's Phoenix is on a four game win streak here.
00:24 So, not only say riding the ship per se, but
00:27 at least playing a little bit better basketball.
00:28 But again, this is the same thing we talk about time and time again with the Suns.
00:32 Remember we talked about it last week, hey, look at this,
00:34 fun, the big three is gonna play together.
00:36 And then just a couple games later, yeah, the big three is not even on a back to
00:38 back and they're not going to play together.
00:41 Anticipated starting lineup tonight for the Suns, Booker, Beal, Allen, Metsu, and
00:44 Nerkich.
00:45 Look, I'm gonna probably just lean on the Clippers at this point here.
00:48 A slight favorite for a reason, they'll be full go, full gas.
00:52 We'll see if they can win this game tonight, and I do believe they will.
00:55 >> Yeah, the Phoenix Suns have won four straight after they dropped five of their
01:00 last six, and they really struggled through the most early part of December.
01:04 But in the 2024, a victory in their first game over Portland, winning by 21.
01:09 Again, the Phoenix Suns have won four straight games.
01:12 The Clippers have won three straight as well as a favorite this year now for
01:16 LA, 15 and 10 against the spread.
01:19 Again, no Kevin Durant tonight for the Phoenix Suns.
01:22 Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, Yusuf Nerkich are going to be out there.
01:26 Beal, 20 and a half.
01:28 Booker, 27 and a half, of course, answered on the other side by Kawhi Leonard.
01:33 Paul George and James Harden, 25 and a hook for Kawhi.
01:36 Which trio tonight, not Kevin Durant in the ultimate super team for Phoenix, but
01:41 which trio tonight, Donny, performs better?
01:43 >> Yeah, if you're looking from betting perspectives,
01:47 wouldn't you lean towards the Suns here?
01:49 Because you know it's gonna be Booker and Beal top heavy at this point.
01:52 If you're taking a look at Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, James Harden,
01:55 any one of those three guys can step up.
01:56 But if you're trying to narrow the field down and say to yourself,
01:59 which one of the Suns do I wanna take?
02:01 Look, Bradley Beal's been injured for a long time.
02:03 The last game that he played before, I guess, sitting out multiple games,
02:07 was December the 13th, he scored six points.
02:09 Took about five, six games off, came back, what'd he score, Ben, six points.
02:12 But how about the last two games, versus Orlando and versus Portland?
02:15 Both of those also being home games, 25 points and 21 points here.
02:20 I'm gonna buy a little bit lower on Bradley Beal to say he's going to get into
02:23 the 20s tonight, and I'm confident he can take down that total.
02:26 Why?
02:26 Because he's working his way back, got a couple games under his belt.
02:29 29 minutes, 34 minutes, 34 minutes, no Kevin Durant.
02:33 Those shots gotta come from somewhere.
02:34 Give me Beal to go over 20 points tonight, Ben.
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