NBA Monday Best Bets: Clippers vs. Warriors Showdown & More!

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00:00Some NBA action and some hardwood handicaps on this Monday with your two premier NBA handicappers

00:09on the Space Grizz Network.

00:11That is Donny Rightside and myself, Ben Stevens.

00:14Eight games around the association on this Monday night.

00:17Tomorrow, DRS, some more NBA Cup action where everybody will have an eye on, I believe,

00:24East Group C.

00:26Regardless, it's the group that includes both the Celtics and the Cavaliers.

00:31We'll talk about that game tomorrow.

00:33Let's go late night to Los Angeles to end out this Monday night slate of eight games.

00:39The Clippers playing host to the Golden State Warriors, California Clash, Golden State,

00:44four and a half point road favorite in Los Angeles.

00:46Yeah, it should be a good one here.

00:48And by the way, the only way I ever bet the Clippers is by the three point line.

00:52If it's James Harden, if it's Norman Powell, I usually don't ever take them as a side

00:55perspective.

00:56And I don't think they're going to win tonight.

00:57Stephen Curry should be able to light up the Clippers, maybe a total to the over in this

01:01one.

01:02But for me, as usual, just trying to get those three point props in here, I would be focused

01:05once again on my guy, Norman Powell.

01:07He's treated me very kindly this year so far, Ben.

01:10Yes, he has, DRS.

01:12Yes, he certainly has.

01:13The Clippers back at the Intuit Dome.

01:16They started a lot of their season at home in their new arena in downtown L.A., four

01:22and four in eight games straight up, played at home this year.

01:26Golden State, one of the worst road teams you will ever see.

01:29Two seasons ago, better on the road last year away from San Francisco.

01:34This year, the team with the best mark in the Western Conference to start at ten and

01:38two overall is six and one straight up on the road.

01:43It is why they are booked as a four and a half point favorite.

01:46The Dubs have won three consecutive games.

01:50Another team in the Western Conference off to a pretty strong start this year.

01:54In fact, there's only three teams with double-digit wins.

01:57That's the Houston Rockets, ten and four in year number two under Emei Odoka.

02:02Five-game win streak for Houston as they take that five-game streak on the road to Milwaukee

02:09tonight to box a three and a half point home favorite inside the Pfizer Forum.

02:13Yeah, give me the points of this with the Houston Rockets.

02:16Also, we're taking a look at the anticipated starting lineup, which does have Damian Lillard

02:19listed in there.

02:20But is that actually a good thing?

02:21It was like, hey, man, he was playing great basketball before he got his concussion.

02:24No, he wasn't playing some of the worst basketball of his career.

02:27We saw a couple of games ago, a 59-point effort at Aiyannas, which then the following game

02:31turned into a 22-point effort.

02:33Why not take the points with the Rockets?

02:34I don't understand what's going on with the Bucs.

02:36Way too talented at this type of season.

02:38But again, as I said, Damian Lillard coming back, which should be a great thing.

02:41I'm not so sure it is.

02:42I'll take the points tonight.

02:45The Houston Rockets on this five-game win streak have covered in four.

02:49In fact, the Rockets have covered in nine of ten victories so far this year, including

02:53twice outright as an underdog, and their two outright wins as a dog against the Mavericks

03:00and against the New York Knicks.

03:02Both totals have stayed under.

03:04Maybe something to keep in mind if, like Donnie, you expect this game to be competitive.

03:09The Bucs are still just four and nine this year.

03:13They have won two of their last three.

03:16They're four and nine straight up, and four and nine ATS.

03:20It has not been pretty for the Milwaukee Bucs so far this season.

03:25Under an eight of 13 games may be leading to that under of a total tonight.

03:29Elsewhere around the association, we head to South Beach.

03:33The Heat hosting your Philadelphia 76ers, Miami three-point home favorite.

03:39Minimal total at 212, and oh, DRS, what can we expect out of the Sixers tonight on the

03:45road against the Heat?

03:47Probably the Miami Beach flu.

03:48You have a couple days off here, and you're in Miami.

03:51You know, those guys like to celebrate and live it up there.

03:53But the one thing that you can't factor in is how good Jarrett McCain has been this season

03:57for the Sixers.

03:58Look, the wins aren't coming now, and the Sixers actually built up their bench so they

04:01can withstand nights without Joel Embiid and any other players injured.

04:05They've been abysmal.

04:06And the fact that they lost that game to Orlando Magic without Paulo Boncaro and the way they

04:10did was just tragic.

04:11If you look at McCain's last five games, 18, 27, 23, 34, and 29, the kid has been absolutely

04:17sensational as a first-round guard coming out of Duke.

04:20Maybe that's the way you play it, but props usually go to die when you take on teams like

04:26the Miami Heat.

04:27The games, you see, it's not 230 and a half, 245 and a half.

04:30It's 212 and a half, basically.

04:31Probably by game time, we'll be around that 210 mark.

04:34But I look for Jarrett McCain.

04:35His three-point props, he's been wonderful behind the arc, Ben.

04:40Joel Embiid has a prop listed, same with Paul George.

04:44That's optimistic for Philly tonight on the road in South Florida.

04:48Jarrett McCain's points prop, though, DRS, already higher than that of PG, 19 and a half

04:53for George, 20 and a half for Jarrett McCain, the dancing man off to a good start in his

05:00NBA career.

05:01Philadelphia, DRS, 2 and 10, not good, underdog in eight of 12 games, just 3 and 5 against

05:08the spread.

05:10It's a three-point number tonight in favor of Miami, who is also sub 500 at 5 and 7.

05:17Again, not many teams around the East above 500 to start this year.

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