Los Angeles Clippers 2024 NBA Championship Odds
The LA Clippers have been second fiddle to the Lakers since they arrived from San Diego in 1984-85. Since its founding as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, the franchise has never made the NBA Finals. In 2019, the Clippers caught attention for signing Kawhi Leonard, who was coming off winning the NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors. Leonard was named NBA Finals MVP but was eager to return to his Southern California roots. Leonard’s arrival caused many fans and gamblers to believe that the Clippers were finally ready to become a serious threat to matter in Los Angeles and win an NBA title.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Los Angeles Clippers NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the LA Clippers are 34-15 straight up, 28-21 against the spread, and 22-27 over/under the total. Late on, LA has covered eight out of their last ten games. While the Clippers have gone under the total in five of its previous seven matchups. LA is 2nd in the Western Conference playoff standings. LA is a half-game behind the Minnesota Timberwolves and LA Clippers in the Western Conference playoff race.
LA has NBA metrics of 6th for scoring offense, 5th for field goal percentage, 1st for 3-point field goal percentage, 6th for free throw percentage, and 17th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Clippers have NBA metrics of 9th for scoring defense, 7th for field goal percentage permitted, 10th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 5th for defensive rebounding.
LA Clippers Key Players
SF Kawhi Leonard leads the Clippers with 24.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Leonard was the 15th overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft out of San Diego State by the Indiana Pacers. He is a 2-time NBA champion, 2-time NBA Finals MVP, and 6-time NBA All-Star, including this season.
F Paul George is averaging 22.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest. George was the 10th overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft out of Fresno State by the Indiana Pacers. George is a 9-time NBA All-Star. He arrived with the Clippers at the same time Leonard did but from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
SG James Harden is averaging 17.3 points and 8.6 assists per game. Harden was the 3rd overall pick of the 2009 NBA Draft out of Arizona State by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Harden was the 2018 NBA MVP and is a 10-time NBA All-Star. He is a 3-time NBA scoring champion.
LA Clippers Head Coach
Tyronn Lue has been head coach of the Clippers since 2020. He is best known as the head coach of the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. His career NBA coaching record is 261-186.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
2022–23 |
82 |
44 |
38 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Suns) |
2021–22 |
82 |
42 |
40 |
3rd, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
2020–21 |
72 |
47 |
25 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in Conference finals, 2–4 (Suns) |
2019–20 |
72 |
49 |
23 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in Conference semifinals, 3–4 (Nuggets) |
2018–19 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Warriors) |
Los Angeles Clippers History
In their 50+ years as an NBA franchise, the most that the Los Angeles Clippers have done is gone to a conference championship. Even that was extremely recent though, as the Clippers made their first trip to the conference finals in 2021. They were defeated by the Phoenix Suns in a six-game series, but that hasn’t deterred Steve Ballmer from trying to turn this moribund franchise into a winner.
The Los Angeles Clippers were originally known as the Buffalo Braves. They were founded as an expansion franchise in 1970, and they selected Bob McAdoo with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1972 NBA Draft. McAdoo was the first star in franchise history, and he was the NBA MVP in 1975, but the team was gutted after it became clear the franchise could never work in Buffalo. That led to an owner swap, and new owner Irv Levin moved the Braves to San Diego in 1978.
The San Diego Clippers were the third pro basketball franchise in San Diego since the mid-1960s. The San Diego Rockets moved to Houston, and the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadors folded after just a few years in the city. The Clippers were the last chance the city had at proving the NBA would work there, but they failed to make the playoffs in any of their six seasons in San Diego and subsequently moved to Los Angeles in 1984. There, they would continue a 15-year postseason drought until finally making the playoffs in 1992.
Former owner Donald Sterling went down as one of the worst owners in the history of professional sports. Sterling owned the team from 1981 to 2014 when he was banned from the league for life and forced to sell the franchise. The Clippers only made the playoffs four times between 1976 and 2011, winning just one playoff series in that stretch.
Steve Ballmer has immediately done everything in his power to make the Clippers a contender. They have now finished with a winning record for 11 straight seasons, and Ballmer brought in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to hopefully win a title.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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