Los Angeles Clippers vs Golden State Warriors 2/14/22 NBA Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers duke it out at the Crypto.com Arena on Monday night.

The Golden State Warriors have been in red-hot form as they’ve won 10 of their past 12 games overall and they will be looking to stay hot after sneaking past the Lakers in a 117-115 home win on Saturday. Klay Thompson led the team with 33 points, Stephen Curry added 24 points and eight assists, Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points while Jonathan Kuminga chipped in with 18 points. As a team, the Warriors shot 44 percent from the field and 12 of 38 from the 3-point line as they squandered an early 15-point lead to trail by six points late in the fourth quarter, before they closed the final 3:31 on a 14-8 run to escape with the narrow victory.  

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Clippers have been in a rut as they’ve lost four of their past six games overall, but they will be looking to stay hot in this one after outlasting the red-hot Mavericks in a 99-97 road win on Saturday. Reggie Jackson led the team with 24 points, five rebounds and eight assists, Terance Mann added 21 points with nine rebounds while Marcus Morris chipped in with 20 points on nine of 18 shooting. As a team, the Clippers shot 52 percent from the field and seven of 22 from the 3-point line, but this win was about their effort on the defensive end as they held the Mavericks to just 19 points in the third quarter to build a 10-point lead which proved to be just enough in the end as the Mavericks cut the lead to just one point with 8.0 seconds remaining on the clock.

Looking at the betting trends, the Warriors are 0-3-1 ATS in their last four games against a team with a losing record, 0-4-1 ATS in their last five games overall. The Clippers are 1-4 ATS in their last five games against a team above .600 and 1-5 ATS in their last six games overall.

Head to head, the under is 4-1 in the last five meetings overall and the Warriors are 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings in Los Angeles.

The Warriors will again be missing Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and James Wiseman, while the Clippers are sweating on the availability of Luke Kennard who is questionable with ankle soreness and Norman Powell who has been ruled out. This would usually be a fierce contest between rivals, but with the Clippers just so banged up at the moment, I have to go with the Warriors who are 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings in Los Angeles. I think the Warriors get job done behind big games from Curry and Thompson.