The Denver Nuggets look to keep their perfect November intact on Wednesday night in a road matchup against the slumping Los Angeles Clippers.
The pregame narrative: Last night, Nikola Jokic continued his scoring binge with an ultra-efficient 35 points in Sacramento. Denver is a road favourite against an L.A. squad that is just 3-7 to start the year.
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Nuggets vs. Clippers SGP predictions
Parlay: Nuggets ML | Jokic 25+ points | Collins under 1.5 threes (+300)
Nuggets moneyline (-141): The Clippers have the rest advantage over a Nuggets team that played yesterday, but I don't think that'll affect the outcome tonight.
Denver is still rightfully favoured thanks to a blazing hot start. The Nuggets are 8-2 with the NBA's second-best net rating (+13.0).
Last season, the Nuggets went 13-4 straight up when playing on zero rest.
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The Clippers, who were bounced by the Nuggets in the first round last season, enter tonight's matchup on a five-game losing skid. Their -4.9 net rating ranks 22nd in the NBA.
Kawhi Leonard (ankle) will sit tonight for the fifth straight game. As you'd expect, L.A. has struggled without its leading scorer and second-leading rebounder.
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Jokic 25+ points (-175): After taking a more passive role in Denver's offence over the first week and change, Jokic has really upped his shot volume.
If you want something done right, sometimes you have to do it yourself.
- Jokic has 25+ points in all five games this month, and Denver is 5-0 in those matchups.
- Last night, Jokic scored 35 points on 16-of-19 shooting. His 66.9% field goal percentage is second out of 123 players who are attempting at least 10 shots per game.
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In four road games against the Clippers last season (playoffs included), Jokic went 3-1 vs. this scoring milestone while averaging 28.0 PPG.
Collins under 1.5 threes (-143): Collins' 3-point attempts are currently at a seven-year low, and I don't expect a high-volume effort from him tonight.
Denver has excelled at defending the perimeter, holding opponents to a 30.5 3PT% — the lowest mark in the league.
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Collins, in his first year with Los Angeles, is shooting at a 39.3% clip from beyond the arc. But he's only averaging 2.8 attempts.
On so few 3-point attempts, and against the team with the lowest opponent 3PT%, it's tough to see Collins having a big night beyond the arc.
This under on this prop is 7-3 so far this season despite the fact that Collins is shooting nearly 40.0% from outside.
Nuggets vs. Clippers SGP made at 11:10 a.m. ET 11/12/2025.
