The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers close out Saturday's NBA slate with the second leg of their home-and-home.
The pregame narrative: Phoenix beat L.A. in the desert on Thursday, but is a slim, 5-point road underdog tonight. Kawhi Leonard remains out for the Clippers, while Jalen Green looks to build off a solid season debut for the Suns.
Check out my Suns vs. Clippers SGP predictions for Nov. 8, featuring James Harden and Bradley Beal.
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Suns vs. Clippers SGP
Parlay: Suns +6.5 | Harden 3+ threes | Beal under 1.5 threes (+310)
Suns +6.5 (-141): I like Phoenix's chances of winning this game outright.
Los Angeles is a solid home team, but it is missing its star player. In the last two games without Kawhi, the Clippers are 0-2 while averaging just 104.5 PPG.
Last year, L.A. managed to succeed in Leonard's absence thanks to the elite scoring of Norman Powell and a deep bench.
But Powell is gone, the Clippers' bench ranks 18th in FG%, and there isn't much to like about the big acquisition of Beal so far (more on that later).
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Phoenix obviously took a step back with Kevin Durant moving on, but Jalen Green should be a solid Robin to Devin Booker's Batman.
The 2021 No. 2 overall pick scored 29 points on 50.0% shooting in his Suns debut against the Clippers on Thursday.
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Beal under 1.5 threes (-177): Losing Durant was a blow for Phoenix, but losing Beal might end up being addition by subtraction.
The veteran guard can never stay healthy, and is really struggling to produce while on a minutes restriction for the Clippers.
Beal is averaging 7.4 points on 35.9% shooting while playing 20-odd minutes a night.
He's gone under 1.5 threes in four of five games, and went 1-for-5 from deep against the Suns on Thursday. The Clippers were -23 with him on the court in that game.
Phoenix is allowing the eighth-fewest 3s per game to opposing shooting guards, per Fantasy Pros.
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Harden 3+ threes (-186): Harden is one player on L.A. who can light it up from deep.
- The Beard is averaging 3.6 threes on 8.6 attempts per game (41.7%).
- He has drained four-plus 3s in three straight games.
- Harden also averaged 3.0 threes last year with L.A. (35.2% shooting).
The point guard has played 38-plus minutes in every non-blowout game for L.A. this year. I expect Phoenix to keep this close, but not run away with things.
That should mean Harden will get enough opportunities to clear this total. He hit five 3s against Phoenix on Oct. 24.
Suns vs. Clippers SGP made at 1:30 p.m. ET 11/08/2025.
