{"id":305255,"date":"2025-11-24T08:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305255\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:59:07","slug":"lakers-and-clippers-meet-tuesday-in-nba-cup-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305255\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers and Clippers meet Tuesday in NBA Cup group stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Los Angeles Clippers (5-12, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (12-4, second in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Los Angeles; Tuesday, 11 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Clippers -1.5; over\/under is 223.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Lakers play the Los Angeles Clippers in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Lakers are 9-3 against conference opponents. The Lakers are ninth in the Western Conference scoring 117.3 points while shooting 50.6% from the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Clippers are 1-3 against Pacific Division teams. The Clippers are 2-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Lakers average 10.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.0 fewer makes per game than the Clippers allow (14.9). The Clippers average 13.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than the Lakers allow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TOP PERFORMERS: Luka Doncic is averaging 34.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 8.9 assists and two steals for the Lakers. Austin Reaves is averaging 22.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">James Harden is averaging 27.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.4 assists for the Clippers. Ivica Zubac is averaging 33.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">LAST 10 GAMES: Lakers: 8-2, averaging 117.1 points, 41.6 rebounds, 25.7 assists, 10.4 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.6 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clippers: 2-8, averaging 111.9 points, 40.4 rebounds, 23.3 assists, 7.1 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.7 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">INJURIES: Lakers: None listed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clippers: Bradley Beal: out for season (hip), Jordan Miller: out (hamstring), Derrick Jones Jr.: out (knee), Bogdan Bogdanovic: out (hip).<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Clippers (5-12, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (12-4, second in the Western&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[174041,4225,64,63,590,31647,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-305255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-174041","9":"tag-article","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-basketball","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}