Clippers vs. Nuggets Prediction, Odds & Expert Picks Tonight: Game 2 NBA Playoff Preview
The Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets square off in Game 2 of their opening-round Western Conference playoff series tonight at Ball Arena in Denver. Tipoff is set for 10 p.m. ET on TNT.
Despite a dramatic overtime win in Game 1, the Nuggets enter Game 2 as 1.5-point underdogs as they look to protect home court and take a 2-0 series lead. The Clippers are slight moneyline favorites at -118, or better across our best sports betting sites, with the Over/Under sitting at 218.5.
We break down our top Clippers vs. Nuggets prediction, highlight the best player prop bet, and roll out our favorite same-game parlay (SGP) for tonight’s playoff matchup as part of our NBA picks.
📡 How to watch Clippers vs. Nuggets live (Game 2)
📅 Monday, April 21
🕗 10 p.m. ET
📍 Ball Arena (Denver)
📺 TNT | 🛜 Max
📊 Best Clippers vs. Nuggets odds, records, stats & trends - Monday, April 21
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💡 Clippers vs. Nuggets predictions, expert picks & best bets tonight: Game 2
✅ Against the spread pick: Nuggets +1.5 (-110 via BetMGM) ⭐⭐
✅ Moneyline pick: Nuggets (+100 via Caesars) ⭐⭐
✅ Over/Under pick: Under 218.5 (-108 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎯 Clippers vs. Nuggets Game 2 prediction
- Nuggets 109, Clippers 106
📰 Clippers vs. Nuggets Game 2 preview
If Game 1 hadn’t gone to overtime, then the Under would have hit by over 20 points. The Nuggets and Clippers ended regulation tied 98-98, and even after scoring 26 points in the extra five minutes, these two teams barely went over 218.5 points.
This type of low-scoring contest has been the norm in meetings between these two teams this season, as the Clippers have scored more than 109 points in regulation in just one game against the Nuggets. And while the Nuggets have scored at least 120 in three of the five meetings, they struggled significantly against a stout Clippers’ defense in Game 1.
Even after their impressive performance in Game 1, the Clippers shouldn’t be favored in this game. They’ve lost three consecutive games in Denver, and two of those three losses were by at least 22 points. Still, I’ll stay away from this spread and moneyline, because the Clippers did enough in the first half of Saturday’s game to warrant respect. That makes the Under easily the best play of this game.
✅ Best bet: Under 218.5 (-108 via FanDuel)
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🔥 Ivica Zubac Under 17.5 points ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Zubac scored 21 points in Game 1, his best performance against the Nuggets since scoring 24 on Oct. 26. Not only was the performance over his season average, but it was also significantly more than he scored in the three other games he played against the Nuggets this season. In those three games, he combined for just 29 points, failing to score more than 13 in any of them.
Zubac scored just 4 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, as the Clippers’ playmakers took over and the Nuggets’ interior defense tightened up. The fact that he scored so little over the final 17 minutes of the game makes it seem as though the Nuggets figured something out against him, and I expect that to carry over into tonight’s contest.
FanDuel and Caesars are each asking -118 for this Under, but DraftKings is asking -110, as it’s the only of our best sports betting apps with the Over comfortably favored. The other sportsbooks being so wary of favoring the Over, despite what Zubac did on Saturday, makes me think that oddsmakers are expecting him to fall back to his average tonight.
💰 Best odds: -110 via DraftKings
🚀 Best same-game parlay (SGP) for Clippers vs. Nuggets: Game 2
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📈 Live Clippers vs. Nuggets odds & Game 2 betting lines
Latest Clippers vs. Nuggets odds from our best sports betting sites.
🪧 Clippers vs. Nuggets Game 2 opening odds
Opening odds via BetMGM.
- Spread: Clippers +2.5 (-115) | Nuggets -2.5 (-105)
- Moneyline: Clippers +105 | Nuggets -130
- Over/Under: Over 218.5 (-110) | Under 218.5 (-110)
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