The Clippers don’t have a lot of offensive firepower, but they are 2-2 because they have the third-best defensive rating in the league. In their two losses, they lost by three points in overtime to the Suns and by one point to the Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The Suns are 3-1 with two of their wins having been decided by four or fewer points. They are 1-1 on the road, which included the three-point win over the Clippers. The Clippers can do enough defensively to keep this game close.

Here's a quick rematch of the opener in Inglewood from last Wednesday when the Suns prevailed 116-113 in OT. Which disguised the actual, regulation-time trend that has held up in the subsequent three Clippers games that landed on the "under" side as the Phoenix game should have last week when sitting 103-103, far beneath the 224 total, after 48 minutes. There are fewer attack pieces on the LA side as long as Kawhi Leonard is out, and the offseason adds made to bolster the defense (Derrick Jones, Nicolas Batum, Kris Dunn) have worked. When on the floor, James Harden's ball dominance further slows the pace. Phoenix has been considerably "under" in regulation time in three of its four games. Play Suns-Clippers "Under"