Houston beating OKC on Sunday maybe what it seems as the Thunder was under-strength without SGA. Even so, that's only five spread covers the last 20 for Houston, whose lengthy lineups aren't confounding the opposition as earlier in the season. Included in the recent stretch are five straight spread Ls at Toyota Center and outright losses (by double-digits) to the Celtics and Hornets. Meanwhile though the Clips might have punted on the season at the deadline when trading away James Harden and Ivica Zubac, that's not the same as a tank, as the remaining core has won two straight and is off of a booming win at Minnesota behind 41 points from Kawhi Leonard, whose ongoing presence means LA cannot be dismissed. Play Clippers

The Clippers aren't a good rebounding team without Ivica Zubac, setting up Alperen Sengun for a big game on the boards. He's recorded double-digit rebounds in five of his last seven games. In two meetings with the Clippers this season, Sengun grabbed 15 and 11 rebounds.

Amen Thompson averages 7.6 rebounds per game for the season. Over his last 13 games, he finished with at least seven rebounds 10 times. When the Clippers traded away Ivica Zubac, they lost their best rebounder. Filling in for him is Brook Lopez, who has totaled 13 rebounds over the last three games. The first two times that Thompson faced the Clippers this season, he recorded nine rebounds each. I like him to get at least seven boards during their third meeting.