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LA Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder: preview and win probability

LA Clippers visit Oklahoma City Thunder. Clippers have not played a regular-season game yet, while Thunder are 1-0 and have gone L-W-L-L-W in their last 5.

Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Thunder: about 84% to win, with a projected score of LA Clippers 109, Oklahoma City Thunder 119. A win for Clippers would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.

The teams have met 7 times in our recent records. Thunder lead 7-0, and the average margin has been 13.9 points in favor of Thunder.

On the injury report, Thomas Sorber (OKC), Nikola Topic (OKC), Otega Oweh (OKC), and Bradley Beal (LAC) are listed as out.

Keys to the game

  • Home court is worth roughly three points in our model, which helps Thunder.
  • Watch the rotation: 8 players are listed as out across the two teams.

Recent meetings

  • Apr 8: OKC 128, LAC 110
  • Dec 18: LAC 101, OKC 122
  • Nov 4: OKC 126, LAC 107
  • Mar 23: OKC 103, LAC 101
  • Jan 2: LAC 98, OKC 116

Injury report

LA Clippers
  • Bradley Beal Out · back Nov 8
  • Max Strus Out · back Nov 8
  • Yanic Konan Niederhauser Out · back Nov 8
  • Brandon Ingram Out · back Nov 8
  • Jordan Miller Out · back Mar 2
Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Thomas Sorber Out · back Oct 26
  • Nikola Topic Out · back Oct 26
  • Otega Oweh Out · back Jul 1

Win probability

16%
84%
ClippersThunder

Projected score: Clippers 109, Thunder 119

Model estimate for information and entertainment.

Matchup at a glance

LACOKC
Record0-01-0
Last 5WLLWLLWLLW
Points per game–116
Allowed per game–104
Days of rest–4
Rating15201705

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