The Brooklyn Nets will travel out west to face the LA Clippers in an NBA pro basketball game set for Saturday night. <br /> <br />Start time from Staples Center in LA is slated for 10:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBA TV. <br /> <br />The point spread from this NBA contest has the home team LA Clippers favored by –9 points with a total line of 294 1/2 points. <br /> <br />Brooklyn improves to 3-5 on the season after a 100-98 road victory in overtime to the Phoenix Suns as a -1 point betting favorite. The game ended at over 197 points. Brooklyn overcame a 10 point deficit after three quarters to force the overtime period. <br /> <br />The Nets shot 43.7% from the floor and made 2 of 12 three pointers. The team pulled down seven more rebounds that the Suns. Brook Lopez led the Nets with 27 points and seven rebounds on 9 of 16 shooting. On defense Brooklyn gave up 43% shooting to the Suns with 10 of 28 three pointers. <br /> <br />The Clippers are 6-3 on this young season after a 111-103 home victory on Thursday to the Oklahoma City Thunder as a -4 ½ point betting favorite. The total came in at over 209 ½ points. The team has now won three straight. Clippers come back from a nine point halftime deficit by outscoring OKC 58-41 in the second half. <br /> <br />The Clippers shot 45.3% from the floor and made 6 of 28 three pointers. They crushed the Thunder on the glass by a 50-35 margin. Blake Griffin had 22 points and 12 boards on 8 of 14 shooting. Each team was sloppy with 22 rebounds. On defense LA allowed 46.7% shooting to the Thunder with 6 of 16 three pointers.
