Los Angeles Clippers 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
So far this season, the Los Angeles Clippers have a similar look to last year. LA is good enough to make the playoffs but is not a serious championship contender. On the positive, the Clippers are one of the most profitable teams on the NBA betting board. Last year, the Clippers had mixed results in 2023-24 and were a poor betting value. Gamblers were consistently splashed with red ink by the Clippers. But there is a sense that with Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, the Clippers have the potential to beat anyone they face. LA is seen as a potential sleeper in the Western Conference. But since the much-heralded arrival of Leonard, expectations have not been met by reality.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Los Angeles Clippers NBA Betting Lines
As the All-Star break approaches, the LA Clippers are 28-21 straight up, 29-19-1 against the spread, and 20-29 over/under the total. LA is 6th in the Western Conference playoff standings. LA is 11.5 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
LA has NBA metrics of 23rd for scoring offense, 12th for field goal percentage, 15th for 3-point field goal percentage, 8th for free throw percentage, and 12th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Clippers have NBA metrics of 3rd for scoring defense, 5th for field goal percentage permitted, 3rd for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 4th for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
Last year, SF Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 23.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. He is a two-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, and six-time NBA All-Star, including last season. So far this season, Leonard is averaging 16.4 points per game.
G James Harden is an 11-time NBA All-Star, including this season. He is a 3-time NBA scoring champion. So far this season, Harden is averaging 21.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 8.4 assists per game.
Head Coach
Tyronn Lue has been the head coach of the Clippers since 2020. He is best known as the head coach of the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Lue is 312-217 in the regular season and 54-37 in the playoffs.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
1st, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Mavericks) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
44 |
38 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Suns) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
42 |
40 |
3rd, Pacific |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
47 |
25 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Suns) |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
49 |
23 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Nuggets) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Warriors) |
Los Angeles Clippers History
In their 50+ years as an NBA franchise, the most that the Los Angeles Clippers have done is go to a conference championship. Even that was extremely recent, though, as the Clippers made their first trip to the conference finals in 2021. The Phoenix Suns defeated them in a six-game series, but that hasn’t deterred Steve Ballmer from trying to turn this moribund franchise into a winner.
The Los Angeles Clippers were originally known as the Buffalo Braves. They were founded as an expansion franchise in 1970, and they selected Bob McAdoo as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1972 NBA Draft. McAdoo was the first star in franchise history, and he was the NBA MVP in 1975, but the team was gutted after it became clear the franchise could never work in Buffalo. That led to an owner swap and new owner Irv Levin moved the Braves to San Diego in 1978.
The San Diego Clippers were the third pro basketball franchise in San Diego since the mid-1960s. The San Diego Rockets moved to Houston, and the ABA’s San Diego Conquistadors folded after just a few years in the city. The Clippers were the last chance the city had at proving the NBA would work there, but they failed to make the playoffs in any of their six seasons in San Diego and subsequently moved to Los Angeles in 1984. There, they would continue a 15-year postseason drought until finally making the playoffs in 1992.
Former owner Donald Sterling went down as one of the worst owners in the history of professional sports. Sterling owned the team from 1981 to 2014, when he was banned from the league for life and forced to sell the franchise. The Clippers only made the playoffs four times between 1976 and 2011, winning just one playoff series in that stretch.
Steve Ballmer has immediately done everything in his power to make the Clippers a contender. They have now finished with a winning record for 12 straight seasons, and Ballmer brought in Kawhi Leonard to hopefully win a title.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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