00:00Okay, so tonight I'm curious of this line here, Spurs minus four at the Clippers.
00:06The Spurs far and away the hottest team in the West right now.
00:09The Clippers are going to be forced to play Portland or Golden State
00:14or just somebody to play in at some point, and they're getting four tonight.
00:18The total is 231.5, so what am I missing here?
00:21I thought San Antonio would be a bigger favorite here,
00:24but I'm obviously missing something tonight.
00:27This Clippers team over the last two or three weeks,
00:30since the addition really of Darius Garland in the starting lineup with the trade
00:34with the Cleveland Cavaliers has been awesome.
00:36I don't really understand it either, to be honest.
00:38Ty Lue has just kind of put some magic together and stirred the pot a little bit
00:42and said, here, let's see how this works, and they've totally figured it out.
00:45Kawhi Leonard has been playing all NBA-level basketball,
00:47which obviously is the massive key to this as well, but I think the spread makes sense.
00:51The Spurs are on a little bit of a tear, as you mentioned,
00:53but they're on a back-to-back here.
00:55Even though this team is young and hungry,
00:57you played the clip of the head coach from the Spurs talking about them buying into this particular,
01:01what they're accomplishing and their goals this season,
01:03and we're seeing that on full display with led by Victor Wimbanyama,
01:06but I like the Clippers and the points.
01:09I didn't bet it.
01:09I think that the four and a half is a nice bet.
01:12I think that Clippers could maybe even win this game outright.
01:14Look, the Spurs still need to probably catch the thunder at the top of the West,
01:17but the Clippers need this game way more than the Spurs do,
01:19and they're coming in off a back-to-back.
01:21That being said, I'm not going to fade Wimby.
01:23He's playing too good right now, so I'm not going to do that specifically.
01:26Too good.
01:26But the bet I have in this game is Stephon Castle, his running mate on the Spurs.
01:30Over 12 and a half, R-A, rebounds and assist line there.
01:33This line doesn't make any sense to me, Craig.
01:35I said this earlier this season, and I was loving Castle last year
01:39when he won his Rookie of the Year campaign,
01:41but he is the engine that makes this team go.
01:43If this team is going to compete with slash win a championship deep in the playoffs,
01:46it's going to be on the back of Stephon Castle.
01:49I know when Benyama's the MVP candidate, he's going to have to be amazing,
01:52but if Castle plays at a near triple-double level,
01:55which he's been doing night in and night out,
01:57this team is almost impossible to beat.
01:59So I'm betting on that tonight, 12 and a half rebounds and assists for Stephon Castle.
02:03But again, I think the Clippers stick around and maybe even win this game outright.
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