MIT Simulator - NBA Thursday Kings vs Clippers Winner
MIT Simulator Score - Los Angeles 110.95, Sacramento 98.73 - Projected Margin of Victory: 12.22 - Current Line: -1.5 - Variance to Line: 10.72 - MIT Simulator shows Edge Factor of 10.72 points. Value is double digits! Key factors noted: Clippers are in a back to back and off of a big upset win yesterday at Golden State as the knocked off the defending champion Warriors. Though this may seem like a "flat spot" where it would be great to fade Los Angeles, the fact that the Kings are so bad plus also playing a 3rd game in 4 nights makes this a value spot for the Clippers. LA has had some rough patches early this season and they are highly motivated to get back to .500 on the season. They can do that by winning each of their next games and both of those are against Sacramento. In other words, the Clippers only focus right now is the Kings as they play them again in Los Angeles Saturday. The Clippers have won 8 of their last 10 games against Sacramento. The Kings enter this contest having lost 7 of their last 9 games overall. Los Angeles is 8-2 SU in divisional games this season. Yes, yesterday's win was big but how has LA done after divisional games this season? The Clippers have gone 8-1 SU in their next game that follows a divisional game. The Clips want to get to .500 and, based on the stats above, there should be no drop-off here against the woeful Kings. Net edge factors for Clippers equating to comfortable victory by 12.22 points per MIT Simulator. Play: LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS