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The Brooklyn Nets are spending $12,325,454 per win while the Los Angeles Clippers are spending $8,359,073 per win Lakers and Clippers games over the weekend were postponed because of the fires. Both Los Angeles teams have home games scheduled for Monday as well.

Confidence rides on the Portland Trail Blazers to play past the spread in the picks and predictions against the Brooklyn Nets.

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, left, stands next to Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) AP AP

The Jazz have covered in each of their last five games, while Brooklyn has dropped four in a row against the spread (as well as straight up), all as underdogs. The Nets are also just 1-7 straight up in their last eight games, and it’s hard to see them turning that around on the road without most of their key players.

The Nets are coming off an impressive 132-114 win at the Trail Blazers on Tuesday as Cam Johnson and D'Angelo Russell returned from their respective to give Brooklyn the kind of spark that they haven't had in awhile.

As they get ready to face the Los Angeles Clippers tonight, the Portland Trail Blazers are riding high not on the feeling of winning, but the feeling of hope for the future. A pair of second-year Blazers - Scoot Henderson and Toumani Camara - are coming off career-highs in their recent loss to the Brooklyn Nets,