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Mar 6, 2026 , 12:22 PM ET
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Farmer’s prediction: Clippers continue to exceed expectations.
Photo By – Reuters Connect. Bennedict Mathurin drives to the hoop for the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Los Angeles Clippers may have known what they were doing all along.
Are they better now after trading James Harden and Ivica Zubac? The thought must be at least considered, even tonight against the San Antonio Spurs.
My Clippers vs. Spurs predictions and NBA picks do not expect Los Angeles to spring an outright upset, but it should not be entirely ruled out on Friday, March 6.
Clippers vs Spurs prediction
Clippers vs Spurs best bet: Clippers +7 (-110)
“Buy on bad news, sell on good” has long been one of the most trusted axioms in sports gambling, but it rarely has a runway as long as it does right now with the Los Angeles Clippers.
When they traded James Harden and Ivica Zubac, it seemed the Clippers were packing it in.
Instead, they have gone 8-1 against the spread since Bennedict Mathurin entered the lineup. The market overestimated the roster’s drop off, and LA has been paying off its backers ever since.
With the San Antonio Spurs on the second night of a back-to-back, bet on more Clippers’ profit.
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Clippers vs Spurs same-game parlay
The second night of a back-to-back should slow down the Spurs enough to add value to this Under, particularly as they have cashed three straight Unders already.
The only player who may not want that slower pace is Bennedict Mathurin. He has not scored in bunches in all of his games with the Clippers — falling short of 15 points in three of them — but he has grabbed at least six rebounds in six of those nine games, part of how he has posted a positive plus/minus in eight of his nine games with Los Angeles.
Clippers vs Spurs SGP
- Clippers +7
- Under 223
- Bennedict Mathurin Over 5.5 rebounds
Our “from downtown” SGP: Multi-Faceted Mathurin
In fact, doubting Mathurin to pour in the points makes too much sense not to act on. He has fallen short of this prop in five of his nine games with Los Angeles, including three of his last four.
Mathurin finds other ways to impact the game, so he should not force that issue against San Antonio’s long defense tonight.
Clippers vs Spurs SGP
- Clippers +7
- Under 223
- Bennedict Mathurin Over 5.5 rebounds
- Bennedict Mathurin Under 17.5 points
Clippers vs Spurs odds
- Spread: Clippers +7 (-110) | Spurs -7 (-110)
- Moneyline: Clippers +230 | Spurs -280
- Over/Under: Over 223 (-110) | Under 223 (-110)
Clippers vs Spurs betting trend to know
Los Angeles has not just gone 8-1 ATS since Mathurin entered the lineup; the Clippers have exceeded bookmakers’ expectations by an average of six points in those nine games, even including the sole ATS loss. Find more NBA betting trends for Clippers vs. Spurs.
How to watch Clippers vs Spurs
Location
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
Date
Friday, March 6, 2026
Tip-off
9:30 p.m. ET
TV
ESPN
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Douglas Farmer spends his days thinking about college football and his nights thinking about the NBA. His betting habits and coverage follow that same pattern. He covered Notre Dame football for various outlets from 2008 to 2024, most notably spending eight seasons as NBC Sports’ beat writer on the Irish. That was also when his gambling focus took off. Knowing there were veteran beat writers with three decades more experience than he had, Douglas found his niche by best recognizing Notre Dame’s standing in each year’s national landscape, a complex tapestry most easily understood and remembered via betting odds.
In 2021, that interest created a freelance opportunity with Covers, a role that eventually led to Douglas joining the company full-time in 2023. In the fall, Douglas will place five or six dozen bets each week, a disproportionate amount via BetRivers because the operator tends to have lines slightly different than the rest of the market. The same can be said of Circa Sports’ futures markets.
While Douglas is an avid NBA fan and covers the league throughout the year, the vast majority of his bets are on college football, because that is the biggest key to sports betting: Know what you do not know.
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