Denver at Los Angeles

The LA Clippers are projected at just 37 wins this season after DeAndre Jordan left. I think that is severely underdone. The Clippers finished last year with a winning record and I think Gortat and Bodan will replace the rebounding of Jordan, and may even provide more upside in scoring. The Clippers lost a lot of games to key players a year ago due to injuries as Gallinari, Bradley, Teodisic, and Beverly combined to miss 245 games out of 328. That almost makes this a new team with better players ready for action. Denver has a similar roster to a year ago but the Nuggets have missed the playoffs the last two years even though they have been knocking on the door. I think LA is going to be under the radar early especially at home. Play on the Clippers.