Los Angeles at New Orleans

The LA Clippers opened the season at 1-13 and were off to another disasterous season. They have improved tremendously since the first 16 games as they have since been 20-23 and an even better 16-15 in their last 31. New Orleans has defined its season with a pair of hot stretches where they won eight and ten games in a row. Take those streaks out of the equation and the Hornets are just 15-25. Right now they are playing as poor as they have all season at 2-9 over their last 11. What we are left with is a team well over .500 that is not really that good and a team that is 15 games under .500 that is over the .500 mark in their last 31 getting a bundle of points. I'll ride LA in this one.