That’s what the LA Clippers needed to win only their second nationally televised game of the season. Poise and pressure tend to go together. In the 1997 movie “The Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino’s character states,

Kawhi Leonard and James Harden have quietly carried the Clippers, going 18-3 since early March. As Jamal Murray goes, so go the Nuggets.

The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway. But the controversial midseason trade that landed Luka Doncic from Dallas has people emptying their bank accounts to put money on Los Angeles.