Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix Suns Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday 20 June 2021

Let us check and analysis the Odds , Injuries , Player Props and Prediction . Suns’ Chris Paul Cilpper’s Kawhi Leonard out for Game 1 of Western finals clash

No. 4 Los Angeles Clippers (47-25, 21-15 Away) vs. No. 2 Phoenix Suns (51-21, 27-9 Home)
Date: Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: 3:30 p.m. EST
Venue: Phoenix Suns Arena — Phoenix, AZ
Coverage: ABC

All NBA betting lines, odds and prop bets are available | Injuries | Player Props

All NBA win probability predictions and picks are according to the ESPN Basketball Power Index (BPI).

Clippers: 52.2%

Suns: 47.8%

Clippers vs Suns Spread & Odds

Moneyline: LAC: (+168) | PHX: (-200)

Spread: LAC: +5 (-110) | PHX: -5 (-110)

Total: 221.5 — Over: (-110) | Under: (-110)

Odds to Win NBA Finals: LAC: (+440) | PHX: (+250)

The Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns each will be without one of their stars when they meet Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard and Suns guard Chris Paul have been ruled out for the game. Leonard sustained a knee injury in Game 4 of the conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz. Paul is in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Leonard did not join the Clippers on the trip to Phoenix on Saturday. Coach Tyronn Lue said he wasn’t sure of his availability as the series goes on.

“Right now he’s back home getting treatment,” Lue said. “We’re not sure about Game 2 yet.”

As for Paul, it is unknown whether he tested positive for COVID-19 or was a close contact of someone who did.

Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday night in Phoenix.

Leonard won NBA titles with the San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors and is a two-time finals MVP. In 52 regular-season games, he averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. He turns 30 later this month.

Paul, 36, is seeking the first championship of his 16-year NBA career. He played in 70 games on the regular season, averaging 16.4 points, 8.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds. He led the league in free throw percentage at 93.4.

Paul spent six seasons (2011-17) with the Clippers.

The Los Angeles Clippers ended one of the NBA’s most infamous droughts in epic fashion Friday night.

Two days later, they have the chance to begin ending another drought — this time against an opponent also looking to make some long-awaited history.

A most unusual and unexpected Western Conference finals series is scheduled to begin Sunday afternoon, when the Clippers head into unchartered territory by visiting the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of the best-of-seven set.

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The fourth-seeded Clippers advanced to the conference finals for the first time in their 51-year history Friday night by mounting a stunning comeback to beat the top-seeded Utah Jazz, 131-119, in Game 6 of a conference semifinal in Los Angeles.

The second-seeded Suns have been off since June 13, when they completed a four-game conference semifinal sweep of the host Denver Nuggets with a 125-118 win.

The Clippers’ win Friday night was a cathartic one for a franchise that’s been perpetually star-crossed and nomadic since being founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970.

The Braves made three straight Eastern Conference semifinals from 1974-76 but didn’t win another playoff round for 30 years, a span during which they moved twice – first to San Diego, where the franchise was renamed the Clippers, and then to Los Angeles.

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Prior to Friday, the Clippers were 0-8 all-time with a chance to win a conference semifinal series, including 0-3 last summer when they squandered a 3-1 lead against the Nuggets. Los Angeles looked sure to fall to 0-9 Friday, when the Jazz raced out to a 22-point halftime lead and extended the lead to 25 early in the third quarter.