ASA top play on 10* UNDER 226.5 Phoenix Suns @ LA Clippers, 10 PM ET - These two teams are founded on defense. The Suns allow the 9th fewest points in the NBA at 107.1PPG, the Clippers give up just 108.8PPG. L.A. ranks 7th in team field goal percentage defense allowing 45.6% and 10th in 3-point percentage defense allowing 34.6%. The Suns are better than the Clippers in FG% defense allowing 44.4% and rank 1st in the NBA defending the 3-point line allowing 33.9%. The Suns are 9th in the league in pace of play but the Clippers are 17th and prefer a slower tempo. Looking at recent games for the Suns we see they’ve played three higher scoring games but they came against Memphis, Nuggets and T’Wolves who are all top 7 of the league in offensive efficiency rating. The Clippers aren’t in that category as they rank near the bottom of the league in OEFF at 25th scoring 1.097-points per possession. The Clippers put up some sizable offensive numbers in recent games but none of those defenses are equal or better than Los Angeles. The one defense they played recently that resembles the Clippers in the 76ers and they managed just 97-points in that game. This will be the 4th meeting of the season for these two teams and all three thus far have stayed Under the total. In fact, the oddsmakers haven’t set a line on the three games higher than 223. All three meetings have totaled 206 or less points and never threatened going Over. The Suns are off a game yesterday, have locked up the #1 seed and aren’t interested in scoring a ton of points here. Easy call on the UNDER!