PREVIEW: The Los Angeles Clippers will look to end a five-game losing streak when visiting the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 , setting up a rematch between two teams headed in opposite directions. Los Angeles sits near the bottom of the Western Conference with a 5-16 record, currently mired in significant chemistry issues and severe injury setbacks , while Atlanta holds a competitive 13-9 record and has managed a respectable 6-4 mark over their last ten games. Despite James Harden and Kawhi Leonard remaining formidable threats, the Clippers are severely undermanned, missing key rotational players like Bradley Beal, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Derrick Jones Jr., while Leonard showed he can still carry the load with a recent 36-point performance. The Hawks will be without their main offensive engine in Trae Young due to knee issues, forcing young forward Jalen Johnson to take the reins after playing at an elite level with high-end points, rebounds, and assists over the last ten games. Atlanta ranks as the league's 16th-best scoring team at 118 points per game while the Clippers allow 118.8 points, the 22nd-worst mark in the NBA, as Los Angeles ranks 26th offensively at 112.3 points while the Hawks feature a 12th-ranked defense allowing 115.8. The scoring gap between these teams is razor-thin, with Atlanta averaging just 0.8 fewer points than what Los Angeles allows, and the Hawks holding an impressive 8-2 record against the spread when scoring more than 118.8 points. The Hawks enter as 3.5-point favorites with a point total set at 227.5. This matchup serves as a rematch of their November clash, where Atlanta edged out a 105-102 victory.