Brooklyn Nets vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 1/21/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brooklyn Nets vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, January 21, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: YES

AT&T Center is the location where the San Antonio Spurs (17-28) will try to defeat the Brooklyn Nets (28-16) on Friday.

The Nets took the court against the Wizards and notched a win by a score of 119-118 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Nets finished with 25 and the Wizards had 12 personal fouls. They also made 10 of their 29 attempts from 3-point land. Washington finished the game shooting 81.3% from the charity stripe by burying 26 of their 32 tries. Additionally, Washington pulled down 27 rebounds (13 offensive, 14 defensive) and added 4 rejections. Washington recorded 40 dimes and had 23 steals in the matchup. When discussing defending, Brooklyn allowed the other team to go 47.7% from the field on 41 of 86 shooting. They also doled out 23 dimes for the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 8 turnovers and having 5 steals. When talking about pulling down rebounds, they earned 36 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Nets made 17 of their 20 tries for a percentage of 85.0%. Brooklyn wrapped up the contest having earned a 52.8% FG percentage (47 out of 89) and made 8 of 25 shots from beyond the arc.

LaMarcus Aldridge is a guy who had an impact for the contest. He racked up 27 points on 11 of 15 shooting. He played 32 mins played and collected 6 boards. Aldridge shot 73.3% from the floor and recorded 3 assists.

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Brooklyn heads into this one with a record of 28-16 this season. They cough up possession 14.2 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.9 personal fouls every game. As a unit, Brooklyn is pulling in 45.1 rebounds per game and has racked up 1,128 dimes for the year, which ranks 8th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Nets are shooting 35.0% on shots from 3-point land (488 of 1,393) and 82.3% from the free throw line. They are averaging 111.8 points per outing (6th in the league) while connecting on 47.3% from the floor.

Defensively, the Nets are able to force 13.2 turnovers per game while drawing 19.5 personal fouls. They give up 32.6% on 3-point shots while they are 18th in the NBA in points per game allowed (109.4). The Nets defense is allowing a FG percentage of 43.9% (1,763 of 4,015) and they relinquish 44.5 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are ranked 5th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,013 relinquished on the season.

When they last played, the Spurs took home the win by a final score of 118-96 against the Thunder. Regarding rebounding, San Antonio permitted Oklahoma City to grab 32 in all (14 on the offensive side). They finished shooting 25.8% from distance by hitting 8 out of 31 and finished the game at 12 out of 15 at the free throw line (80.0%). The Spurs permitted the Thunder to make 38 of 98 attempts from the floor which had them shooting 38.8% for the game. When this game wrapped up, the Spurs finished 47 out of 96 from the field which gave them a percentage of 49.0%. In the matter of shooting from downtown, San Antonio converted 15 of 40 tries (37.5%). They were able to bury 9 of the free throw tries for a clip of 64.3%. The Thunder committed 14 fouls in this contest which took the Spurs to the free throw line for 14 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 9 times, while earning 9 steals in this contest. The Spurs earned 39 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 50 in this contest.

Dejounte Murray ended up having an impact for the Spurs for the game. Murray accumulated 23 points in his 30 mins on the court and tallied 14 assists in the matchup. He made 11 of 20 for this game giving him a rate of 55.0%, and earned 10 rebounds.

San Antonio has a mark of 17-28 on the year. As an offensive team, the Spurs are connecting on 46.1% from the floor, which ranks 12th in the league. San Antonio has earned 4,979 points for the year (110.6 per game) and they pull in 46.1 boards per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 27.5 times per game (2nd in basketball) and they are giving up possession 13.0 times per game. The Spurs have committed 17.8 fouls per contest while shooting 73.0% from the free throw line.

The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 23rd in basketball in points per game surrendered with 110.9. They have forced 14.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.1% from the floor (20th in the NBA). The San Antonio defense gives up 35.3% on shots from beyond the perimeter (538 of 1,522) and opponents are converting on 74.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 23.9 dimes and 47.3 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 14th and 26th in the NBA.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Antonio

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