Cleveland Cavaliers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/12/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Cleveland Cavaliers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Monday, December 12, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs will go up against the Cleveland Cavaliers at AT&T Center on Monday.

The Cavaliers faced off with the Thunder and notched a win by a score of 110-102 in their last game. Cleveland ended the contest having earned a 47.1% field goal percentage (40 out of 85) and buried 12 of their 32 shots from downtown. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Cavaliers buried 18 of 26 shots for a rate of 69.2%. With respect to grabbing rebounds, they earned 48 with 12 of them being offensive. They also doled out 25 assists in this matchup as well as creating 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. With regard to defense, Cleveland allowed the other team to shoot 45.8% from the floor on 38 out of 83 shooting. Oklahoma City dished out 25 assists and had 8 steals in the game. Moreover, Oklahoma City totaled 40 rebounds (7 offensive, 33 defensive) and earned 4 blocks. Oklahoma City walked away from this one shooting 80.0% from the charity stripe by converting 16 of their 20 tries. They also buried 10 out of their 29 shots from 3-point land. When discussing personal fouls, the Cavaliers finished with 14 and the Thunder had 26 personal fouls.

Jarrett Allen is a player who was a major contributor for this game. Allen ended up going 77.8% from the field and dished out 1 assist. He was on the court for 37 minutes played and pulled down 11 rebounds. He was able to score 21 points on 7 out of 9 shooting.

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Cleveland will take the court with a record of 17-10 so far this year. They average 110.9 points per outing (21st in the league) while going 47.5% from the floor. The Cavaliers are shooting 37.3% on shots from beyond the arc (320 of 859) and 80.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Cleveland is collecting 43.0 boards per contest and is sitting with 633 dimes for the year, which ranks 18th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 14.9 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 19.3 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Cavaliers have forced 15.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.9 fouls. They are 6th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 610 surrendered for the campaign. The Cavaliers are giving up a field goal percentage of 45.6% (1,032 of 2,263) and they relinquish 40.0 rebounds per contest as a unit. They relinquish 35.0% on 3-pointers while they are 1st in basketball in PPG allowed (104.8).

When they last stepped on the court, the Spurs walked away with a victory by a final of 115-111 against the Heat. When discussing how they cleaned up the glass, San Antonio permitted Miami to grab 32 overall (5 on the offensive side). They finished 38.2% from distance by going 13 of 34 and finished the game at 20 out of 28 from the free throw line (71.4%). The Spurs allowed the Heat to knock down 39 of their 81 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.1% for this contest. Overall, the Spurs finished 42 for 78 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.8%. In reference to 3-point shots, San Antonio converted 7 of their 21 tries (33.3%). They were able to bury 24 of the free throw tries for a clip of 77.4%. The Heat committed 22 fouls for the contest which got the Spurs to the charity stripe for 31 shots. They turned the ball over 18 times, while earning 8 steals for this contest. The Spurs collected 37 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds totaling 46 in the matchup.

Romeo Langford was important for the Spurs for this game. Langford earned 19 points in his 29 minutes of playing time, but finished this game without an assist. He converted 7 out of 10 for the contest for a field goal rate of 70.0%, and added 6 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss mark of 8-18 for the campaign. The Spurs commit 19.9 fouls per contest and they shoot 72.9% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 27.5 times per game (3rd in the NBA) and they turn it over 16.4 times per game. San Antonio has scored 2,861 points for the season (110.0 per game) and they collect 42.5 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Spurs are connecting on 46.3% from the field, which is 21st in the league.

The San Antonio defense allows 39.6% on 3-point shots (338 of 853) and their opponents are connecting on 79.0% of their free throw shots. They give up 27.7 dimes and 43.9 total boards per game, which ranks 30th and 19th in the NBA. The Spurs on the defensive side of the court are 30th in the league in points allowed per contest with 120.4. They are able to force 15.0 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 50.5% from the field (30th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland

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