Los Angeles Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 11/4/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, November 4, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The Los Angeles Clippers are hitting the road to AT&T Center on Friday where they will meet the San Antonio Spurs.

The Clippers stepped onto the hardwood against the Rockets and earned the victory with a final of 109-101 in their last contest. Los Angeles finished having earned a 48.8% FG percentage (41 of 84) and made 12 of their 33 shots from downtown. When they shot from the free throw line, the Clippers made 15 of 19 tries for a percentage of 78.9%. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they collected 43 with 9 of them being offensive. They also doled out 20 assists in this matchup while forcing the other team into 19 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In relation to defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 42.0% from the field on 37 of 88 shooting. Houston totaled 17 dimes and had 9 steals in this contest. Moreover, Houston had 50 boards (16 offensive, 34 defensive) and had 6 blocks. Houston ended up going 76.2% from the charity stripe by knocking down 16 of their 21 attempts. They also made 11 out of their 38 tries from distance. With respect to personal fouls, the Clippers ended up with 20 and the Rockets had 22 personal fouls.

Marcus Morris is a guy who was a major contributor in this matchup. Morris walked away from this one shooting 57.1% from the floor and earned 2 dimes. He played 35 mins and pulled down 10 rebounds. He ended up scoring 21 points on 8 out of 14 shooting.

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Los Angeles will enter this contest with a record of 4-4 for the campaign. They are averaging 101.0 points per contest (30th in the league) while hitting 46.2% from the floor. The Clippers are hitting 31.2% from downtown (78 of 250) and 73.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, Los Angeles is snagging 45.0 boards per contest and has tallied 167 dimes this year, which ranks 26th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 16.8 times per contest and as a unit they commit 18.9 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Clippers are forcing 12.5 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 18.8 personal fouls. They are ranked 15th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 188 surrendered so far this year. The Clippers defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.2% (322 of 746) and they relinquish 45.8 boards per game as a unit. They are surrendering 31.8% on 3-pointers and they are ranked 3rd in the league in PPG allowed (106.3).

In their last game, the Spurs took a loss by a final score of 143-100 against the Raptors. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, San Antonio permitted Toronto to collect 50 overall (9 on the offensive side). They wrapped up this game 42.4% from distance by connecting on 14 of 33 and ended up shooting 15 out of 16 from the free throw line (93.8%). The Spurs permitted the Raptors to make 57 of 106 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.8% for the game. When the final whistle blew, the Spurs ended up shooting 37 for 94 from the field which gave them a rate of 39.4%. In reference to shooting from beyond the arc, San Antonio converted 14 out of 43 tries (32.6%). They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a clip of 85.7%. The Raptors earned 17 fouls in this matchup which got the Spurs to the charity stripe for 14 tries. They also turned it over 23 times, while recording 3 steals in the matchup. The Spurs snagged 33 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards for a total of 46 in the game.

Keita Bates-Diop ended up having an impact for the Spurs in this matchup. Bates-Diop scored 17 points in his 25 mins of playing time and accumulated 1 assist for the matchup. He knocked down 6 out of 12 for this game giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 4 rebounds.

San Antonio has a record of 5-3 for the year. As an offensive unit, the Spurs are shooting 45.9% from the field, which ranks 21st in the league. San Antonio has totaled 926 points for the year (115.8 per game) and they pull in 44.4 boards per game. They are earning an assist 30.9 times per contest (1st in the NBA) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 17.4 times per contest. The Spurs are committing 19.8 personal fouls every game and they hit 76.7% from the free throw line.

The San Antonio defense allows 35.7% on shots from behind the 3-point line (89 of 249) and opponents are converting on 82.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 27.1 assists and 43.8 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 25th and 16th in basketball. The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 30th in the NBA in PPG surrendered with 121.6. They are forcing 13.9 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 49.2% from the field (30th in the NBA).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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