Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 11/25/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, November 25, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The Los Angeles Lakers are on their way to AT&T Center on Friday where they will play the San Antonio Spurs.

The Lakers played the Suns and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 115-105 in their last contest. When discussing personal fouls, the Lakers ended up finishing with 12 and the Suns finished the game with 22 personal fouls. They converted 16 out of their 34 shots from beyond the arc. Phoenix shot 60.0% when shooting free throws by knocking down 3 of 5 tries. In addition, Phoenix had 49 rebounds (8 offensive, 41 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Phoenix recorded 23 dimes and had 8 steals in this matchup. With respect to the defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 47.1% from the field on 48 out of 102 shooting. They also doled out 19 assists in this game in addition to forcing 15 turnovers and getting 8 steals. Regarding getting rebounds, they earned 45 with 7 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Lakers converted 29 of 35 attempts for a rate of 82.9%. Los Angeles ended with a 42.4% field goal percentage (36 out of 85) and made 4 out of their 22 3-pointers.

Anthony Davis is one guy who was a major contributor in this contest. Davis finished 64.7% from the field and also totaled 2 dimes. He was on the court for 38 minutes and collected 21 rebounds. He recorded 37 points on 11 out of 17 shooting.

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Los Angeles comes into this game with a record of 5-11 on the year. They cough up possession 14.9 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 19.4 fouls per contest. As a team, Los Angeles is pulling in 45.2 boards per contest and has accounted for 382 assists so far this year, which ranks 27th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Lakers are connecting on 30.6% on shots from downtown (147 of 480) and 80.4% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 110.7 points per outing (19th in the league) while shooting 45.9% from the field.

Defensively, the Lakers are able to force 13.8 turnovers per game and they draw 20.8 fouls. They are conceding 33.9% on 3-point shots and they rank 19th in basketball in PPG from their opponents (114.3). The Lakers are giving up a shooting percentage of 46.3% (686 of 1,481) and they surrender 46.8 rebounds per game as a squad. They are currently ranked 13th in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 417 surrendered for the year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Spurs went home defeated by a final of 123-92 when they faced the Lakers. Regarding cleaning the glass, San Antonio permitted Los Angeles to pull down 54 in all (5 offensive). They finished shooting 35.3% from downtown via 12 out of 34 and ended up going 21 out of 24 from the charity stripe (87.5%). The Spurs allowed the Lakers to make 45 out of 85 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 52.9% in the game. When the final whistle blew, the Spurs finished shooting 41 out of 105 from the field which had them sitting at 39.0%. When discussing shots from 3-point land, San Antonio knocked down 7 of 34 attempts (20.6%). They were able to knock down 3 of the free throw tries for a rate of 30.0%. The Lakers committed 10 personal fouls in this contest which got the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 10 tries. They coughed it up 10 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. The Spurs corralled 31 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards totaling 44 in this contest.

Devin Vassell was important for the Spurs for this contest. He knocked down 7 of 14 in this game giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 4 rebounds. Vassell had 17 points in his 29 mins of playing time and tallied 4 dimes for the matchup.

San Antonio has a record of 6-12 so far this year. The Spurs are committing 18.8 fouls per contest while shooting 72.4% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 28.3 times per contest (3rd in the NBA) and they lose possession via turnover 16.9 times per game. San Antonio has totaled 1,981 points for the year (110.1 per contest) and they pull in 41.9 boards per game. As an offensive team, the Spurs are hitting on 46.3% from the floor, which is 19th in the league.

The San Antonio defense concedes 39.9% on shots from beyond the perimeter (236 of 591) and their opponents are converting on 78.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 28.1 dimes and 43.7 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 30th and 17th in the league. The Spurs on defense are ranked 30th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 120.3. They are forcing 15.2 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 50.6% from the floor (30th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles

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