New Orleans Pelicans vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/2/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: New Orleans Pelicans vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, December 2, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs welcome the New Orleans Pelicans at AT&T Center on Friday.

The Pelicans took the court against the Raptors and went home with a win by a final score of 126-108 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the Pelicans finished with 16 while the Raptors finished the game with 21 fouls. They made 11 of 38 tries from downtown. Toronto walked away from this one shooting 68.4% from the charity stripe by knocking down 13 of 19 tries. Furthermore, Toronto pulled down 30 rebounds (3 offensive, 27 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Toronto doled out 29 dimes and had 12 steals in the matchup. When it comes to defense, New Orleans allowed 47.7% from the floor on 42 of 88 shooting. They also doled out 28 assists for this contest while creating 16 turnovers and getting 10 steals. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 52 with 12 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Pelicans buried 22 of their 26 shots for a percentage of 84.6%. New Orleans finished the contest with a 52.3% field goal percentage (45 of 86) and buried 14 out of their 33 shots from beyond the arc.

Zion Williamson is one player who was a major contributor for the matchup. Williamson walked away from this one shooting 80.0% from the field and also totaled 5 assists. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and also totaled 10 rebounds. He accounted for 33 points on 12 out of 15 shooting.

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New Orleans will enter this contest with a mark of 13-8 so far this season. They have an average of 117.1 points per contest (4th in the league) while going 48.6% from the field. The Pelicans are hitting 37.9% from downtown (242 of 639) and 78.6% from the charity stripe. As a team, New Orleans is grabbing 45.2 boards per game and has tallied 570 dimes this season, which ranks 9th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 15.0 times per game and as a unit are committing 19.6 personal fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Pelicans are able to force 16.3 turnovers every game while drawing 19.8 fouls. They rank 10th in the league in giving up assists with 530 relinquished this season. The Pelicans are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 46.4% (858 of 1,849) and they concede 41.7 boards per game as a unit. They give up 33.0% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 10th in the league in PPG allowed (111.0).

The last time they took the court, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 119-111 when they played the Thunder. The Spurs snagged 31 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 44 for the matchup. They also turned it over 10 times, while getting 5 steals in the game. The Thunder had 20 personal fouls in this contest which took the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 25 tries. They were able to make 19 of those for a rate of 76.0%. With respect to shots from distance, San Antonio buried 10 out of 37 attempts (27.0%). In all, the Spurs went 41 for 92 from the floor which had them shooting 44.6%. The Spurs permitted the Thunder to make 48 out of their 94 tries from the floor which had them shooting 51.1% for this game. They finished shooting 33.3% from distance via 9 out of 27 and ended up going 14 out of 21 at the free throw line (66.7%). Concerning rebounding, San Antonio allowed Oklahoma City to pull down 52 in all (15 on the offensive side).

Devin Vassell ended up having an impact for the Spurs for this game. Vassell earned 25 points in his 37 mins of playing time and had 3 assists for the contest. He converted 7 of 13 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 53.8%, and accumulated 7 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss record of 6-16 for the year. On the offensive side of the ball, the Spurs are connecting on 46.1% from the floor, which is 21st in basketball. San Antonio has 2,434 pts so far this season (110.6 per contest) and they grab 42.4 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 28.3 times per contest (2nd in the NBA) and they are giving up possession 16.4 times per contest. The Spurs are committing 19.6 personal fouls every game and they go 72.1% from the charity stripe.

The San Antonio defense surrenders 39.9% on 3-point attempts (284 of 711) and opponents are making 78.6% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 27.6 dimes and 44.0 total rebounds per game, which is ranked 30th and 19th in basketball. The Spurs defensively are ranked 30th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 121.0. They are able to force 15.7 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 51.1% from the field (30th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New Orleans

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