Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/14/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The Portland Trail Blazers are traveling to AT&T Center on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the San Antonio Spurs.

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Timberwolves and earned the victory with a final of 133-112 in their last contest. When it comes to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 21 and the Timberwolves recorded 19 personal fouls. They knocked down 10 out of their 27 attempts from three-point range. Minnesota shot 52.6% from the free throw line by knocking down 10 of 19 attempts. In addition, Minnesota pulled down 37 boards (7 offensive, 30 defensive) and added 4 blocked shots. Minnesota recorded 25 assists and had 12 steals for the game. In terms of defense, Portland allowed 49.5% from the floor on 46 of 93 shooting. They also recorded 32 dimes for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and having 4 steals. With regard to pulling down boards, they compiled 54 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Trail Blazers converted 16 of their 21 tries for a percentage of 76.2%. Portland ended the game with a 53.9% field goal percentage (48 of 89) and converted 21 of 46 shots from beyond the arc.

Damian Lillard is one player who played a role for this game. He ended up finishing with 38 points on 13 of 21 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 29 mins played and also collected 2 rebounds. Lillard ended up going 61.9% from the field and dished out 3 assists.

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Portland comes into this contest with a win-loss mark of 15-12 this year. They cough up possession 15.3 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 19.9 personal fouls every game. As a team, Portland is pulling down 43.5 boards per game and has totaled 652 dimes for the season, which ranks 20th in basketball in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are shooting 38.8% from downtown (340 of 877) and 77.8% from the charity stripe. They average 112.0 pts per contest (18th in the league) while hitting 47.3% from the floor.

On the defensive end of the court, the Trail Blazers are able to force 13.8 turnovers per game while drawing 21.9 fouls. They are currently ranked 22nd in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 706 relinquished this year. The Trail Blazers are giving up a shooting percentage of 47.4% (1,115 of 2,352) and they relinquish 41.5 boards per game as a squad. They are giving up 36.2% from beyond the arc while they are 11th in basketball in points per game allowed (111.6).

In their last game, the Spurs got the victory with a final of 112-111 against the Cavaliers. The Spurs snagged 27 defensive rebounds and 19 offensive rebounds totaling 46 in this matchup. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 6 steals in this contest. The Cavaliers committed 13 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Spurs to the free throw line for 16 shots. They were able to convert 11 of the free throws for a clip of 68.8%. In the matter of shots from distance, San Antonio knocked down 9 of 27 attempts (33.3%). When the final whistle was blown, the Spurs finished shooting 46 out of 97 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.4%. The Spurs permitted the Cavaliers to convert 45 out of their 92 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 48.9% in the game. They shot 21.7% from distance by shooting 5 of 23 and ended up going 16 out of 17 from the charity stripe (94.1%). Concerning rebounding, San Antonio permitted Cleveland to grab 44 in all (15 offensive).

Josh Richardson was important for the Spurs in this matchup. Richardson recorded 24 points in his 27 mins of playing time and tallied 2 assists in this contest. He buried 9 out of 13 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 69.2%, and totaled 1 rebound.

San Antonio has a record of 9-18 this year. The Spurs are committing 19.9 fouls every game while shooting 72.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 27.4 times per contest (4th in the NBA) and they are losing possession via turnover 16.3 times per game. San Antonio has totaled 2,973 points for the campaign (110.1 per contest) and they snag 42.7 rebounds per game. When it comes to executing on offense, the Spurs are hitting on 46.3% from the floor, which ranks 20th in the league.

The San Antonio defense allows 39.2% on 3-point shots (343 of 876) and their opponents are converting on 79.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 27.4 dimes and 43.9 boards per game, which has them ranked 30th and 20th in the NBA. The Spurs on defense are ranked 30th in the league in PPG surrendered with 120.1. They are able to force 15.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 50.4% from the floor (30th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Portland

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