Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/26/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Monday, December 26, 2022

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

Odds/Point Spread: Utah (-6)

The San Antonio Spurs will try to defeat the Utah Jazz at AT&T Center on Monday. Utah opens this game as 6-point favorites from Vegas oddsmakers. The over/under is 236.

The Jazz faced off with the Wizards and earned the victory with a final of 120-112 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Jazz finished with 16 while the Wizards totaled 15 personal fouls. They also converted 7 of their 21 attempts from beyond the arc. Washington finished shooting 76.5% when shooting free throws by making 13 of 17 attempts. Furthermore, Washington pulled down 37 rebounds (3 offensive, 34 defensive) and had 3 blocked shots. Washington distributed 20 assists and had 5 steals for this game. With regard to the defense, Utah allowed the other team to shoot 56.1% from the field on 46 out of 82 shooting. They also recorded 16 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the other team into 10 turnovers and earning 5 steals. In the matter of grabbing boards, they earned 40 with 8 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Jazz converted 20 of their 21 attempts for a percentage of 95.2%. Utah ended the game with a 48.8% field goal percentage (42 of 86) and made 16 out of their 35 3-point shots.

Malik Beasley is a guy who was a factor for this game. Beasley finished shooting 52.9% from the floor but had no dimes when the game ended. He played 26 mins played and also snagged 2 boards. He racked up 25 points on 9 out of 17 shooting.

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Utah comes into this one with a mark of 19-16 so far this year. They have an average of 117.0 points per contest (4th in the league) while going 47.4% from the field. The Jazz are shooting 37.2% on shots from downtown (518 of 1,393) and 77.6% from the free throw line. As a unit, Utah is pulling down 43.4 rebounds per game and has totaled 913 dimes on the year, which is 2nd in the league in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 15.6 times per game and as a team they are committing 21.1 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Jazz have forced 14.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 20.5 personal fouls. They give up 34.8% from beyond the arc and they rank 23rd in basketball in PPG allowed (115.9). The Jazz defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 48.1% (1,512 of 3,141) and they surrender 44.0 boards per contest as a group. They rank 10th in basketball in allowing assists with 812 surrendered so far this season.

The last time they took the court, the Spurs went home defeated by a final of 133-113 against the Magic. The Spurs were able to pull down 25 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 38 for this game. They coughed it up 13 times, while earning 10 steals in this matchup. The Magic were called for 15 fouls for the game which took the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw tries for a clip of 72.2%. Concerning shots from 3-point land, San Antonio buried 12 out of 38 attempts (31.6%). At the conclusion of this game, the Spurs ended up shooting 44 for 97 from the floor which gave them a rate of 45.4%. The Spurs permitted the Magic to make 50 out of their 87 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 57.5% for the game. They shot 53.1% from three-point range via 17 of 32 and walked away from this one shooting 16 out of 20 at the free throw line (80.0%). In reference to rebounding, San Antonio allowed Orlando to collect 44 overall (7 offensive).

Keldon Johnson ended up having an impact for the Spurs in this contest. Johnson earned 17 points in his 31 minutes on the court and accumulated 4 dimes for the contest. He made 5 out of 14 for this contest giving him a rate of 35.7%, and had 4 rebounds.

San Antonio has a record of 10-22 on the campaign. On the offensive side of the court, the Spurs are hitting on 46.5% from the floor, which has them ranked 19th in the league. San Antonio has totaled 3,540 pts for the year (110.6 per contest) and they grab 42.4 boards per game. They are earning an assist 27.3 times per contest (3rd in the league) and they turn the ball over 16.2 times per contest. The Spurs are responsible for committing 19.9 fouls per contest and they shoot 73.0% from the charity stripe.

The Spurs on the defensive side of the court are 30th in the NBA in points given up per game with 120.2. They are forcing 15.1 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 50.6% from the field (30th in the NBA). The San Antonio defense surrenders 39.3% on 3-pointers (407 of 1,036) and their opposition makes 78.7% of their shots from the free throw line. They have given up 27.2 dimes and 43.6 rebounds per game, which ranks them 30th and 17th in the NBA.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah (-6)

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