Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 3/12/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Sunday, March 12, 2023

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs will play the Oklahoma City Thunder at AT&T Center on Sunday.

The Thunder faced the Suns and took a loss by a score of 132-101 in their last game. Oklahoma City ended the contest having earned a 37.5% field goal percentage (33 of 88) and made 15 out of their 43 shots from beyond the arc. At the charity stripe, the Thunder made 20 of their 21 tries for a percentage of 95.2%. With regard to pulling down boards, they earned a total of 37 with 7 of them being offensive. They also dished out 23 assists in this game while forcing 14 turnovers and earning 9 steals. With respect to defense, Oklahoma City let their opponent shoot 52.1% from the floor on 49 out of 94 shooting. Phoenix doled out 31 assists and had 10 steals for the contest. In addition, Phoenix pulled down 54 rebounds (14 offensive, 40 defensive) and had 2 rejections. Phoenix finished shooting 87.5% at the free throw line by converting 14 of their 16 attempts. They also knocked down 20 out of their 43 shots from distance. When discussing fouls, the Thunder left the arena with 13 and the Suns recorded 17 fouls.

Lindy Waters III is someone who played a role for the matchup. Waters shot 50.0% from the field and totaled 2 dimes. He played 30 mins and grabbed 4 rebounds. He racked up 23 points on 7 of 14 shooting.

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Oklahoma City heads into this one with a win-loss mark of 31-35 for the season. They have an average of 118.2 points per contest (2nd in the NBA) while shooting 47.0% from the field. The Thunder are hitting 36.2% on shots from downtown (818 of 2,257) and 80.2% from the free throw line. As a team, Oklahoma City is collecting 43.6 boards per contest and is sitting with 1,644 dimes for the season, which is 20th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 13.4 times per game and as a team they commit 21.3 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Thunder are forcing their opponents into 17.0 turnovers per contest while drawing 20.3 fouls. They surrender 36.0% on 3-pointers and they are 21st in basketball in opponents PPG (117.0). The Thunder defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 47.3% (2,764 of 5,846) and they surrender 46.6 boards per game as a unit. They are 16th in the league in giving up assists with 1,705 relinquished this season.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Spurs went home victorious with a score of 128-120 when they played the Nuggets. The Spurs corralled 37 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds for a total of 50 for this contest. They also coughed it up 18 times, while recording 10 steals for the game. The Nuggets were called for 14 fouls for the game which took the Spurs to the charity stripe for a total of 17 attempts. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 76.5%. Pertaining to 3-pointers, San Antonio converted 13 out of their 33 tries (39.4%). When the final whistle was blown, the Spurs ended up going 51 out of 94 from the field which had them shooting 54.3%. The Spurs allowed the Nuggets to make 44 out of their 90 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.9% in this matchup. They went 37.1% from beyond the arc by connecting on 13 out of 35 and ended up going 19 out of 20 from the free throw line (95.0%). In the matter of how they attacked the glass, San Antonio allowed Denver to collect 33 in total (8 offensive).

Keldon Johnson ended up being a major contributor for the Spurs in the matchup. Johnson totaled 23 points in his 36 mins of playing time and accumulated 6 dimes for this contest. He buried 8 out of 17 in the matchup giving him a rate of 47.1%, and totaled 8 rebounds.

San Antonio has a record of 17-49 on the campaign. As an offense, the Spurs are shooting 46.8% from the floor, which ranks 21st in basketball. San Antonio has tallied 7,412 points this season (112.3 per contest) and they grab 43.1 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 26.9 times per contest (5th in the league) and they cough up possession 15.6 times per game. The Spurs commit 20.2 personal fouls per contest and they connect on 74.7% from the charity stripe.

The San Antonio defense surrenders 39.5% on shots from distance (817 of 2,068) and their opposition makes 77.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 26.5 assists and 44.1 boards per contest, which has them ranked 30th and 20th in the NBA. The Spurs on defense are ranked 30th in basketball in PPG allowed with 122.3. They have forced 14.0 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 50.8% from the floor (30th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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