Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 4/6/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023

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 Thursday where they will play the San Antonio Spurs.

The Trail Blazers faced off with the Grizzlies and took a loss by a final of 119-109 in their last contest. Portland finished the game with a 43.3% field goal percentage (42 out of 97) and made 14 out of their 42 shots from downtown. At the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers converted 11 of 17 tries for a rate of 64.7%. In relation to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 49 with 13 of them being offensive. They also doled out 23 assists for the contest while forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and having 7 steals. With regard to defense, Portland allowed 48.3% from the floor on 42 out of 87 shooting. Memphis recorded 30 assists and had 5 steals in this game. Furthermore, Memphis had 49 rebounds (8 offensive, 41 defensive) and earned 7 rejections. Memphis finished the game shooting 77.3% at the charity stripe by making 17 of their 22 shots. They also converted 18 of 48 shots from distance. Concerning personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up with 18 and the Grizzlies racked up 10 personal fouls.

Skylar Mays is a guy who was a contributor in this contest. Mays finished the contest at 56.3% from the field and also dished out 7 assists. He was on the court for 36 minutes played and totaled 8 boards. He left the arena with 24 points on 9 of 16 shooting.

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Portland comes into this contest with a mark of 33-46 for the year. They turn it over 14.5 times per game and as a basketball team are committing 20.2 fouls per game. As a unit, Portland is snagging 40.8 boards per game and is sitting with 1,890 assists on the campaign, which is 23rd in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Trail Blazers are hitting 36.6% on three-point shots (1,023 of 2,798) and 79.8% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 113.2 pts per contest (20th in basketball) while shooting 47.3% from the field.

Defensively, the Trail Blazers are forcing 13.5 turnovers per game while drawing 20.7 personal fouls. They currently rank 30th in the NBA in allowing assists with 2,108 relinquished this year. The Trail Blazers defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 48.9% (3,368 of 6,881) and they concede 42.9 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They relinquish 37.7% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 19th in basketball in opponents PPG (116.5).

In their last game, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 115-94 when they faced the Suns. Regarding how they attacked the glass, San Antonio allowed Phoenix to grab 57 in total (15 on the offensive side). They shot 30.3% from beyond the perimeter by going 10 out of 33 and finished the game at 19 of 26 from the free throw line (73.1%). The Spurs permitted the Suns to make 43 out of 89 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.3% for this game. In all, the Spurs finished shooting 35 for 90 from the floor which gave them a rate of 38.9%. When discussing shooting from beyond the arc, San Antonio knocked down 13 of 40 tries (32.5%). They were able to convert 11 of them for a rate of 78.6%. The Suns were called for 12 fouls in this contest which took the Spurs to the charity stripe for a total of 14 attempts. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while getting 7 steals for the matchup. The Spurs recorded 29 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 38 in the game.

Malaki Branham ended up being a factor for the Spurs in this matchup. Branham racked up 21 points in his 30 minutes of playing time and had 2 dimes for this game. He converted 8 out of 17 in this contest giving him a rate of 47.1%, and accumulated 3 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss record of 20-59 this year. As an offensive unit, the Spurs are hitting on 46.4% from the floor, which ranks 25th in the league. San Antonio has scored 8,871 points so far this year (112.3 per contest) and they pull down 43.3 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 27.1 times per game (5th in the league) and they cough up possession 15.4 times per game. The Spurs commit 20.1 personal fouls every game and they shoot 74.1% from the charity stripe.

The Spurs on the defensive side of the court are 30th in basketball in PPG given up with 122.7. They have forced 14.0 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 50.7% from the field (30th in the league). The San Antonio defense allows 39.0% on shots from distance (985 of 2,527) and opponents are knocking down 77.3% of their free throw shots. They allow 26.5 dimes and 45.1 rebounds per contest, which is ranked 28th and 27th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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