San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 12/1/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Friday, December 1, 2023

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

The San Antonio Spurs (3-14) are en route to Smoothie King Center on Friday where they will take on the New Orleans Pelicans (10-9).

The Spurs faced the Nuggets and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 132-120 in their last contest. San Antonio ended having earned a 45.2% field goal percentage (42 out of 93) and converted 14 of 37 3-pointers. At the free throw line, the Spurs made 22 of their 26 attempts for a percentage of 84.6%. When it comes to rebounding, they compiled 35 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 34 assists in this game as well as forcing 19 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In terms of defense, San Antonio let their opponent shoot 56.2% from the field on 50 out of 89 shooting. Denver doled out 38 dimes and had 8 steals in this matchup. Furthermore, Denver grabbed 45 rebounds (11 offensive, 34 defensive) and added 6 rejections. Denver finished the game at 80.0% from the charity stripe by making 20 of their 25 attempts. They made 12 of 28 attempts from beyond the perimeter. When discussing personal fouls, the Spurs left the arena with 22 while the Nuggets had 25 personal fouls.

Victor Wembanyama is one player who played a role for the matchup. Wembanyama shot 41.2% from the field and also recorded 2 assists. He saw the court for 25 minutes played and also pulled down 11 rebounds. He had 22 points on 7 out of 17 shooting.

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San Antonio will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 3-14 this year. They are giving up possession 16.1 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.2 fouls per game. As a unit, San Antonio is collecting 42.2 boards per game and is sitting with 493 assists so far this year, which ranks 7th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Spurs are hitting 34.0% from downtown (211 of 620) and 78.1% from the free throw line. They average 110.5 points per contest (25th in the NBA) while shooting 45.5% from the floor.

Defensively, the Spurs have forced 14.6 turnovers per game while drawing 18.9 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 25th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 496 conceded on the season. The Spurs are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 49.9% (764 of 1,531) and they concede 45.0 rebounds per game as a squad. They are conceding 39.8% from beyond the arc and they rank 28th in the NBA in PPG allowed (123.4).

For their last game, the Pelicans went home victorious with a score of 124-114 against the 76ers. The Pelicans pulled down 27 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive boards totaling 40 in this contest. They turned it over 20 times, while recording 11 steals in this matchup. The 76ers committed 26 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Pelicans to the charity stripe for a total of 34 tries. They were able to knock down 30 of those for a rate of 88.2%. In terms of three-point shots, New Orleans converted 10 out of 30 attempts (33.3%). Overall, the Pelicans shot 42 for 78 from the field which had them shooting 53.8%. The Pelicans permitted the 76ers to convert 42 of their 81 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 51.9% in the game. They shot 41.2% from behind the 3-point line by going 14 out of 34 and ended up going 16 out of 18 from the free throw line (88.9%). When it comes to cleaning up the glass, New Orleans allowed Philadelphia to pull down 30 overall (8 offensive).

Zion Williamson ended up being a major contributor for the Pelicans for the contest. Williamson tallied 33 points in his 33 mins of playing time and earned 6 assists in the game. He made 11 out of 12 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 91.7%, and tallied 8 rebounds.

New Orleans has a win-loss mark of 10-9 for the season. The Pelicans have committed 20.5 fouls per game and they connect on 74.3% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 26.3 times per game (13th in basketball) and they are turning it over 13.9 times per contest. New Orleans has tallied 2,155 points so far this year (113.4 per game) and they average 44.6 boards per contest. As an offense, the Pelicans are shooting 47.6% from the field, which is ranked 11th in the NBA.

The New Orleans defense gives up 32.5% on shots from beyond the arc (248 of 762) and their opponents are knocking down 77.4% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 27.2 assists and 44.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is ranked 23rd and 23rd in basketball. The Pelicans defensively are ranked 16th in the league in points per game surrendered with 113.0. They are forcing 14.5 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 46.1% from the floor (10th in basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Antonio

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