Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 3/29/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Location: AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

Odds/Point Spread: Utah (-5)

The Utah Jazz are headed to AT&T Center on Wednesday where they will compete against the San Antonio Spurs. Utah is 5-point favorites. The total is set at 234.

The Jazz faced off with the Suns and went home with a loss by a final score of 117-103 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Jazz ended up with 19 while the Suns accumulated 20 personal fouls. They buried 11 out of their 36 tries from beyond the perimeter. Phoenix finished the game shooting 90.9% from the charity stripe by converting 20 of 22 attempts. On top of that, Phoenix collected 49 boards (18 offensive, 31 defensive) and had 7 blocks. Phoenix doled out 31 dimes and had 7 steals for this contest. Regarding defense, Utah allowed the other team to shoot 42.6% from the field on 43 of 101 shooting. They also dished out 25 assists in this contest in addition to forcing 6 turnovers and earning 2 steals. With respect to grabbing boards, they collected 47 with 10 of them being offensive. At the charity stripe, the Jazz made 18 of 27 tries for a percentage of 66.7%. Utah finished the contest having earned a 44.2% field goal percentage (38 out of 86) and converted 9 of their 36 shots from distance.

Lauri Markkanen is a guy who played a role for this contest. Markkanen walked away from this one shooting 27.3% from the field and also totaled 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 36 minutes played and grabbed 9 boards. He ended up walking away with 25 points on 6 out of 22 shooting.

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Utah comes into this one with a mark of 35-40 this year. They turn the ball over 15.4 times per contest and as a squad they commit 20.5 fouls every game. As a team, Utah is grabbing 45.6 boards per contest and is sitting with 1,940 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 10th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Jazz are hitting 35.6% on shots from beyond the arc (1,024 of 2,873) and 78.5% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 117.1 points per contest (6th in the NBA) while going 47.2% from the floor.

Defensively, the Jazz have forced 12.6 turnovers per game while drawing 20.7 personal fouls. They are ranked 8th in the NBA in giving up assists with 1,848 surrendered on the season. The Jazz are giving up a FG percentage of 47.5% (3,255 of 6,858) and they concede 43.4 boards per contest as a basketball team. They give up 36.5% on shots from distance while they are 24th in the NBA in points per game allowed (117.8).

The last time they took the court, the Spurs walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 137-93 when they faced the Celtics. In regard to how they rebounded, San Antonio allowed Boston to grab 61 in all (9 on the offensive glass). They went 40.9% from three-point range by going 18 of 44 and ended up shooting 15 out of 21 at the charity stripe (71.4%). The Spurs permitted the Celtics to convert 52 of 91 attempts from the floor which had them at 57.1% for this game. When the final whistle blew, the Spurs shot 36 for 97 from the floor which gave them a rate of 37.1%. When talking about shooting from 3-point land, San Antonio buried 8 out of their 36 attempts (22.2%). They were able to convert 13 of them for a clip of 72.2%. The Celtics earned 18 fouls in this contest which got the Spurs to the free throw line for 18 shots. They turned it over 10 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. The Spurs corralled 35 defensive boards and 3 offensive boards for a total of 38 in this matchup.

Zach Collins ended up being important for the Spurs for this contest. He buried 8 out of 18 for the matchup giving him a rate of 44.4%, and earned 7 rebounds. Collins accumulated 21 points in his 31 minutes on the court and had 4 assists for this game.

San Antonio has a win-loss record of 19-56 on the campaign. The Spurs are committing 20.2 fouls per game and they go 73.8% from the charity stripe. They are earning an assist 27.0 times per contest (5th in the NBA) and they turn it over 15.4 times per game. San Antonio has totaled 8,403 points on the year (112.0 per game) and they pull in 43.3 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Spurs are hitting on 46.4% from the field, which ranks 25th in basketball.

The San Antonio defense gives up 39.3% on shots from behind the 3-point line (931 of 2,370) and opponents are connecting on 77.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 26.4 dimes and 44.9 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks 28th and 25th in the NBA. The Spurs on defense are ranked 30th in the NBA in points allowed per game with 122.5. They are forcing 14.0 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 50.7% from the floor (30th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Utah (-5)

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