Atlanta Hawks vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/19/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Atlanta Hawks vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Thursday, December 19, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The San Antonio Spurs (13-13) will go up against the Atlanta Hawks (14-13) at Frost Bank Center on Thursday.

The Hawks faced off with the Bucks and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 110-102 in their last contest. Atlanta wrapped up the game with a 42.7% FG percentage (35 out of 82) and converted 10 out of their 24 shots from distance. At the charity stripe, the Hawks converted 22 of their 34 tries for a rate of 64.7%. Regarding hauling in boards, they collected 44 with 7 of them being offensive. They also dished out 23 dimes for this contest in addition to creating 13 turnovers and earning 3 steals. When discussing defending, Atlanta allowed their opponent to shoot 45.3% from the floor on 39 out of 86 shooting. Milwaukee earned 28 assists and had 8 steals for the matchup. Furthermore, Milwaukee snagged 47 rebounds (6 offensive, 41 defensive) and added 6 blocked shots. Milwaukee ended up shooting 66.7% when shooting free throws by knocking down 18 of their 27 tries. They also made 14 out of their 45 attempts from distance. In regard to personal fouls, the Hawks finished with 20 while the Bucks recorded 27 personal fouls.

Trae Young is someone who was a factor for this game. Young ended up going 50.0% from the field and dished out 10 assists. He played for 40 minutes and totaled 7 rebounds. He ended up with 35 points on 9 of 18 shooting.

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Atlanta heads into this game with a win-loss mark of 14-13 for the campaign. They average 116.2 points per contest (9th in the NBA) while connecting on 46.0% from the field. The Hawks are hitting 34.1% on 3-pointers (327 of 959) and 77.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Atlanta is grabbing 46.3 rebounds per game and has accounted for 800 dimes on the season, which is 2nd in the league in terms of passing. They are turning it over 15.9 times per game and as a team are committing 19.0 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Hawks are forcing their opponents into 16.4 turnovers every game and they draw 20.4 fouls. They relinquish 37.9% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 27th in the league in points per game allowed (118.7). The Hawks defensively are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 46.9% (1,155 of 2,465) and they concede 44.6 boards per contest as a group. They are 28th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 745 relinquished this year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 106-92 against the Timberwolves. The Spurs earned 38 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 50 in the game. They gave up possession of the ball 19 times, while earning 6 steals in this contest. The Timberwolves were called for 13 fouls in this game which got the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 9 shots. They were able to make 7 of those for a percentage of 77.8%. When it comes to shooting from downtown, San Antonio buried 11 of 45 attempts (24.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Spurs ended up shooting 37 out of 91 from the field which had them at 40.7%. The Spurs allowed the Timberwolves to knock down 40 out of 100 tries from the floor which had them shooting 40.0% for the game. They finished 34.3% from beyond the arc by going 12 out of 35 and ended up shooting 14 of 16 from the free throw line (87.5%). In regard to how they attacked the glass, San Antonio allowed Minnesota to pull down 51 in all (14 on the offensive glass).

Victor Wembanyama ended up being a factor for the Spurs for the game. Wembanyama had 20 points in his 33 minutes of playing time and had 5 dimes for this contest. He converted 8 of 20 for this contest for a field goal rate of 40.0%, and had 12 rebounds.

San Antonio has a record of 13-13 for the campaign. The Spurs commit 16.5 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 79.3% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 28.3 times per contest (7th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 15.0 times per contest. San Antonio has accumulated 2,883 pts so far this year (110.9 per contest) and they collect 44.8 boards per game. As an offense, the Spurs are shooting 45.4% from the field, which has them ranked 21st in basketball.

The San Antonio defense gives up 35.9% on three-point shots (346 of 965) and opponents are making 79.7% of their foul shots. They relinquish 25.7 assists and 44.2 total boards per game, which is 12th and 19th in the league. The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 15th in basketball in points given up per game with 112.9. They are forcing their opponents into 13.8 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 46.5% from the field (16th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Atlanta

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