Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 3/15/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, March 15, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs (14-52) will play the Denver Nuggets (46-20) at Frost Bank Center on Friday.

The Nuggets played the Heat and notched a win by a score of 100-88 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Nuggets left the arena with 13 while the Heat had 13 personal fouls. They made 5 out of their 21 tries from 3-point range. Miami ended up going 83.3% at the charity stripe by making 15 of their 18 attempts. Furthermore, Miami collected 42 rebounds (8 offensive, 34 defensive) and got 2 rejections. Miami distributed 18 assists and had 5 steals for this contest. With regard to defending, Denver allowed their opponent to shoot 42.5% from the field on 34 of 80 shooting. They also doled out 24 assists for the matchup while creating 8 turnovers and having 4 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 41 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Nuggets converted 9 of 13 attempts for a rate of 69.2%. Denver walked away from the game with a 48.8% FG percentage (40 out of 82) and made 11 of their 33 shots from beyond the arc.

Michael Porter Jr. is a guy who was a factor in this contest. He had 25 points on 9 of 16 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 34 mins and pulled down 7 boards. Porter walked away from this one shooting 56.3% from the field but had no dimes when the game ended.

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Denver will play this contest with a win-loss record of 46-20 on the campaign. They cough up possession 12.6 times per contest and as a basketball team they are committing 18.2 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Denver is pulling down 44.2 boards per game and has accounted for 1,926 dimes on the campaign, which is 4th in basketball in terms of passing. The Nuggets are shooting 36.9% on shots from 3-point land (759 of 2,059) and 76.0% from the free throw line. They average 114.8 points per outing (15th in the NBA) while going 49.5% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Nuggets are forcing 12.2 turnovers every game while drawing 18.1 fouls. They are giving up 36.2% from 3-point land and they rank 7th in basketball in PPG allowed (110.3). The Nuggets defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 46.5% (2,698 of 5,796) and they concede 42.1 boards per contest as a group. They are 10th in the NBA in giving up assists with 1,695 surrendered for the season.

For their last game, the Spurs went home defeated by a final of 103-101 when they played the Rockets. The Spurs snagged 32 defensive boards and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 42 for the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 13 times, while earning 9 steals for the game. The Rockets were called for 19 personal fouls for the game which took the Spurs to the charity stripe for 14 tries. They were able to make 12 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 85.7%. When discussing shooting from downtown, San Antonio made 11 of their 36 tries (30.6%). When all was said and done, the Spurs finished shooting 39 for 82 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.6%. The Spurs allowed the Rockets to make 37 of their 80 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.3% for the contest. They shot 31.3% from distance by going 10 of 32 and walked away from this one shooting 19 of 21 from the free throw line (90.5%). When talking about team rebounding, San Antonio permitted Houston to snag 36 overall (8 on the offensive side).

Tre Jones ended up having an impact for the Spurs in this contest. Jones totaled 24 points in his 32 minutes on the hardwood and had 5 assists in this contest. He knocked down 9 out of 15 for this game for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and totaled 3 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss mark of 14-52 this season. As an offensive team, the Spurs are connecting on 46.3% from the floor, which has them ranked 24th in the NBA. San Antonio has totaled 7,412 points for the season (112.3 per contest) and they snag 43.5 boards per contest. They are earning an assist 29.8 times per contest (2nd in the NBA) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 14.9 times per contest. The Spurs are responsible for committing 17.7 fouls every game and they go 78.4% from the charity stripe.

The Spurs on defense are ranked 25th in the league in PPG surrendered with 119.9. They are forcing 13.5 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 49.1% from the field (25th in the league). The San Antonio defense concedes 37.9% on shots from distance (861 of 2,269) and their opponents are making 78.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They allow 27.9 dimes and 45.5 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 23rd and 29th in the NBA.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Denver

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