Detroit Pistons vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 4/14/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

Frost Bank Center is the site where the San Antonio Spurs (20-60) will go up against the Detroit Pistons (13-67) on Sunday.

The Pistons played the Bulls and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 127-105 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Pistons ended up walking away with 12 and the Bulls accounted for 15 fouls. They also buried 14 out of their 36 attempts from 3-point land. Chicago finished shooting 73.3% when shooting free throws by burying 11 of their 15 shots. Additionally, Chicago grabbed 42 rebounds (11 offensive, 31 defensive) and got 2 blocks. Chicago recorded 28 assists and had 14 steals for the game. When discussing the defense, Detroit allowed the other team to go 53.1% from the field on 51 out of 96 shooting. They also dished out 27 assists for this contest while creating 8 turnovers and getting 4 steals. In the matter of pulling down boards, they earned a total of 38 with 7 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Pistons converted 15 of 23 shots for a rate of 65.2%. Detroit ended the contest having earned a 49.4% FG percentage (38 out of 77) and made 14 of their 35 3-point shots.

Jalen Duren is one player who came through for the matchup. Duren finished the contest at 77.8% from the field and earned 3 assists. He played 31 minutes and totaled 11 rebounds. He recorded 20 points on 7 out of 9 shooting.

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Detroit heads into this contest with a win-loss record of 13-67 so far this season. They are turning it over 14.5 times per game and as a unit they are committing 20.9 fouls per contest. As a unit, Detroit is snagging 41.1 rebounds per game and has accounted for 2,048 dimes for the year, which ranks 22nd in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Pistons are hitting 35.1% on shots beyond the perimeter (890 of 2,538) and 78.6% from the free throw line. They are averaging 110.1 pts per contest (26th in the NBA) on 46.4% from the field.

On defense, the Pistons have forced 11.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 17.9 personal fouls. They are giving up 37.0% from 3-point land and they are 26th in the league in points per game allowed (119.3). The Pistons are allowing a field goal percentage of 49.0% (3,493 of 7,127) and they relinquish 39.9 boards per contest as a basketball team. They are currently ranked 19th in the league in giving up assists with 2,163 relinquished for the year.

In their last game, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 127-89 when they played the Thunder. When talking about cleaning up the glass, San Antonio allowed Oklahoma City to grab 62 in all (7 offensive). They shot 42.1% from 3-point land by connecting on 16 of 38 and ended up shooting 17 of 21 from the charity stripe (81.0%). The Spurs allowed the Thunder to bury 47 of their 101 tries from the floor which left them shooting 46.5% in this matchup. In all, the Spurs ended up shooting 32 out of 96 from the field which had them sitting at 33.3%. In terms of shots from 3-point land, San Antonio made 9 out of 40 tries (22.5%). They were able to bury 16 of those for a rate of 80.0%. The Thunder were called for 16 fouls for the game which took the Spurs to the charity stripe for a total of 20 attempts. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while recording 8 steals in the game. The Spurs corralled 43 defensive boards and 4 offensive rebounds totaling 47 for this game.

Zach Collins ended up being important for the Spurs in this game. Collins scored 20 points in his 26 mins on the court and accumulated 2 assists in this matchup. He knocked down 8 out of 17 in the matchup giving him a rate of 47.1%, and had 7 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss record of 20-60 so far this season. The Spurs are committing 17.3 personal fouls per game and they shoot 78.4% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 29.8 times per contest (2nd in the league) and they are turning it over 13.9 times per contest. San Antonio has 8,948 points on the year (111.9 per contest) and they snag 40.4 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offense, the Spurs are hitting on 46.1% from the floor, which is 25th in the league.

The Spurs on defense are ranked 25th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 118.9. They have forced 12.5 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.8% from the field (23rd in the league). The San Antonio defense gives up 37.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter (1,019 of 2,722) and their opponents are knocking down 78.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 28.1 assists and 41.9 boards per game, which has them ranked 25th and 27th in basketball.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Antonio

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