Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 10/26/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The San Antonio Spurs (22-60 last year) will try to defeat the Houston Rockets (41-41 last season) at Frost Bank Center on Saturday.

The Rockets took the court against the Hornets and ended up losing by a score of 110-105 in their last game. Houston finished the game with a 36.9% FG percentage (38 out of 103) and made 13 of 43 shots from downtown. At the charity stripe, the Rockets made 16 of their 20 attempts for a rate of 80.0%. When discussing hauling in boards, they earned 45 with 12 of them being offensive. They also dished out 28 assists for this contest as well as forcing the opposition into 11 turnovers and having 8 steals. When talking about defending, Houston allowed 44.7% from the field on 38 out of 85 shooting. Charlotte earned 24 assists and had 5 steals in the matchup. In addition, Charlotte snagged 43 boards (12 offensive, 31 defensive) and got 8 blocks. Charlotte finished the game shooting 79.2% from the free throw line by knocking down 19 of 24 tries. They also buried 15 of their 39 attempts from 3-point land. Regarding fouls, the Rockets left the arena with 21 while the Hornets totaled 19 fouls.

Jalen Green is someone who was a contributor in this contest. Green finished the contest at 39.1% from the field but had no assists at the end of the game. He was on the hardwood for 35 minutes played and grabbed 2 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 28 points on 9 of 23 shooting.

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Houston comes into this game after finishing with a record of 41-41 last year. They gave up possession 12.7 times per contest and as a team committed 20.8 fouls per game. As a squad, Houston grabbed 45.5 boards per game and had 2,035 dimes last year, which had them ranked 25th in basketball in terms of passing. The Rockets connected on 35.2% on shots from 3-point land (1,043 of 2,964) and 77.3% from the free throw line. They averaged 114.3 points per game (16th in basketball) while shooting 45.9% from the floor.

When they were on the defensive end, the Rockets forced 13.8 turnovers per game and they drew 19.6 fouls. They were ranked 2nd in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,997 surrendered last season. The Rockets defense gave up a field goal percentage of 46.3% (3,344 of 7,226) and they surrendered 44.9 rebounds per contest as a team. They conceded 34.8% on 3-point attempts and they were ranked 14th in the league in points per game allowed (113.2).

The last time they took the hardwood, the Spurs walked away with a victory by a final of 123-95 when they played the Pistons. The Spurs were able to corral 44 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 57 for the contest. They gave up possession of the ball 14 times, while recording 11 steals in this game. The Pistons committed 18 personal fouls in the matchup which took the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 14 tries. They were able to bury 10 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 71.4%. When discussing shooting from beyond the arc, San Antonio buried 15 of 34 attempts (44.1%). When the final whistle blew, the Spurs finished 49 for 91 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 53.8%. The Spurs permitted the Pistons to make 36 of their 92 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 39.1% for the game. They finished 24.2% from 3-point land via 8 of 33 and ended up going 15 out of 20 from the charity stripe (75.0%). With respect to rebounding, San Antonio allowed Detroit to snag 42 in total (4 on the offensive glass).

Sandro Mamukelashvili ended up being a factor for the Spurs for this game. He made 7 of 13 in the matchup for a field goal rate of 53.8%, and had 8 rebounds. Mamukelashvili accumulated 18 points in his 26 minutes on the court and had 1 assist for the contest.

San Antonio had a win-loss mark of 22-60 last season. As an offense, the Spurs connected on 46.2% from the field, which had them ranked 25th in the league. San Antonio accumulated 9,192 points last season (112.1 per contest) and they grabbed 44.2 boards per game. They earned an assist 29.9 times per contest (2nd in the league) and they lost possession by turning the ball over 15.1 times per contest. The Spurs committed 17.2 fouls per contest and they hit 78.2% from the free throw line.

The San Antonio defense surrendered 37.3% on shots from beyond the arc (1,040 of 2,791) and their opponents made 78.4% of their foul shots. They gave up 28.0 dimes and 45.3 rebounds per game, which was ranked 24th and 27th in those defensive categories. The Spurs on the defensive side of the court were 24th in basketball in points given up per game with 118.6. They forced their opponents into 13.4 TO's per game and let teams shoot 48.7% from the floor (23rd in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Antonio

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