New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 3/29/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, March 29, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio

The San Antonio Spurs (17-56) will go up against the New York Knicks (44-28) at Frost Bank Center on Friday.

The Knicks faced off with the Raptors and went home with a win by a final score of 145-101 in their last game. New York finished having earned a 58.5% field goal percentage (55 of 94) and knocked down 22 of 44 shots from beyond the arc. From the free throw line, the Knicks buried 13 of their 16 shots for a rate of 81.3%. When discussing getting rebounds, they compiled 42 with 15 of them being offensive. They also distributed 37 assists in the game as well as forcing 18 turnovers and getting 7 steals. With regard to defense, New York allowed 46.4% from the floor on 39 out of 84 shooting. Toronto distributed 31 dimes and had 7 steals in the matchup. In addition, Toronto grabbed 28 rebounds (11 offensive, 17 defensive) and added 8 rejections. Toronto finished 92.3% when shooting free throws by knocking down 12 of their 13 shots. They also converted 11 of 31 tries from 3-point range. Concerning fouls, the Knicks left the arena with 17 and the Raptors totaled 17 fouls.

Miles McBride is a player who played a role in the game. McBride finished the game shooting 58.8% from the floor and earned 7 assists. He was on the court for 40 mins played and also snagged 3 rebounds. He recorded 29 points on 10 out of 17 shooting.

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New York enters this contest with a record of 44-28 so far this season. They have an average of 112.4 pts per game (21st in the league) while shooting 46.3% from the field. The Knicks are connecting on 36.5% on 3-pointers (951 of 2,602) and 78.2% from the free throw line. As a team, New York is grabbing 45.7 rebounds per contest and has 1,741 dimes on the year, which is 29th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 13.3 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 17.7 fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on the defensive end, the Knicks are able to force 13.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 19.1 fouls. They are currently ranked 7th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 1,839 relinquished so far this year. The Knicks defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.7% (2,882 of 6,177) and they surrender 40.4 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 36.5% from 3-point land and they are ranked 2nd in the league in points per game allowed (107.5).

The last time they took the court, the Spurs got the win with a final of 118-111 when they played the Jazz. Concerning how they attacked the glass, San Antonio allowed Utah to get 36 in total (6 on the offensive side). They shot 37.1% from behind the 3-point line by going 13 out of 35 and walked away from this one shooting 20 of 22 at the charity stripe (90.9%). The Spurs allowed the Jazz to knock down 39 of 83 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.0% for this contest. When all was said and done, the Spurs went 44 for 86 from the floor which gave them a rate of 51.2%. With respect to three-point shots, San Antonio converted 16 of 33 tries (48.5%). They were able to convert 14 of them for a percentage of 66.7%. The Jazz committed 16 fouls for this contest which took the Spurs to the free throw line for 21 shots. They also coughed it up 21 times, while recording 9 steals for this game. The Spurs corralled 32 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards totaling 41 for the matchup.

Devin Vassell ended up being important for the Spurs in this matchup. Vassell recorded 31 points in his 39 mins of playing time and had 6 dimes in this matchup. He made 12 of 20 for the game for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and tallied 4 rebounds.

San Antonio has a win-loss mark of 17-56 this year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Spurs are shooting 46.2% from the floor, which ranks 24th in the NBA. San Antonio has scored 8,172 points on the year (111.9 per contest) and they pull in 43.6 boards per game. They are earning an assist 29.7 times per game (2nd in the league) and they lose possession via turnover 15.0 times per game. The Spurs are committing 17.5 fouls per contest and they hit 78.3% from the charity stripe.

The San Antonio defense gives up 37.8% on shots from 3-point land (935 of 2,476) and their opponents are knocking down 77.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 28.1 assists and 45.2 boards per game, which has them ranked 24th and 27th in the league. The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 25th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 119.2. They are able to force 13.6 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 49.1% from the floor (25th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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