San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 2/26/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX

TV: Space City Home Network

The San Antonio Spurs (24-31) are hitting the road to Toyota Center on Wednesday where they will take on the Houston Rockets (35-22).

The Spurs faced off with the Pelicans and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 114-96 in their last game. When it comes to fouls, the Spurs finished with 19 and the Pelicans accounted for 19 fouls. They made 11 out of their 33 attempts from long range. New Orleans shot 73.1% from the charity stripe by burying 19 of their 26 tries. In addition, New Orleans grabbed 69 boards (17 offensive, 52 defensive) and had 7 blocked shots. New Orleans earned 27 dimes and had 3 steals for this game. Concerning defending, San Antonio allowed their opponent to shoot 44.7% from the field on 42 out of 94 shooting. They also recorded 29 assists in the matchup while creating 17 turnovers and getting 11 steals. When talking about pulling down rebounds, they collected 46 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Spurs buried 17 of 25 shots for a percentage of 68.0%. San Antonio finished the game having earned a 33.0% FG percentage (32 out of 97) and knocked down 15 of their 51 three-point attempts.

Julian Champagnie is a guy who was a contributor in this game. Champagnie finished shooting 46.2% from the field and also earned 4 dimes. He saw the court for 19 minutes and collected 4 rebounds. He accounted for 18 points on 6 out of 13 shooting.

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San Antonio enters this one with a win-loss record of 24-31 for the season. They have an average of 112.7 points per game (17th in the league) while hitting 46.0% from the floor. The Spurs are hitting 34.9% on shots beyond the perimeter (758 of 2,174) and 78.3% from the charity stripe. As a unit, San Antonio is pulling in 44.7 boards per game and has accumulated 1,588 assists on the year, which has them ranked 9th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 14.1 times per contest and as a unit are committing 16.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Spurs are forcing their opponents into 13.5 turnovers per game and they draw 18.1 fouls. They are 9th in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 1,470 relinquished on the year. The Spurs defense is giving up a shooting percentage of 46.5% (2,378 of 5,116) and they concede 46.5 rebounds per game as a group. They are relinquishing 35.8% on 3-pointers and they rank 19th in the NBA in points per game allowed (114.5).

For their last game, the Rockets took a loss by a final score of 124-115 against the Jazz. The Rockets were able to collect 33 defensive rebounds and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 41 in this matchup. They gave up possession 7 times, while recording 3 steals in the game. The Jazz were called for 18 fouls in this matchup which got the Rockets to the charity stripe for 18 tries. They were able to knock down 10 of those for a clip of 55.6%. When talking about shooting from downtown, Houston made 17 out of their 43 attempts (39.5%). When this game wrapped up, the Rockets finished the game shooting 44 for 100 from the field which gave them a percentage of 44.0%. The Rockets permitted the Jazz to convert 49 of their 98 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 50.0% for this contest. They shot 32.5% from downtown by connecting on 13 of 40 and ended up shooting 13 of 27 at the charity stripe (48.1%). With respect to rebounds, Houston permitted Utah to collect 58 in total (16 on the offensive side).

Alperen Sengun ended up being a major contributor for the Rockets for the contest. He knocked down 11 out of 24 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 45.8%, and accounted for 12 rebounds. Sengun recorded 27 points in his 35 mins on the court and accounted for 7 dimes in the matchup.

Houston has a win-loss mark of 35-22 so far this year. As an offensive team, the Rockets are connecting on 44.7% from the field, which ranks 25th in basketball. Houston has accounted for 6,436 points so far this year (112.9 per contest) and they snag 47.9 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 22.8 times per contest (30th in the league) and they are losing possession via turnover 13.8 times per game. The Rockets are responsible for committing 19.8 fouls per contest and they connect on 74.7% from the free throw line.

The Houston defense concedes 35.3% on shots from behind the 3-point line (695 of 1,969) and their opposition makes 74.9% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 22.8 dimes and 43.0 boards every game, which ranks them 1st and 9th in the league. The Rockets on defense are ranked 5th in the NBA in points given up per game with 109.0. They have forced 14.8 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 45.5% from the field (5th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Antonio

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