Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 2/29/2024 Preview and Pick
Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs
Date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX
TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio
The San Antonio Spurs (11-48) will compete against the Oklahoma City Thunder (41-17) at Frost Bank Center on Thursday.
The Thunder played the Rockets and went home with a win by a final score of 112-95 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Thunder ended up walking away with 14 and the Rockets had 16 fouls. They buried 9 of 39 attempts from long range. Houston walked away from this one shooting 66.7% from the charity stripe by knocking down 12 of their 18 shots. Additionally, Houston grabbed 46 boards (12 offensive, 34 defensive) and earned 8 blocked shots. Houston recorded 22 dimes and had 5 steals for this game. Pertaining to defense, Oklahoma City let their opponent shoot 38.9% from the floor on 37 out of 95 shooting. They also distributed 19 assists for the contest while forcing the opposition into 15 turnovers and getting 7 steals. Regarding grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 55 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Thunder buried 14 of 18 tries for a percentage of 77.8%. Oklahoma City walked away from the game with a 47.3% field goal percentage (44 out of 93) and made 10 out of their 27 three-point attempts.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a player who came through for the game. Gilgeous-Alexander shot 52.4% from the floor and distributed 3 assists. He was on the court for 32 mins played and pulled down 8 boards. He accumulated 31 points on 11 out of 21 shooting.
Oklahoma City comes into this contest with a win-loss mark of 41-17 on the year. They turn the ball over 12.6 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.5 personal fouls per contest. As a team, Oklahoma City is snagging 41.7 boards per contest and has 1,575 assists on the year, which is 12th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Thunder are connecting on 39.8% on three-point shots (785 of 1,972) and 83.0% from the free throw line. They have an average of 121.3 points per outing (3rd in the league) while connecting on 50.2% from the field.
When they are on defense, the Thunder are forcing 15.7 turnovers per game and they draw 19.2 personal fouls. They give up 36.0% from 3-point land and they are 12th in basketball in PPG allowed (113.0). The Thunder defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 45.0% (2,349 of 5,223) and they concede 45.2 rebounds per game as a squad. They currently rank 15th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,548 conceded so far this season.
The last time they took the hardwood, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 114-105 against the Timberwolves. The Spurs were able to snag 34 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 41 for this contest. They also turned it over 22 times, while getting 9 steals in this matchup. The Timberwolves committed 14 fouls for this contest which took the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 15 shots. They were able to knock down 11 of them for a percentage of 73.3%. Pertaining to shooting from 3-point land, San Antonio made 16 of 41 attempts (39.0%). Overall, the Spurs finished 39 out of 82 from the floor which had them shooting 47.6%. The Spurs permitted the Timberwolves to knock down 43 of their 93 tries from the floor which left them shooting 46.2% for the game. They shot 41.9% from three-point range by shooting 13 of 31 and finished the game at 15 out of 17 at the free throw line (88.2%). Concerning how they rebounded, San Antonio allowed Minnesota to get 46 in total (11 on the offensive side).
Devin Vassell ended up having an impact for the Spurs in the game. Vassell accumulated 21 points in his 39 mins on the court and totaled 6 dimes for the contest. He converted 9 out of 18 for the game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and had 6 rebounds.
San Antonio has a mark of 11-48 on the year. The Spurs are responsible for committing 17.7 fouls every game and they shoot 77.9% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 29.6 times per game (2nd in basketball) and they cough up possession 14.9 times per contest. San Antonio has accumulated 6,604 pts for the campaign (111.9 per game) and they average 43.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the ball, the Spurs are hitting on 46.0% from the floor, which is 25th in basketball.
The San Antonio defense allows 38.7% from downtown (795 of 2,053) and opponents are converting on 77.7% of their foul shots. They have conceded 28.4 dimes and 45.9 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks 26th and 28th in the NBA. The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 26th in basketball in points allowed per contest with 120.6. They are forcing 13.7 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 49.3% from the floor (25th in the league).
Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Antonio
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