Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 11/17/2023 Preview and Pick
Game: Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs
Date: Friday, November 17, 2023
Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX
TV: Bally Sports Southwest-San Antonio
Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (-2)
The Sacramento Kings (6-4) are traveling to Frost Bank Center on Friday where they will take on the San Antonio Spurs (3-8). San Antonio opens as 2-point underdogs. The over/under has been set at 228.
The Kings took the court against the Lakers and earned the victory with a final of 125-110 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Kings walked away with 20 and the Lakers had 17 personal fouls. They also made 11 out of their 29 shots from 3-point range. Los Angeles ended up shooting 78.9% at the free throw line by converting 15 of their 19 attempts. On top of that, Los Angeles had 43 boards (7 offensive, 36 defensive) and added 1 block. Los Angeles earned 25 assists and had 12 steals for the game. With regard to defense, Sacramento allowed the other team to shoot 50.6% from the field on 42 out of 83 shooting. They also doled out 31 assists for this contest as well as creating 23 turnovers and getting 20 steals. In relation to pulling down rebounds, they collected 45 with 11 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Kings made 13 of 17 tries for a percentage of 76.5%. Sacramento walked away from the contest having earned a 50.0% field goal percentage (48 of 96) and converted 16 of their 44 3-point shots.
Domantas Sabonis is a guy who played a role in the matchup. Sabonis shot 68.4% from the field and distributed 7 assists. He saw the court for 39 minutes played and pulled down 16 rebounds. He ended up scoring 29 points on 13 out of 19 shooting.
Sacramento will enter this game with a win-loss mark of 6-4 on the season. They are averaging 114.6 pts per contest (10th in basketball) while connecting on 45.7% from the field. The Kings are hitting 33.9% on 3-pointers (144 of 425) and 72.1% from the free throw line. As a team, Sacramento is pulling down 44.2 boards per contest and has accumulated 272 assists on the year, which has them ranked 17th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They turn it over 14.2 times per game and as a team are committing 21.2 fouls per game.
On defense, the Kings are forcing their opponents into 15.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.9 fouls. They relinquish 37.3% from beyond the arc while they are 18th in basketball in PPG allowed (114.0). The Kings defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 48.9% (424 of 867) and they surrender 43.0 boards per game as a team. They are 9th in the league in giving up assists with 266 relinquished so far this year.
The last time they took the hardwood, the Spurs walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 123-87 when they played the Thunder. In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, San Antonio permitted Oklahoma City to pull down 40 overall (4 on the offensive glass). They finished shooting 38.5% from beyond the perimeter via 15 of 39 and ended up shooting 16 out of 20 at the free throw line (80.0%). The Spurs allowed the Thunder to convert 46 of their 89 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 51.7% for the contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Spurs finished the game shooting 36 for 93 from the floor which gave them a rate of 38.7%. In reference to 3-point shots, San Antonio made 9 out of 30 attempts (30.0%). They were able to knock down 6 of the free throw attempts for a percentage of 66.7%. The Thunder were called for 17 fouls for the contest which took the Spurs to the charity stripe for 9 shots. They also gave up possession of the ball 24 times, while earning 7 steals in the matchup. The Spurs snagged 30 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 43 in the matchup.
Julian Champagnie was important for the Spurs in this contest. Champagnie totaled 13 points in his 31 mins on the court and accounted for 3 dimes for the game. He buried 4 out of 14 in the game for a field goal percentage of 28.6%, and had 3 rebounds.
San Antonio has a win-loss record of 3-8 so far this season. The Spurs have committed 19.5 fouls per contest and they shoot 74.4% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 29.4 times per contest (2nd in the league) and they are turning it over 16.3 times per contest. San Antonio has scored 1,217 points this season (110.6 per game) and they snag 42.0 boards per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Spurs are connecting on 46.5% from the floor, which is 19th in basketball.
The Spurs on defense are ranked 30th in the NBA in PPG given up with 124.1. They are able to force 14.0 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 49.9% from the floor (30th in the NBA). The San Antonio defense gives up 40.3% on 3-pointers (168 of 417) and opponents are knocking down 74.7% of their shots from the charity stripe. They give up 28.2 dimes and 44.6 rebounds per contest, which is 29th and 19th in the league.
Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Antonio (+2)
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