San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets Prediction, 3/5/2024 Preview and Pick
Game: San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Location: Toyota Center in Houston, TX
TV: Space City Home Network
The San Antonio Spurs (13-48) are traveling to Toyota Center on Tuesday where they will try to defeat the Houston Rockets (26-34).
The Spurs faced the Pacers and went home with a win by a final score of 117-105 in their last contest. In reference to personal fouls, the Spurs walked away with 17 while the Pacers finished the game with 14 personal fouls. They buried 6 out of their 30 attempts from 3-point land. Indiana ended up going 81.0% from the charity stripe by burying 17 of 21 attempts. Moreover, Indiana snagged 42 rebounds (14 offensive, 28 defensive) and added 8 rejections. Indiana dished out 20 assists and had 9 steals in this matchup. When talking about the defense, San Antonio allowed the other team to shoot 44.1% from the field on 41 of 93 shooting. They also recorded 33 dimes for the contest in addition to forcing 10 turnovers and having 6 steals. Pertaining to grabbing rebounds, they collected 45 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Spurs buried 15 of their 19 shots for a percentage of 78.9%. San Antonio ended the game having earned a 54.1% field goal percentage (46 out of 85) and knocked down 10 of 25 3-point attempts.
Victor Wembanyama is a player who was a factor for this contest. Wembanyama finished the contest at 64.7% from the field and totaled 6 dimes. He was on the court for 31 mins played and also collected 12 boards. He left the arena with 31 points on 11 of 17 shooting.
San Antonio comes into this game with a record of 13-48 on the campaign. They are averaging 112.3 pts per game (22nd in the league) while going 46.2% from the floor. The Spurs are hitting 34.7% on shots from downtown (764 of 2,204) and 78.1% from the free throw line. As a team, San Antonio is pulling in 43.3 boards per game and has 1,816 dimes so far this season, which ranks 2nd in the league in terms of passing the ball. They cough up possession 14.9 times per contest and as a unit are committing 17.7 personal fouls per game.
On the defensive end, the Spurs are forcing 13.6 turnovers per game while drawing 18.2 personal fouls. They are giving up 38.3% on shots from downtown while they are 25th in the league in points per game allowed (120.3). The Spurs defensively are allowing a field goal percentage of 49.2% (2,746 of 5,584) and they surrender 45.7 boards per contest as a squad. They rank 24th in the league in allowing assists with 1,714 surrendered for the campaign.
The last time they took the court, the Rockets got the victory with a final of 118-109 when they played the Suns. The Rockets were able to corral 36 defensive boards and 13 offensive boards totaling 49 for the contest. They turned it over 12 times, while recording 13 steals for this contest. The Suns committed 17 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Rockets to the charity stripe for a total of 26 shots. They were able to convert 18 of them for a percentage of 69.2%. Regarding shots from distance, Houston made 16 out of 42 attempts (38.1%). When this game wrapped up, the Rockets walked away from this one shooting 42 out of 96 from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.8%. The Rockets permitted the Suns to knock down 39 out of 85 tries from the field which had them shooting 45.9% for this contest. They went 31.0% from downtown by going 9 of 29 and ended up going 22 of 29 from the free throw line (75.9%). When discussing how they attacked the glass, Houston permitted Phoenix to snag 47 in all (9 on the offensive glass).
Jalen Green was important for the Rockets for the matchup. He converted 12 out of 23 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 52.2%, and had 9 rebounds. Green totaled 34 points in his 38 minutes of playing time and earned 4 assists in this matchup.
Houston has a mark of 26-34 this year. On the offensive side of the ball, the Rockets are connecting on 45.5% from the floor, which is 28th in the NBA. Houston has totaled 6,767 points so far this year (112.8 per game) and they collect 46.2 boards per game. They are earning an assist 24.6 times per game (28th in the league) and they turn it over 13.2 times per game. The Rockets commit 21.4 fouls per contest while shooting 76.9% from the charity stripe.
The Rockets are ranked 11th in basketball in PPG given up with 113.0. They are forcing 13.5 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 46.0% from the field (5th in the NBA). The Houston defense surrenders 34.8% on 3-pointers (743 of 2,133) and their opponents are knocking down 74.6% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 24.5 dimes and 44.9 boards per contest, which has them ranked 4th and 24th in basketball.
Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Antonio
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