The San Antonio Spurs will travel to the Moda Center to take on the Portland Trail Blazers. The game gets underway at 10:30 pm ET on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and will air on ESP, POR and FSW.
The Trail Blazers were beaten by the Nuggets 108-104 on Monday. Damian Lillard finished with 30 points to lead the game. The Spurs, meanwhile, are coming off a 106-88 win over the Kings on Monday. Kawhi Leonard led the game in scoring with 24 points on 10-for-13 shooting.
The Trail Blazers are a six-point underdog in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 201 points. The Trail Blazers enter the game with records of 4-4 both Straight Up (SU) and Against The Spread (ATS). They have the same record SU and ATS against the Western Conference, going 4-3.
On the other side, San Antonio has identical records of 5-2 SU and ATS so far. The Spurs are shooting lights out so far, with an NBA-best .488 field-goal percentage. The Spurs have established a reputation of cleaning up the defensive glass with an NBA-best 37.9 defensive rebounds per game. The Spurs are in for a physical game against Portland. The Trail Blazers are not afraid to send opponents to the free throw line, averaging 24.0 fouls per game.
The Trail Blazers and the Spurs will be facing off in their first head-to-head clash of the season. When they last met the Trail Blazers were winners, but the Spurs still lead the head-to-head record over the last 10, 6-4 SU. Additionally, with a 6-4 record, the Spurs have the advantage ATS.
Predictions: SU Winner – SA, ATS Winner – SA, O/U – Over
Notes
Portland is 5-11-1 ATS in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland’s last 5 games.
Portland is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games.
Portland is 16-7 SU in its last 23 games at home.
Portland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Antonio.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland’s last 5 games when playing San Antonio.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland’s last 6 games when playing at home against San Antonio.
Portland is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against San Antonio.
On average, San Antonio puts up 102.3 points per game (ranked 11th). Portland ranks 20th in points allowed per game with 102.8.
San Antonio puts up an average of 100.0 points per away game (ranked 17th). Portland ranks 22nd in points allowed per home game with 102.8.
Portland is undefeated (3-0) when limiting opponents to fewer than 100 points. San Antonio has a winning 2-1 record in games where it scores less than 100.
When allowing 100 or more points in a game, the Trail Blazers are just 1-4 this season. San Antonio is a winning 3-1 when it hits the century mark.
The Spurs have the best defense in the NBA, with a defensive rating of 92.9. The Trail Blazers’s offense ranks a solid seventh, with an offensive rating of 104.5.
On average, Portland has 99.3 possessions per game and scores 1.045 points on each possession. San Antonio has both fewer possessions (99.1) and scores fewer points during those possessions (1.032).
Portland is ranked third in the NBA with an average effective field goal percentage of 52.8%. San Antonio has not won a game this season when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage (0-2).
Portland has an assist to turnover ratio of 1.29 this season (ranked 23rd). San Antonio ranks higher with an A/TO of 1.62 (ranked ninth).
The Portland Trail Blazers rebound 44.8 times per game and are ranked 15th. Ranked eighth, the San Antonio Spurs rebound 46.4 times per game.
The San Antonio Spurs rank 28th in offensive rebounding, while the Portland Trail Blazers rank 14th in defensive rebounding.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ opponents have had an average turnover percentage of 12.3% this season. The San Antonio Spurs have a winning 5-2 record when their TOV% is 12.3% or higher.
