LA Clippers at San Antonio Spurs 1/15/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The LA Clippers look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday. The Clippers are 21-22 and fourth in the Pacific Division 11 ½ games behind the first-place Phoenix Suns. LA was defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans 113-89 on Thursday. The Clippers were led in the loss by Terance Mann with 15 points. LA continues to play without leading scorer Paul George.

With George sidelined, the leading scorer for the Clippers is Reggie Jackson with an average of 16.7 points per game. Ivica Zubac is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.1 rebounds per game and Eric Bledsoe is the leader in assists with an average of 4.2 assists per game. LA is scoring an average of 104.7 points per game while shooting 44.7% overall and 35.6% from 3-point territory.

San Antonio completes a back to back on Saturday when hosting LA after entertaining the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. San Antonio is 15-26 and 4th in the Southwest Division 13 ½ games behind the first-place Memphis Grizzlies. San Antonio was defeated by the Houston Rockets 128-124 on Wednesday and the Spurs have lost four straight and eight of the last nine.

Dejounte Murray is leading San Antonio in scoring and assists with averages of 18.8 points and 8.9 assists per game, while the leading rebounder is Jakob Poeltl with an average of 8.8 rebounds per game. San Antonio has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Spurs are scoring an average of 110.8 points per game.