Portland Trail Blazers at San Antonio Spurs 4/1/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers look to snap a six-game losing streak when visiting the San Antonio Spurs on Friday. Portland is 27-49 and 13th in the Western Conference standings. Portland trails the 10th Place Los Angeles Lakers by 4 ½ games with only six left to play. Portland was defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans 117-107 on Wednesday for their fifth consecutive loss. Drew Eubanks was the leading scorer for Portland with 21 points.

Josh Hart is the leading scorer and leader in assists for Portland with averages of 19.9 points and 4.3 assists per game, while the leading active rebounder is Drew Eubanks with an average of 8.9 rebounds per game. Portland is scoring an average of 107.4 points per game, while shooting 44.4% overall and 34.7% from 3-point territory.

San Antonio looks to bounce back from a loss when hosting Portland on Friday. The Spurs are 31-45 and 11th in the Western Conference standings but just a half-game behind the 10th place Los Angeles Lakers and very much in the hunt for a play-in spot with six games remaining on the regular season schedule. San Antonio was defeated by the Memphis Grizzlies 112-111 on Wednesday in their most recent outing.

Dejounte Murray is leading San Antonio in scoring and assists with averages of 21.0 points and 9.3 assists per game, while Jakob Poeltl is the leading rebounder with an average of 9.3 rebounds per game. San Antonio has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team the Spurs are scoring an average of 113.0 points per game. San Antonio shoots 46.5% overall and 35.0% from 3-point territory.