San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans Pelicans 4/13/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 04/12/2022 at 9:27 AM ET
On Wednesday, the San Antonio Spurs visit the New Orleans Pelicans as part of the play-in tournament of the Western Conference. San Antonio finished the regular season 10th in the conference standings at 34-48. The Spurs have lost each of their last three games with the most recent a 130-120 setback at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks last Sunday in the final game of the regular season. San Antonio finished the regular season scoring an average of 113.2 points per game and allowing an average of 113.0 points per game.
The leading scorer and leader in assists for San Antonio is Dejounte Murray with averages of 21.1 points and 9.2 assists per game, while the leading rebounder is Jakob Poeltl with an average of 9.3 rebounds per game. Keldon Johnson is the second-leading scorer with an average of 17.0 points per game while Poeltl is the third leading scorer with an average of 13.5 points per game. This season San Antonio shot 46.7% overall and 35.2% from 3-point territory.
New Orleans ended its regular season ninth in the conference standings at 36-46. The Pelicans lost each of their final two games of the regular season, which included a 128-107 loss to the Golden State Warriors in the final game of the regular season this past Sunday. Naji Marshall was the leading scorer for New Orleans in the loss with 19 points. New Orleans finished the regular season scoring an average of 109.3 points per game, while allowing an average of 110.3 points per game.
The leading scorer and leader in assists for New Orleans is CJ McCollum with averages of 24.3 points and 5.8 assists per game. Jonas Valanciunas is the leading rebounder with an average of 11.4 rebounds per game. Brandon Ingram is the second-leading scorer with an average of 22.7 points per game but is nursing a tight hamstring and Ingram will be a game-time decision for the Pelican. During the regular season, New Orleans shot 45.7% overall and 33.2% from three-point territory.
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San Antonio has dominated this head-to-head series, as the Spurs have covered the number in each of the last seven played in New Orleans and in eight of the last nine overall between the two. San Antonio’s Dejounte Murray, Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell have become a difficult trio for opponents to contain. New Orleans may have to play without its second leading scorer Brandon Ingram, who has had a tight hamstring and did not play in Sunday’s final game of the regular season. Final Score Prediction, San Antonio Spurs win and cover ATS 112-109.