Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 9 (4/9): NBA

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2021-2022 season stats

Preview

The Golden State Warriors  travel to San Antonio to play against the Spurs on Saturday night. This is the fourth and last time these teams face off this season, the Spurs have won 2 of the last 3 head to head games.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

The Warriors have won 3 of their last 5 games and are 20-19 on the road this season with a 51-29 record overall ranking second in the Pacific. The Warriors are 31-19 against conference opponents. Golden State is eighth in the Western Conference with 9.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Kevon Looney averaging 2.6.

Stephen Curry is averaging 25.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists for the Warriors. Jordan Poole is averaging 4.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Golden State.

In their last 10 games the Warriors are 4-6, averaging 108.7 points, 46.4 rebounds, 25.9 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.1 points.

INJURIES:  Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are out.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

The Spurs have also won 3 of their last 5 games but are just 16-24 at home this season. They have a 34-46 overall record ranking 4th in the Southwest division. The Spurs are 24-26 against conference opponents. San Antonio averages 12.4 turnovers per game and is 19-19 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

De'Aaron Fox(out) is shooting 47.3% and averaging 23.2 points for the Kings. Donte DiVincenzo is averaging 2.5 made Jakob Poeltl is averaging 13.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks for the Spurs. Keldon Johnson is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for San Antonio.

In their last 10 games the Spurs are 7-3, averaging 115.5 points, 46.7 rebounds, 27.8 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.0 points per game.

INJURIES:  K. Johnson, McDermott, Murray, Poeltl and Vassell are OUT.

BETTING TRENDS

Golden State are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games.

San Antonio are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Antonio's last 10 games.

Prediction

The Warriors are struggling without their All-Star Steph Curry as they have lost 8 of their last 11 games on the road but they are still fighting with the Mavs for the #3 seed. The Pelicans have been good lately covering the spread in 5 of their last 5 games but they'll be without many key player for this game as they have nothing to play for with the play-in game already locked. The Warriors will be without Thompson an Curry but they still have a lot of talent to win this game. Take the Warriors.

PICK: Warriors -6 (-110)

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