New Orleans Pelicans vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 11/8/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: New Orleans Pelicans vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The New Orleans Pelicans (2-6) are on their way to Frost Bank Center on Saturday where they will take on the San Antonio Spurs (5-2).

The Pelicans played the Mavericks and notched a win by a score of 101-99 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Pelicans walked away with 18 while the Mavericks finished the game with 15 fouls. They converted 10 of 32 shots from three-point range. Dallas finished shooting 75.0% at the charity stripe by converting 15 of their 20 tries. Furthermore, Dallas snagged 44 rebounds (10 offensive, 34 defensive) and had 3 blocks. Dallas earned 18 dimes and had 11 steals in this contest. When discussing the defense, New Orleans allowed 41.6% from the field on 37 of 89 shooting. They also doled out 18 assists in this contest while forcing 15 turnovers and having 10 steals. With regard to rebounding, they collected 56 with 14 of them being of the offensive variety. At the free throw line, the Pelicans knocked down 13 of their 16 shots for a percentage of 81.3%. New Orleans finished the game with a 42.9% field goal percentage (39 of 91) and buried 10 out of their 31 shots from beyond the arc.

Saddiq Bey is someone who played a role for this game. He ended up finishing with 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting. He played for 30 mins played and also totaled 9 boards. Bey went 64.3% from the field and also earned 1 assist.

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New Orleans will take the court with a record of 2-6 so far this season. They average 107.9 pts per game (29th in the league) while hitting 42.9% from the floor. The Pelicans are shooting 35.3% from downtown (97 of 275) and 74.2% from the charity stripe. As a team, New Orleans is collecting 42.4 rebounds per game and is sitting with 177 dimes this season, which has them ranked 28th in the league in terms of passing the rock. They turn the ball over 14.9 times per game and as a squad are committing 20.4 personal fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Pelicans are forcing their opponents into 15.3 turnovers every game and they draw 22.8 fouls. They are currently ranked 13th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 209 conceded for the year. The Pelicans are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 49.4% (349 of 707) and they relinquish 47.5 boards per game as a team. They give up 34.3% from 3-point land and they are 27th in the league in points per game from their opponents (120.8).

When they last stepped on the court, the Spurs went home defeated by a final of 118-116 when they faced the Lakers. In relation to cleaning up the glass, San Antonio allowed Los Angeles to collect 38 in total (12 on the offensive glass). They went 32.3% from downtown via 10 out of 31 and ended up going 34 of 44 from the charity stripe (77.3%). The Spurs permitted the Lakers to convert 37 out of 83 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 44.6% in this contest. In all, the Spurs shot 36 out of 74 from the floor which gave them a rate of 48.6%. When discussing shots from 3-point land, San Antonio buried 13 of 33 attempts (39.4%). They were able to bury 31 of them for a rate of 77.5%. The Lakers committed 30 fouls for the matchup which got the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 40 shots. They also turned it over 19 times, while recording 7 steals for the contest. The Spurs were able to corral 29 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards for a total of 37 for the game.

Victor Wembanyama was important for the Spurs in this contest. Wembanyama scored 19 points in his 33 mins of playing time and had 3 dimes in this matchup. He knocked down 5 out of 14 in this game for a rate of 35.7%, and totaled 8 rebounds.

San Antonio has a mark of 5-2 this season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Spurs are shooting 49.7% from the field, which is 5th in the NBA. San Antonio has totaled 825 pts on the season (117.9 per game) and they grab 46.3 boards per game. They are assisting teammates 23.9 times per contest (26th in basketball) and they turn it over 16.3 times per game. The Spurs commit 23.6 personal fouls every game and they go 74.5% from the charity stripe.

The San Antonio defense concedes 38.4% on shots from 3-point land (91 of 237) and their opponents are knocking down 80.4% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 25.9 assists and 36.3 boards per contest, which ranks them 11th and 1st in the league. The Spurs on the defensive end are ranked 2nd in basketball in PPG given up with 109.6. They are able to force 15.1 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 44.5% from the floor (5th in basketball).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New Orleans

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