New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/31/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Frost Bank Center is the location where the San Antonio Spurs (23-8) will take on the New York Knicks (22-9) on Wednesday.

The Knicks faced the Hawks and went home with a win by a final score of 128-125 in their last game. With respect to personal fouls, the Knicks ended up finishing with 25 and the Hawks totaled 20 personal fouls. They converted 17 of their 43 attempts from beyond the arc. Atlanta finished the game at 81.5% at the charity stripe by converting 22 of 27 attempts. Furthermore, Atlanta pulled down 37 boards (9 offensive, 28 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Atlanta totaled 33 dimes and had 6 steals in this matchup. In relation to defense, New York allowed their opponent to shoot 48.3% from the field on 43 of 89 shooting. They also dished out 27 assists in this game in addition to forcing 12 turnovers and getting 9 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned 55 with 19 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Knicks made 27 of 32 shots for a percentage of 84.4%. New York wrapped up the game having earned a 45.3% FG percentage (43 out of 95) and made 15 of 43 three-point shots.

Karl-Anthony Towns is one guy who was a major contributor in this matchup. He ended up scoring 36 points on 8 of 15 shooting. He played 30 mins and also pulled down 15 boards. Towns finished the game shooting 53.3% from the floor and also dished out 1 assist.

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New York enters this matchup with a win-loss mark of 22-9 on the campaign. They average 120.5 points per game (3rd in the league) while hitting 47.7% from the field. The Knicks are hitting 38.2% on shots beyond the perimeter (469 of 1,228) and 79.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, New York is pulling in 46.4 boards per contest and has 834 assists this season, which is 13th in the league in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 13.7 times per contest and as a team they are committing 20.9 personal fouls every game.

On the defensive end, the Knicks are forcing 14.2 turnovers per game and they draw 20.4 fouls. They currently rank 7th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 788 surrendered this season. The Knicks defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 46.2% (1,249 of 2,701) and they relinquish 41.2 rebounds per game as a unit. They are giving up 36.8% on 3-pointers and they are 9th in the league in points per game allowed (113.7).

When they last stepped on the court, the Spurs took a loss by a score of 127-114 when they played the Jazz. The Spurs recorded 31 defensive rebounds and 15 offensive boards totaling 46 for this contest. They turned the ball over 12 times, while recording 6 steals for this contest. The Jazz had 19 fouls for the matchup which got the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 21 attempts. They were able to make 18 of the free throw tries for a clip of 85.7%. When it comes to shots from beyond the perimeter, San Antonio made 10 out of 44 tries (22.7%). When this game wrapped up, the Spurs went 43 out of 99 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.4%. The Spurs allowed the Jazz to knock down 45 of 83 tries from the field which had them sitting at 54.2% for the matchup. They finished 45.9% from 3-point land by going 17 of 37 and walked away from this one shooting 20 out of 26 at the charity stripe (76.9%). In relation to cleaning up the glass, San Antonio permitted Utah to pull down 37 overall (7 on the offensive side).

Victor Wembanyama was important for the Spurs for the matchup. He made 12 of 21 in this game for a field goal rate of 57.1%, and accumulated 7 rebounds. Wembanyama earned 32 points in his 28 minutes of playing time and had 3 dimes in this game.

San Antonio has a record of 23-8 for the year. On the offensive side of the ball, the Spurs are shooting 48.5% from the field, which is ranked 5th in the league. San Antonio has totaled 3,723 pts for the campaign (120.1 per game) and they pull in 46.0 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 26.2 times per game (13th in the league) and they are turning it over 14.3 times per game. The Spurs are committing 19.7 personal fouls per contest while shooting 79.1% from the free throw line.

The San Antonio defense gives up 36.1% on shots from 3-point land (401 of 1,112) and opponents are connecting on 78.3% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 26.7 dimes and 41.6 rebounds every game, which ranks them 15th and 7th in the league. The Spurs on the defensive side of the court are 7th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 113.6. They are able to force 13.9 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 46.6% from the field (11th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take San Antonio

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