Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/23/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The San Antonio Spurs (20-7) will compete against the Oklahoma City Thunder (25-3) at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday.

The Thunder faced off with the Timberwolves and ended up losing by a score of 112-107 in their last game. Oklahoma City walked away from the game with a 37.0% field goal percentage (34 out of 92) and knocked down 11 of 39 3-point attempts. From the charity stripe, the Thunder made 28 of their 30 tries for a percentage of 93.3%. Concerning pulling down boards, they compiled a total of 52 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 34 assists for this game as well as forcing the opposition into 15 turnovers and earning 12 steals. In the matter of defending, Oklahoma City allowed their opponent to shoot 37.5% from the field on 33 out of 88 shooting. Minnesota recorded 31 assists and had 10 steals for this contest. Additionally, Minnesota grabbed 57 rebounds (18 offensive, 39 defensive) and earned 5 blocked shots. Minnesota finished 70.2% at the charity stripe by converting 33 of their 47 attempts. They converted 13 of 37 attempts from downtown. When it comes to personal fouls, the Thunder finished with 14 while the Timberwolves finished the game with 17 personal fouls.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a guy who was important for the contest. Gilgeous-Alexander finished the game at 46.2% from the field and also distributed 7 assists. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes and snagged 5 rebounds. He ended up with 35 points on 12 of 26 shooting.

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Oklahoma City will play this contest with a record of 25-3 this year. They turn it over 12.6 times per game and as a unit are committing 21.2 fouls per contest. As a team, Oklahoma City is snagging 44.9 rebounds per contest and has totaled 733 assists so far this year, which has them ranked 12th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Thunder are connecting on 37.2% on 3-point shots (388 of 1,043) and 83.8% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 122.5 points per contest (2nd in basketball) while shooting 49.2% from the floor.

Defensively, the Thunder have forced 18.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.7 personal fouls. They currently rank 3rd in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 663 relinquished on the year. The Thunder defense is allowing a FG percentage of 42.6% (1,035 of 2,429) and they concede 44.1 boards per game as a unit. They are giving up 36.3% on shots from downtown and they are 1st in basketball in PPG allowed (106.4).

In their last game, the Spurs took home the win by a final score of 126-98 when they played the Hawks. In regard to rebounding, San Antonio permitted Atlanta to collect 43 in all (10 on the offensive side). They went 25.0% from 3-point land by shooting 10 out of 40 and ended up going 12 of 16 at the free throw line (75.0%). The Spurs permitted the Hawks to convert 38 of 94 attempts from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.4% in this game. When the final whistle blew, the Spurs shot 51 for 94 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 54.3%. When discussing three-point attempts, San Antonio converted 13 out of their 36 attempts (36.1%). They were able to knock down 11 of the free throws for a percentage of 68.8%. The Hawks had 12 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Spurs to the charity stripe for a total of 16 tries. They also coughed up the ball 17 times, while recording 7 steals for the game. The Spurs earned 44 defensive boards and 12 offensive rebounds totaling 56 in this matchup.

Victor Wembanyama pitched in for the Spurs in the game. He knocked down 10 of 15 for this contest giving him a rate of 66.7%, and had 12 rebounds. Wembanyama had 26 points in his 21 mins of playing time and had 3 dimes for this game.

San Antonio has a win-loss record of 20-7 for the season. As an offense, the Spurs are connecting on 48.6% from the field, which ranks them 6th in the NBA. San Antonio has accounted for 3,238 points this year (119.9 per game) and they grab 45.8 boards per game. They are earning an assist 26.0 times per game (16th in the league) and they turn it over 14.8 times per contest. The Spurs are committing 20.1 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.2% from the free throw line.

The San Antonio defense allows 36.6% on shots from 3-point land (350 of 956) and opponents are making 78.8% of their free throw attempts. They have allowed 27.0 dimes and 41.7 rebounds on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 17th and 7th in basketball. The Spurs are ranked 8th in basketball in points given up per game with 113.7. They have forced 14.4 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 46.5% from the field (12th in the NBA).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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