San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 10/24/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: San Antonio Spurs vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Friday, October 24, 2025

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Gulf Coast Sports

The New Orleans Pelicans (21-61 last season) will play the San Antonio Spurs (34-48 last year) at Smoothie King Center on Friday.

The Spurs faced off with the Mavericks and went home with a win by a final score of 125-92 in their last game. When discussing personal fouls, the Spurs ended up finishing with 24 and the Mavericks totaled 24 personal fouls. They also buried 9 out of their 21 shots from three-point range. Dallas shot 80.8% at the charity stripe by converting 21 of their 26 shots. Furthermore, Dallas totaled 37 boards (9 offensive, 28 defensive) and added 5 blocks. Dallas dished out 20 assists and had 5 steals in the game. Concerning defense, San Antonio allowed the other team to shoot 37.3% from the field on 31 of 83 shooting. They also doled out 24 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 16 turnovers and having 10 steals. When discussing rebounding, they earned 50 with 11 of them being of the offensive sort. From the free throw line, the Spurs made 17 of 28 attempts for a percentage of 60.7%. San Antonio wrapped up the contest having earned a 57.5% FG percentage (50 of 87) and converted 8 of their 20 shots from distance.

Victor Wembanyama is one guy who was a contributor in the game. Wembanyama walked away from this one shooting 71.4% from the field and distributed 1 assist. He played for 30 minutes and also totaled 15 boards. He recorded 40 points on 15 of 21 shooting.

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San Antonio will enter this matchup after finishing with a mark of 34-48 last season. They averaged 113.9 points per outing (16th in the league) on 46.5% from the floor. The Spurs hit on 35.7% on 3-pointers (1,158 of 3,246) and 77.4% from the free throw line. As a team, San Antonio pulled down 43.7 rebounds per game and accounted for 2,348 dimes throughout last year, which was 6th in basketball in terms of passing. They turned it over 13.9 times per game and as a team committed 16.6 fouls per game.

When they were on the defensive end, the Spurs forced their opponents into 13.7 turnovers on a nightly basis and they drew 17.4 personal fouls. They surrendered 36.5% on 3-pointers and they were ranked 23rd in the NBA in PPG from their opponents (116.7). The Spurs defense allowed an opponent shooting percentage of 47.4% (3,595 of 7,587) and they surrendered 46.2 rebounds per game as a basketball team. They were 23rd in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 2,296 relinquished over the course of last year.

In their last game, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 128-122 against the Grizzlies. The Pelicans were able to collect 30 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive rebounds totaling 47 in this game. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while getting 10 steals in this matchup. The Grizzlies earned 29 fouls for this game which got the Pelicans to the charity stripe for 31 tries. They were able to make 22 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 71.0%. Regarding shots from distance, New Orleans converted 10 of 27 attempts (37.0%). Overall, the Pelicans shot 45 for 98 from the floor which had them at 45.9%. The Pelicans allowed the Grizzlies to make 41 of their 80 attempts from the floor which had them sitting at 51.3% in the matchup. They shot 29.7% from distance by connecting on 11 of 37 and ended up going 35 of 43 from the free throw line (81.4%). Regarding rebounds, New Orleans allowed Memphis to collect 39 in all (6 offensive).

Zion Williamson was important for the Pelicans in this contest. He converted 10 of 21 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 47.6%, and tallied 9 rebounds. Williamson had 27 points in his 33 mins of playing time and had 5 dimes in this game.

New Orleans had a win-loss record of 21-61 last year. On the offensive side of the court, the Pelicans shot 45.2% from the floor, which was ranked 24th in the league. New Orleans tallied 9,006 points throughout last year (109.8 per game) and they grabbed 43.6 boards per contest. They got an assist 25.8 times per contest (19th in basketball) and they coughed up possession 14.6 times per game. The Pelicans committed 18.3 personal fouls every game and they connected on 75.4% from the free throw line.

The New Orleans defense allowed 36.5% on three-point shots (1,199 of 3,289) and their opponents knocked down 78.6% of their free throw attempts. They surrendered 28.6 dimes and 45.7 rebounds every game, which was ranked 27th and 27th in the NBA. The Pelicans on the defensive side of the court were 26th in the league in PPG allowed with 119.3. They forced their opponents into 14.0 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 48.3% from the floor (29th in the league).

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Antonio

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