Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 1/3/2026 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Saturday, January 3, 2026

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The San Antonio Spurs (24-9) will compete against the Portland Trail Blazers (14-20) at Frost Bank Center on Saturday.

The Trail Blazers faced the Thunder and took a loss by a final of 124-95 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 21 and the Thunder recorded 18 personal fouls. They also converted 16 of their 49 tries from downtown. Oklahoma City finished the contest at 76.9% at the charity stripe by converting 20 of their 26 shots. Furthermore, Oklahoma City collected 41 rebounds (5 offensive, 36 defensive) and earned 3 blocked shots. Oklahoma City earned 29 assists and had 15 steals in this game. When talking about the defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 48.9% from the floor on 44 out of 90 shooting. They also distributed 20 assists in the game while forcing 15 turnovers and getting 10 steals. With respect to hauling in rebounds, they collected a total of 50 with 12 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Trail Blazers buried 13 of their 17 attempts for a percentage of 76.5%. Portland ended having earned a 39.1% FG percentage (34 out of 87) and converted 14 out of their 35 3-point attempts.

Toumani Camara is one player who was a major contributor in the matchup. He was able to score 6 points on 2 of 7 shooting. He saw the court for 34 minutes and collected 7 rebounds. Camara went 28.6% from the field and earned 4 assists.

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Portland enters this matchup with a win-loss mark of 14-20 for the year. They currently have an average of 116.2 points per outing (17th in the NBA) while shooting 44.6% from the field. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 33.7% on three-point attempts (470 of 1,395) and 77.6% from the free throw line. As a unit, Portland is pulling down 45.4 boards per contest and has earned 836 dimes for the campaign, which is 21st in the league in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 17.5 times per game and as a team they are committing 22.4 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Trail Blazers are able to force 15.6 turnovers every game and they draw 23.5 fouls. They currently rank 22nd in the NBA in giving up assists to their opponents with 915 surrendered for the campaign. The Trail Blazers defense is giving up a field goal percentage of 47.7% (1,454 of 3,047) and they surrender 43.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They are conceding 35.9% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 25th in the league in PPG allowed (120.2).

When they last played, the Spurs took home the win by a final score of 134-132 against the Knicks. In reference to rebounding, San Antonio permitted New York to pull down 40 in total (10 offensive). They finished the game shooting 42.3% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 22 out of 52 and walked away from this one shooting 18 out of 20 from the charity stripe (90.0%). The Spurs permitted the Knicks to convert 46 out of 96 tries from the field which had them shooting 47.9% in this contest. When the game finished, the Spurs went 44 out of 89 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 49.4%. In reference to shooting from beyond the arc, San Antonio knocked down 14 of 38 attempts (36.8%). They were able to convert 32 of those for a rate of 80.0%. The Knicks were called for 30 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Spurs to the charity stripe for a total of 40 shots. They also gave up possession of the ball 11 times, while recording 7 steals in the matchup. The Spurs were able to corral 37 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds for a total of 48 for the matchup.

De'Aaron Fox pitched in for the Spurs in the matchup. He made 11 out of 21 for the contest for a field goal rate of 52.4%, and earned 1 rebound. Fox totaled 26 points in his 38 mins of playing time and tallied 7 assists for this game.

San Antonio has a win-loss mark of 24-9 for the season. When it comes to executing on offense, the Spurs are shooting 48.3% from the floor, which ranks 6th in the league. San Antonio has totaled 3,958 pts for the campaign (119.9 per game) and they snag 46.2 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 26.0 times per game (15th in the league) and they turn it over 14.3 times per game. The Spurs are committing 19.6 personal fouls per game and they shoot 79.4% from the free throw line.

The Spurs defensively are ranked 10th in the league in points allowed per game with 114.2. They are forcing 13.8 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.5% from the field (12th in the league). The San Antonio defense gives up 36.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (436 of 1,206) and their opponents are knocking down 79.0% of their free throw shots. They give up 27.0 dimes and 41.8 boards per contest, which is ranked 17th and 7th in the league.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Portland

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