Free NBA Picks Today: Denver Nuggets vs San Antonio Spurs 11/5/22

The Denver Nuggets (5-3, 3-0 Home), one of the NBA’s top shooting teams, host the San Antonio Spurs (5-4, 3-1 Away) on Saturday. San Antonio is playing on back-to-back days after being defeated by the Los Angeles Clippers 113-106 at AT&T Center yesterday. Devin Vassell led the way in the loss with 29 points. The Spurs are fifth in the Western Conference.

Denver triumphed on Thursday at Paycom Center, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-110. Aaron Gordon had 27 points, carrying the team. The Nuggets are trailing the Phoenix Suns by 1.5 games in the Western Conference, currently sitting in fourth.The teams are meeting for the first time this season. San Antonio and Denver split their matchups last season, winning two apiece.

The Spurs earned the win in the last meeting 116-97 at Ball Arena on April 5. Vassell led the Spurs with 20 points and eight rebounds. Nikola Jokic had 41 points, 17 rebounds, and four assists in defeat.Keldon Johnson and Vassell, averaging 22.9 and 21.6 points per game, respectively, have led the Spurs in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Jakob Poeltl is grabbing 10.3 rebounds per game, and Tre Jones is dishing 5.6 assists.

Jokic (20.3 ppg) and Michael Porter Jr. (17.4) have been the primary providers of the Nuggets’ offense. Jokic has also stuffed the stat sheet with 11.4 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game, for which he ranks sixth and fifth in the league, respectively.Shooting 48.4% from the field, the Nuggets are one of the most accurate field goal shooting teams in the NBA (3rd).

The Spurs have struggled in recent visits to Ball Arena, losing eight of the last 10. Denver is looking to remain unbeaten at home this season in three games. Meanwhile, the Spurs won the only prior game this season when playing the second of a back-to-back, which also saw them playing against a rested opponent. The Nuggets are 0-1 with a rest advantage.