Free NBA Picks Today: Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs 3/5/23

Free NBA Picks Today: Houston Rockets vs San Antonio Spurs 3/5/23
Sun 5th March 2023

The San Antonio Spurs (16-48, 6-26 Away) travel to face the Houston Rockets (14-49, 8-22 Home), who will be hoping to snap their home losing streak, on Sunday. The teams will be playing their second straight game against each other. Houston beat San Antonio 122-110 at AT&T Center yesterday.

Tari Eason led the Rockets with 20 points. Devonte’ Graham had 28 points in the loss. The Spurs are the 14th seed in the Western Conference. The Rockets are the 15th seed in the Western Conference. San Antonio has got the win in two out of three games between the teams this season.

Keldon Johnson is averaging 21.8 points per game to lead the Spurs in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Jakob Poeltl is grabbing 9.0 rebounds per game, and Tre Jones is dishing 6.2 assists.

Jalen Green’s 21.5 points per game have powered the Rockets on offense. Alperen Sengun is posting 8.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. The teams have split their last 10 meetings at Toyota Center (5-5). Houston has lost five straight at home this season.

San Antonio is 2-8 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -9.3 (109.4-118.7). Houston has gone 1-9 over the last 10, allowing 122.6 points per game on average while scoring only 109.1 (-13.5 margin).

SPURS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Jeremy Sochan: 28.5 | 18.3 | +10.2
Tre Jones: 14.0 | 22.3 | -8.3
Points per game:
Jeremy Sochan: 17.8 | 10.6 | +7.2
Tre Jones: 7.0 | 12.5 | -5.5
Rebounds per game:
Jeremy Sochan: 7.8 | 5.1 | +2.6
Assists per game:
Tre Jones: 4.5 | 6.2 | -1.7

ROCKETS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Tari Eason: 23.4 | 15.8 | +7.6
Kevin Porter Jr.: 20.0 | 29.8 | -9.8
Points per game:
KJ Martin: 16.8 | 12.0 | +4.8
Kevin Porter Jr.: 11.0 | 18.8 | -7.8
Rebounds per game:
Tari Eason: 8.0 | 5.7 | +2.3
Assists per game:
Alperen Sengun: 6.0 | 3.9 | +2.1
Kevin Porter Jr.: 3.5 | 5.5 | -2.0

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Houston Rockets (-140)

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