San Antonio Spurs – Golden State Warriors Preview – Can a depleted Golden State stay close?
San Antonio Spurs vs Golden State Warriors betting tips start with the injury report. Stephen Curry left the Warriors’ last game in the first quarter and is listed as out. A medical update describes an abdominal (oblique) tear, with a re-evaluation in two weeks. Jimmy Butler III, Kristaps Porzingis, Moses Moody and Brandon Williams are also listed as out, and Gary Payton II is day-to-day.
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The Spurs, meanwhile, lost their first two games of the season and have won ten in a row since. They are 10-2 and second in the Western Conference. They finished a road trip with four wins from four, the last of them in Chicago, where they came back from 22 points down in the second quarter. Victor Wembanyama had a huge night there and Dylan Harper added 18 points and ten assists.
Golden State are 8-4 and were on an eight-game winning streak until Houston ended it. That run included a rout of the New Orleans Pelicans. Our preview of that Houston game explains why the Warriors had been so hard to beat. Without Curry they have lost the player who made that run work.
Tip-off is at 02:30 GMT on Saturday 14 November (9:30 pm ET on Friday 13 November). Neither side is on a back-to-back, so there is no tired-legs angle. The market has San Antonio as firm favourites, and I agree with it.
San Antonio Spurs – Golden State Warriors Betting Tips
Betting Tip: San Antonio Spurs (-11.5)
This needs a Spurs win by twelve or more, which is a big ask against most NBA teams. Here the gap in available talent justifies it. Golden State will be without Curry, Butler and Porzingis. The Spurs have beaten Phoenix by 26 and Portland by 22 on the road in this streak.
Our look at the Spurs’ win in Phoenix shows how quickly they can pull away once they are ahead. At home against a thin rotation, that is a margin I am happy to lay. Overtime counts in every market, but this should be settled well before then.
Betting Tip: Golden State Warriors Total points: Under 103.5
The Warriors need to score 104 or more to beat this tip, and I do not see where it comes from. With Curry, Butler, Porzingis, Moody and Williams all out, the shot creation has gone. In Houston they started a bigger lineup with Al Horford at centre and Draymond Green at power forward.
They scored 108 points there. Yaxel Lendeborg and Brandin Podziemski can both score, but they will have to do it against Wembanyama’s length in the paint. I would not read much into the Warriors’ recent 138-point game.
Betting Tip: San Antonio Spurs Total points: Over 116.5
This is the Spurs scoring freely while Golden State are held down. The Spurs scored 122 or more in each game of their road trip. They only need 117 here, and a home game against a short-handed defence should give them room to get there.
If the Spurs win comfortably and the Warriors stay under their number, all three tips can win together. Check the injury report before tip-off, in case Devin Vassell or Tobias Harris, both day-to-day, are ruled out. Then go to the latest NBA odds at the sportsbook to place the bets and compare current prices.
What to expect
My read is simple. San Antonio will start fast, build a lead through the middle quarters and hold it. The Warriors will stay in touch for a while through Draymond Green’s passing and Podziemski’s shooting. Then the gap in depth will show once the Spurs’ bench comes on. The main risk to these tips is garbage time, when San Antonio take their starters off early with the game won. That could cost the spread and the team total, so the first tip carries the most risk and the Warriors’ under the least.
When does San Antonio Spurs vs Golden State Warriors tip off?
At 02:30 GMT on Saturday 14 November, which is 9:30 pm ET on Friday 13 November.
What is our main tip for this game?
San Antonio Spurs (-11.5) on the spread, backed by the Warriors’ injury list and the Spurs’ ten-game winning streak.
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