{"id":22473,"date":"2026-11-13T21:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=22473"},"modified":"2026-11-13T21:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:03:43","slug":"nba-tips-warriors-vs-spurs-preview-and-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/nba\/nba-tips-warriors-vs-spurs-preview-and-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Tips: Warriors vs Spurs Preview and Best Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"
We’ve got nine NBA Cup games on Saturday, including a Western Conference showdown between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n
This NBA Cup fixture was looking much more enticing a few days ago, but unfortunately the very in-form Steph Curry has succumbed to injury and will be out of action for a few weeks.<\/p>\n
As a result, the Spurs are red-hot favourites and really shouldn’t have any problems against this Warriors outfit.<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama has been on fire lately and is the MVP favourite off the back of a big couple of weeks, while Yaxel Lendeborg has a chance to cement his Rookie of the Year favouritism.<\/p>\n
He’s producing an MVP-calibre season, and Wemby’s recent form has been off the charts.<\/p>\n
Wemby has hit 25+ points in eight of his last nine games, averaging 33.7 points per game during this stretch.<\/p>\n
What’s more impressive is that he’s doing this in just 29 minutes per game, putting his per-36-minute points production at 41.2 during this run.<\/p>\n
Without Steph Curry, Yaxel Lendeborg is Golden State’s primary offensive option.<\/p>\n
Yaxel has played two games without Steph already this season and has hit 20+ points in both fairly comfortably, with 26 against the Suns and 37 against the Clippers, while he had 25 against the Rockets last start when Steph got injured.<\/p>\n
The Spurs matchup will be tough for him, but the usage will be there to hit this mark.<\/p>\n
Starter or not, I still think De’Anthony Melton plays big minutes, and he’s played well without Steph this season.<\/p>\n
Melton has averaged 23 points a game from the two games without Curry, but more importantly for this leg, he’s shot the ball extremely well from deep.<\/p>\n
Against the Suns, Melton had four triples, but he went up a notch against the Clippers, knocking down six from deep. He’s had 3+ in his last two games entering this, so with more usage he shouldn’t have trouble hitting two.<\/p>\n