5-2 NBA RUN! MONDAY PLATINUM CLUB!
- Handicapper
- Jim Feist
- League
- NBA
- Competition
- San Antonio Spurs vs Phoenix Suns
- Release Date
- 11/08/2026 11:48 PM
- Event Date
- 11/09/2026 09:10 PM
- Bet Type
- Point Spread
- Pick
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San Antonio Spurs -8.5 (-110)
(BetMGM)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- My top NBA play for Monday night will be on the visiting San Antonio Spurs at the Phoenix Suns. One of the main reasons to like the Spurs in this spot is because of Victor Wembanyama and the gap in size and defense. Wembanyama is averaging 29.1 points, 12.0 rebounds and a league-leading 3.9 blocks per game, and 33.2 points per game over his last five, including a 52-point, 24-rebound night against Dallas, and he is not on the Spurs' injury report. Phoenix has no answer for him inside: Mark Williams is out after shoulder surgery and hasn't played this season, leaving Khaman Maluach and Oso Ighodaro to share the center minutes, neither playing more than 22 minutes a game. San Antonio out-rebounds Phoenix 48.5 to 39.3 per game, and the defensive ratings tell the same story, 107.1 for the Spurs against 119.5 for the Suns. The Spurs are 4-0 on the road, scoring 122.0 points per game away from home, on an eight-game winning streak, and they already beat Phoenix 123-103 on October 14. San Antonio averages 118.4 points per game with a +10.3 point differential, second-best in the league, while Phoenix allows 118.6 per game and sits at -6.3.
Phoenix has won two straight, Devin Booker is averaging 25.3 points and scored the last nine in Saturday's win over Houston, and the Suns have shown they can get physical with Wembanyama, holding him to 4-for-14 for nine points with six turnovers in a November 2025 meeting. The Spurs are also without Tobias Harris and Jayden Quaintance, neither of whom has played this season. But Booker is the only Sun above 17 points a game, Jordan Goodwin is out with a calf injury, and Phoenix lacks the size and rebounding to hold up for 48 minutes against a Spurs team that has won four of its last five by double digits.
Jim’s Play: 513. Spurs
