SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs (5-6) will host the Washington Wizards (2-7) for their first season meeting. The game will be highlighted by Victor Wembanyama and Alex Sarr, two French big men facing off for the first time.
GAME REWIND
The Spurs are coming off a 116-96 home win versus Sacramento.
Victor Wembanyama had 34 points and 14 rebounds. Julian Champagnie had 13 points and six rebounds, Harrison Barnes finished with 10, Keldon Johnson had 11, and Chris Paul had 12 points and 11 assists.
Devin Vassell added 12 points, and Stephon Castle had 10 points and six assists.
Due to injury, San Antonio was without Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham, and Tre Jones. Head coach Gregg Popovich was also out due to illness. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson assumed head coaching duties for the game.
“Mitch Johnson gave us a great speech at halftime. Just talked about us making sure that we remain confident and told us that we were beating ourselves, just being sloppy with the turnovers," said Paul. "Our whole coaching staff. Brett Brown talked to us today at shootaround [and] during the game. I think as the more games we play, we'll continue to build that confidence in each other.”
INJURY REPORT
THE UNIFORMS
The Spurs will be in their Icon Edition jerseys today.
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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
1. Washington has scored 120-plus points in five of the last seven meetings against San Antonio.
2. The Wizards have won two games straight in San Antonio.
3. Waizards' Sarr averages 2.4 blocks per game to lead all rookies this season.
4. The Spurs have connected on more three-pointers in four consecutive games.
5. The Spurs have turned the ball over more than the opposition in four straight games.
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