SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs (10-38) will host the New Orleans Pelicans (27-21) tonight. This will be the first game of a back-to-back set for the Spurs.
GAME REWIND
The Spurs are coming off a home loss versus the Magic, 108-98.
Victor Wembanyama recorded 21 points and eight rebounds. Jeremy Sochan had 18 points and 12 rebounds. Cedi Osman added eight points off the bench. Devin Vassell recorded 26 points in the win. Tre Jones added eight points and eight assists.
"They're (Magic) huge. They're strong, they're big. We're talking about 6-9,6-10, 6-11 guys that are athletic. Just really impressive. Their bodies and how they move and Coach Mosley has done a great job with them," Gregg Popovich said. "They're playing the right way, they're sharing the basketball, playing with pace, their defense put us in a hole. They really picked up their defense there in the third quarter. That's always when it gets real physical like that it's a bit of a problem for us."
INJURY REPORT
THE UNIFORMS
The Spurs will be in their Icon Edition jerseys today.
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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
1. New Orleans is ranked 4th in steals per game (8.0) and is ranked 8th in the NBA in deflections per game (15.2).
2. New Orleans' Zion Williamson is averaging 17.2 points in the paint this season, which ranked 2nd in the NBA.
3. New Orleans' CJ McCollum is shooting 43.6% from three-point range, which is ranked 1st in the NBA for any player attempting seven or more threes a game.
4. The Spurs have lost six straight games to the Pelicans.
5. The Spurs are 3-4 one the first game of a back-to-back.
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