Portland Trail Blazers (9-18, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (14-13, 11th in the Western Conference)
San Antonio; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio hosts the Portland Trail Blazers after Victor Wembanyama scored 42 points in the San Antonio Spurs' 133-126 overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
The Spurs have gone 12-12 against Western Conference teams. San Antonio gives up 113.4 points and has been outscored by 1.7 points per game.
The Trail Blazers are 8-17 in conference games. Portland has a 6-14 record against teams over .500.
The Spurs score 111.7 points per game, 4.7 fewer points than the 116.4 the Trail Blazers give up. The Trail Blazers' 43.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.7 percentage points lower than the Spurs have allowed to their opponents (46.6%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Wembanyama is averaging 24.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.5 blocks for the Spurs.
Anfernee Simons is scoring 17.7 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Trail Blazers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Spurs: 5-5, averaging 115.0 points, 43.9 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 8.6 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.6 points per game.
Trail Blazers: 2-8, averaging 111.1 points, 40.2 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.0 points.
INJURIES: Spurs: None listed.
Trail Blazers: Matisse Thybulle: out (ankle), Dalano Banton: day to day (hip).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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