SAN ANTONIO – The Spurs will host the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. EDT, coming off a 139-120 win against the Dallas Mavericks in which Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points.

Sunday’s game will be the fourth meeting of the season between the two Western Conference contenders. The Spurs are 62-19 and sit second in the Western Conference, while the Nuggets are 53-28 and third.

Denver won the previous matchup, beating San Antonio 136-134 in overtime on April 4. Nikola Jokic scored 40 points for the Nuggets in that game, and Wembanyama had 34 points for the Spurs.

San Antonio is 36-15 against Western Conference opponents and ranks ninth in the NBA with 28.1 assists per game. Stephon Castle leads the Spurs at 7.4 assists per game. Denver is 35-16 against conference opponents and is sixth in the Western Conference with 15.3 fast break points per game, led by Christian Braun at 3.8.

The Spurs are making 13.6 3-pointers per game this season, matching the per-game average the Nuggets allow. Denver is averaging 122.0 points per game, which is 10.7 more than the 111.3 points per game San Antonio allows.

For San Antonio, De’Aaron Fox is averaging 18.5 points and 6.2 assists, while Wembanyama is averaging 24.1 points over the last 10 games. For Denver, Bruce Brown is averaging 7.8 points and 3.9 rebounds, and Tim Hardaway Jr. is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

The Spurs are 9-1 over their last 10 games, averaging 126.0 points, 50.3 rebounds and 31.7 assists per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.9 points. The Nuggets are 10-0 in their last 10, averaging 131.2 points, 47.0 rebounds and 33.3 assists per game while shooting 51.6%. Their opponents have averaged 120.1 points.

Both teams list multiple injuries. The Spurs report David Jones Garcia is out for the season with an ankle injury and Castle is out with a knee injury. The Nuggets list Braun (ankle), Jamal Murray (shoulder), Aaron Gordon (hamstring), Peyton Watson (hamstring), Jokic (wrist), Cameron Johnson (injury management) and Spencer Jones (hamstring) as out.