SAN ANTONIO – The Charlotte Hornets will try to build on a recent surge when they travel to San Antonio for a non-conference matchup against the Spurs on Saturday.
San Antonio (48-18), second in the Western Conference, hosts Charlotte (34-33), 10th in the Eastern Conference, with tipoff set for 3:30 p.m. EDT. It will be the second meeting between the teams this season after the Hornets won 111-106 on Jan. 31.
The Spurs have been tough to beat at home, going 25-7 in San Antonio. They are averaging 118.9 points per game and outscoring opponents by 7.0 points per game.
Charlotte has been solid away from home at 20-16, though the Hornets are 3-6 in games decided by fewer than four points.
The matchup features two teams with similar shooting profiles. San Antonio is shooting 48.0% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 47.0% Charlotte allows. The Hornets are shooting 45.9% from the field, 0.7% higher than the 45.2% opponents have shot against the Spurs.
Keldon Johnson has been a steady contributor for San Antonio, averaging 12.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. De’Aaron Fox is averaging 18.2 points and 3.3 rebounds over the last 10 games. For Charlotte, Kon Knueppel is averaging 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists, while Brandon Miller is averaging 21.5 points over the last 10 games.
Both teams enter the game playing well. Over their last 10 games, the Spurs are 8-2, averaging 120.8 points per game while allowing 111.5. The Hornets are also 8-2 in that span, averaging 117.6 points per game and holding opponents to 104.1.
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San Antonio listed David Jones Garcia as out for the season with an ankle injury, while Victor Wembanyama is day to day with an ankle injury. The Hornets listed Liam McNeeley (ankle), Grant Williams (knee), Ryan Kalkbrenner (illness) and Tidjane Salaun (knee) as day to day.