{"id":193049,"date":"2026-03-06T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193049\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:45:09","slug":"san-antonio-faces-los-angeles-seeks-7th-straight-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193049\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio faces Los Angeles, seeks 7th straight home win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clippers<\/a> (30-31, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (45-17, second in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">San Antonio; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spurs -7.5; over\/under is 225.5<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio will try to keep its six-game home win streak intact when the Spurs play Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Spurs are 26-13 against Western Conference opponents. San Antonio ranks third in the Western Conference with 16.5 fast break points per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/stephon-castle-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephon Castle<\/a> averaging 2.9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Clippers are 19-18 in Western Conference play. Los Angeles ranks fourth in the Western Conference shooting 36.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The 118.2 points per game the Spurs average are 6.2 more points than the Clippers give up (112.0). The Clippers are shooting 48.1% from the field, 3.1% higher than the 45.0% the Spurs&#8217; opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/victor-wembanyama-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a> is averaging 23.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and three blocks for the Spurs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/devin-vassell-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Vassell<\/a> is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/kris-dunn-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kris Dunn<\/a> is averaging eight points, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Clippers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/kawhi-leonard-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> is averaging 25.8 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 49.7% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Spurs: 9-1, averaging 121.3 points, 45.9 rebounds, 31.2 assists, 8.5 steals and 7.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.8 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Clippers: 6-4, averaging 113.0 points, 42.1 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 9.6 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.9 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">INJURIES: Spurs: David Jones Garcia: out for season (ankle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/harrison-barnes-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harrison Barnes<\/a>: day to day (ankle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/mason-plumlee-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Plumlee<\/a>: day to day (reconditioning).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Clippers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/yanic-konan-niederhauser-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>: out for season (foot), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/bradley-beal-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Beal<\/a>: out for season (hip), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/john-collins-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Collins<\/a>: out (arm), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/darius-garland-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darius Garland<\/a>: out (toe).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Clippers (30-31, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (45-17, second in the Western&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[40837,45450,32000,64550,32001,40840,25092,40841,6407,70621,16585,82,84,83,1066,1504,509,64549],"class_list":{"0":"post-193049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-bradley-beal","9":"tag-darius-garland","10":"tag-devin-vassell","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-harrison-barnes","13":"tag-john-collins","14":"tag-kawhi-leonard","15":"tag-kris-dunn","16":"tag-la-clippers","17":"tag-mason-plumlee","18":"tag-national-basketball-association","19":"tag-san-antonio","20":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","21":"tag-san-antonio-news","22":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","23":"tag-stephon-castle","24":"tag-victor-wembanyama","25":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}