{"id":204483,"date":"2026-03-14T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204483\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:35:10","slug":"game-preview-san-antonio-spurs-vs-charlotte-hornets-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204483\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Charlotte Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Fresh off a loss to the Denver Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs will look to get back on track against the red-hot Charlotte Hornets. The Spurs have added another key player to the injury report in what could be an all-hands-on-deck type of game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Victor Wembanyama missed San Antonio\u2019s last game due to an ankle injury. It\u2019s not expected to be serious, and he\u2019s cutting incredibly close to not hitting the 65 games played qualification for end-of-season awards. Bets are on the big man playing, but he\u2019s officially questionable against Charlotte. Dylan Harper is also on the injury report with a calf contusion. We\u2019ll see if the Spurs guard suits up before tomorrow\u2019s matinee.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Spurs dropped their previous meeting with Charlotte this season, 111-106. That game came on short rest and was a day game on the road. Both teams have been hot ever since the game. The Spurs have won 16 of their last 18, while the Hornets are 8-2 in their last 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">San Antonio may have to rely on its depth to take down the plucky Hornets. A weekend win would be just what the team needs to remain confident after a tough loss to Denver early in the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poundingtherock.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio Spurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;San Antonio Spurs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>\u00a0(48-18) vs.\u00a0Charlotte Hornets (34-33)March 14th, 2026 | 2:30 PM CTWatch: Prime | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Spurs Injuries: Dylan Harper \u2013 Questionable (calf), Victor Wembanyama \u2013 Questionable (ankle), Harrison Ingram \u2013 Questionable (G League), David Jones-Garcia \u2013 Out (G League), Emanuel Miller \u2013 Questionable (G League)<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hornets Injuries:\u00a0PJ Hall \u2013 Out (G League), Ryan Kalkbrenner \u2013 Probable (illness), Liam McNeeley \u2013 Out (ankle), Antonio Reeves \u2013 Out (G League), Tidjane Salaun \u2013 Out (calf), Coby White \u2013 Probable (heel)<\/p>\n<p>What to watch for:Defending the three<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Hornets may be developing the new Splash Brothers. Kon Knueppel and LaMelo Ball are first and third in total three-pointers made this season. Brandon Miller is shooting threes at a 37.9% clip. Charlotte has a lot of players who can bury you from deep. The Spurs have struggled a bit against teams that can space them out. San Antonio will have to force Charlotte\u2019s shooters into tough looks to keep pace on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Castle keeps it going<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Stephon Castle has been stellar since the All-Star break. He\u2019s averaging 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 6.9 assists while hitting 40.5% of his three-pointers. He\u2019s coming off a 30-point triple-double against Denver on Thursday night. Castle should have the physical and athletic advantage against many of the Hornets\u2019 perimeter defenders. If he continues to hit his threes, he should be able to punish Charlotte inside and out.<\/p>\n<p>The big man rotation<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If Wembanyama misses another game, it will be interesting to see how Mitch Johnson distributes minutes among his big men. Against Denver, he started Luke Kornet but played him only 25 minutes, while giving the newly acquired center Mason Plumlee 8 minutes. In the other 15 minutes, the Spurs went small, using Keldon Johnson, Harrison Barnes, and Carter Bryant as small-ball centers. If they did that against Nikola Jokic with some success, they surely could do the same against Charlotte. Wembanyama seems likely to play, but if he doesn\u2019t, a small-ball approach could help the Spurs keep up with the Hornets\u2019 perimeter-oriented attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off a loss to the Denver Nuggets, the San Antonio Spurs will look to get back on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80532,61051,41580,6383,52028,6389,2715,80533,32001,23010,41579,16027,61050,68580,23005,70621,6408,80534,16029,82,84,83,1066,1504,4847,509],"class_list":{"0":"post-204483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-antonio-reeves","9":"tag-brandon-miller","10":"tag-carter-bryant","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-coby-white","13":"tag-denver-nuggets","14":"tag-dylan-harper","15":"tag-emanuel-miller","16":"tag-harrison-barnes","17":"tag-harrison-ingram","18":"tag-keldon-johnson","19":"tag-kon-knueppel","20":"tag-lamelo-ball","21":"tag-liam-mcneeley","22":"tag-luke-kornet","23":"tag-mason-plumlee","24":"tag-nikola-jokic","25":"tag-pj-hall","26":"tag-ryan-kalkbrenner","27":"tag-san-antonio","28":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","29":"tag-san-antonio-news","30":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","31":"tag-stephon-castle","32":"tag-the-spurs","33":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204483","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=204483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}