{"id":473124,"date":"2026-10-22T07:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473124\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T07:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:02:08","slug":"houston-heads-to-san-antonio-for-conference-showdown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/473124\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston heads to San Antonio for conference showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets<\/a> (1-0, third in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (0-1, eighth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

LINE: Spurs -7.5; over\/under is 226.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Houston travels to San Antonio for a Western Conference matchup.<\/p>\n

San Antonio went 62-20 overall, 13-3 in Southwest Division action and 32-8 at home last season. The Spurs averaged 119.8 points per game last season, 52.1 in the paint, 17.1 off of turnovers and 16.3 on fast breaks.<\/p>\n

Houston finished 52-30 overall, 10-6 in Southwest Division games and 22-19 on the road last season. The Rockets shot 47.9% from the field and 36.4% from 3-point range last season.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Spurs: Jayden Quaintance<\/a>: out (knee), Tobias Harris<\/a>: day to day (calf).<\/p>\n

Rockets: Steven Adams<\/a>: out (calf).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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