Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Super Bowl
It’s an interconference battle on the hardwood as a pair of teams on opposite sides of the playoff cut line take the floor in search of a victory on the shores of Lake Erie. The San Antonio Spurs are on the road as they make the trip up the eastern seaboard to face the Cleveland Cavaliers Monday night. San Antonio comes in off a 125-106 road loss to Atlanta in their previous game Saturday night, failing to cover the line as a 13-point underdog. Cleveland rallied in the fourth quarter to take down the Bulls 97-89 at home Saturday night, covering the line as a six-point favorite. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Spurs own a 66-36 edge, including a 112-111 home win in the first meeting this season on December 12, 2022.
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San Antonio fell in Atlanta Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back situation and enter this game losers of 12 straight games. The Spurs dropped to 14-43 on the season and stand fourth in the Southwest Division, 21 games behind the Grizzlies for the top spot. They were 14th in the West, 25 games behind the Nuggets for the top spot, 16 games behind the Clippers for the final guaranteed playoff spot and 14 games behind the Thunder for a spot in the play-in tournament. Against Atlanta, San Antonio hung tough for a half before fading. The Spurs were down one after the opening quarter and at the half before getting outscored 32-17 in the third quarter to trail 93-77. San Antonio never got closer than 13 the rest of the way. The Spurs shot 42.6% from the field, including 11 of 37 from three-point range, and turned the ball over 19 times in the loss. Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 25 points in the loss.
For the year, the Spurs are 23rd in the league in scoring offense as they average 112.5 points per game on the year. San Antonio is 16th in rebounding by grabbing 42.9 boards a night while they are fourth in the league in assists by handing out 27 dimes per contest. The Spurs are 30th in the league in scoring defense as they give up an average of 122.8 points per game. Keldon Johnson leads the team with 21.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game this season. Devin Vassell (19.4 points), Tre Jones (12.8 points, 6.3 assists) and Doug McDermott (9.8 points) each are valuable secondary options. Zach Collins, Keita Bates-Diop, Blake Wesley, Jeremy Sochan (10.1 points), Romeo Langford, Devonte’ Graham, Isaiah Roby, Khem Birch and Gorgui Dieng are other rotation pieces for coach Gregg Popovich. San Antonio is 20th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 47% from the floor on the year. The Spurs are 28th in threes per game as they connect on 10.5 triples a night while they are 25th in three-point percentage by shooting 34% from beyond the arc.
Vassell (knee) had surgery and last played January 2 against the Nets. He has no timetable for return at this point. Langford (adductor) hasn’t taken the floor since January 23 and has no timetable for return. Birch missed the last two games as the trade with Toronto hadn’t been completed while McDermott (Achilles) was injured February 10 against the Pistons and missed Saturday’s game with Atlanta. Watch for updates to see if they will take the floor in this contest.
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