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The final time the Spurs met the Lakers, it was a parade to the free throw line, with 66 referred to as fouls and 84 free throw makes an attempt. The calls weren’t significantly one-sided, with the Lakers taking 44 to the Spurs’ 40, however it made the sport exhausting to look at and unattainable to play with any form of rhythm on offense. Luka took a game-high 17 free throw makes an attempt on his method to 35 factors, whereas no Spurs participant took greater than 11. Victor Wembanyama was the excessive scorer that night time for the Silver and Black, however he gained’t be obtainable tonight.
Each time the Spurs play a recreation this season, I am going to the NBA official harm stories web page to examine to see who shall be obtainable for each groups. For this recreation, you may see some necessary information: an necessary participant shall be returning to the lineup tonight. That’s proper, Jordan McLaughlin is questionable, however ought to be capable of play tonight, and that’s nice information. Just one participant is out tonight for the Silver and Black, and also you most likely already guessed it. Victor Wembanyama won’t be obtainable tonight, regardless that the crew has mentioned that he’s near returning. It could be nice to see him tonight, however possibly he’ll be obtainable for the second cup recreation on Saturday in Las Vegas if the Spurs win, or the loser’s bracket recreation which is able to most likely be performed on Monday towards probably the Suns.
The Lakers aren’t simply Luka Doncic, as a result of tonight they will even have Austin Reaves and LeBron James obtainable, who have been each out within the first matchup. With the Spurs lacking Victor Wembanyama and the Lakers at full power, this could possibly be a tricky night time for the nice guys, however will probably be attention-grabbing to see the matchup between Stephon Citadel and Doncic—Citadel has the scale and power to hassle Luka, but when he performs with an excessive amount of physicality he might get into early foul bother. I predict a giant night time for De’Aaron Fox, he wasn’t obtainable for the final recreation and he all the time performs nicely towards the Lakers. If the Spurs can hold with the Lakers for 3 quarters, they will pull out a win, as a result of Fox can take over the sport within the remaining minutes, and dominate the clutch minutes.
Open query: Has the Lakers’ NBA Cup courtroom been repaired for this recreation, or will they play on the common season courtroom? It was beforehand broken, and I haven’t heard in the event that they have been in a position to restore it in time for tonight’s recreation.
Sooner or later in the course of the recreation, Mitch Johnson will get near the courtroom and breathe on Luka Doncic, and shall be assessed a technical foul for being too near him. Within the means of complaining in regards to the name, he’ll breathe on Doncic a second time, which is able to end in a second tech and an ejection.
San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA Cup quarterfinals)December 10, 2025 | 9:00 PM CT Streaming: PrimeTV: Amazon PrimeReminder: It’s towards website coverage to put up hyperlinks to unlawful streams within the feedback.
