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In keeping with the official schedule that was launched firstly of the season, tonight ought to have been the primary assembly between the Spurs and the Thunder, however as a substitute, they met on December 13 within the NBA Cup Western Convention finals, with the Spurs scoring a upset 111-109 victory. The Silver and Black have been led by Victor Wemanyama, who got here off the bench and performed restricted minutes after lacking virtually a month with a left calf pressure. He’s on the damage report once more tonight, listed as questionable with the identical concern, which continues to be one thing to observe for the Silver and Black. Victor ought to as soon as once more come off the bench tonight, and it stays to be seen what his minutes restriction goes to be, if it’s just like the final couple of video games, he may play one thing between 20 and 24 minutes, with the Spurs limiting him sufficient in order that he can hopefully be accessible for the rematch on Christmas Day in Oklahoma Metropolis.
The Spurs are on a 6 sport win streak1, however with a pair of video games arising towards the league-leading OKC squad, it could be tough to stretch the string of consecutive victory to 7 or 8, however the Spurs have proven that they will’t be counted out towards any workforce within the league, and so they have an incredible likelihood of successful one or each of those video games, though I anticipate OKC to be favored in each. The Spurs have been hitting their stride lately, and these subsequent two video games ought to give Spurs followers an opportunity to see in the event that they’re really deserving of the lofty second-place standing within the Western Convention. The Spurs can’t simply be the Wemby present tonight in the event that they need to win, they’re additionally going to want nice video games from Spurs stalwarts like Stephon Citadel, De’Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, and Luke Kornet. Hopefully, Harrison Barnes is again to being Mr. 100%, and if all of them can present up, and the bench with Keldon Johnson may also step up, it could possibly be one other massive win. If they will win tonight, they’l stay in second place within the west, however they may slip to 3rd with a loss, until the Nuggets additionally lose to Cooper Flagg and the Mavericks.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will obtain a minimum of two or three foul calls on performs the place he isn’t touched by a defender.
San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma Metropolis ThunderDecember 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM CT Streaming: NBA League PassTV: Fanduel Sports activities SouthwestReminder: It’s towards website coverage to publish hyperlinks to unlawful streams within the feedback.
