Houston travels to San Antonio for conference showdown

Houston Rockets (0-1, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (0-1, 12th in the Western Conference)

San Antonio; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes San Antonio and Houston will play.

San Antonio finished 22-60 overall and 14-37 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Spurs averaged 7.1 steals, 6.3 blocks and 14.6 turnovers per game last season.

Houston went 41-41 overall and 28-24 in Western Conference play during the 2023-24 season. The Rockets averaged 114.3 points per game last season, 18.1 from the free-throw line and 38.1 from deep.

INJURIES: Spurs: Devin Vassell: out (foot).

Rockets: Steven Adams: out (knee), Cam Whitmore: day to day (knee), Dillon Brooks: day to day (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.