San Antonio hosts Portland in conference matchup

Portland Trail Blazers (3-5, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (3-4, 12th in the Western Conference)

San Antonio; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spurs -5.5; over/under is 216.5

BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes San Antonio and Portland take the court.

San Antonio went 22-60 overall, 14-37 in Western Conference play and 12-29 at home during the 2023-24 season. The Spurs averaged 15.4 points off of turnovers, 12.7 second-chance points and 39.7 bench points last season.

Portland went 21-61 overall and 8-44 in Western Conference games during the 2023-24 season. The Trail Blazers averaged 23.1 assists per game on 39.4 made field goals last season.

INJURIES: Spurs: Devin Vassell: out (foot), Tre Jones: out (ankle), Jeremy Sochan: out (thumb).

Trail Blazers: Matisse Thybulle: out (knee), Shaedon Sharpe: out (shoulder).

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