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Phoenix Suns<\/a> (32-23, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (38-16, second in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spurs -7.5; over\/under is 226.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio aims to keep its six-game win streak intact when the Spurs take on Phoenix.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are 24-13 in conference play. San Antonio has a 6-4 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.<\/p>\n

The Suns have gone 22-16 against Western Conference opponents. Phoenix is sixth in the Western Conference with 15.0 fast break points per game led by Devin Booker<\/a> averaging 3.3.<\/p>\n

The Spurs’ 13.0 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.7 more made shots on average than the 12.3 per game the Suns give up. The Suns are shooting 46.0% from the field, 0.4% higher than the 45.6% the Spurs’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Suns won 111-102 in the last matchup on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: De’Aaron Fox<\/a> is shooting 48.4% and averaging 19.4 points for the Spurs. Victor Wembanyama<\/a> is averaging 24.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Booker is averaging 25.2 points and 6.3 assists for the Suns. Dillon Brooks<\/a> is averaging 25.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Spurs: 8-2, averaging 120.1 points, 47.1 rebounds, 29.6 assists, 7.3 steals and 7.3 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Suns: 5-5, averaging 110.0 points, 42.7 rebounds, 23.8 assists, 9.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.1 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Spurs: David Jones Garcia: out for season (ankle), Lindy Waters III<\/a>: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n

Suns: Isaiah Livers: out (shoulder), Cole Anthony<\/a>: day to day (not injury related), Grayson Allen<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (32-23, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (38-16, second in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,406,1314,2292,1195,78812,7781,3304,1407,6,2065,472,4045,474,604,693],"class_list":{"0":"post-609367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cole-anthony","10":"tag-deaaron-fox","11":"tag-devin-booker","12":"tag-dillon-brooks","13":"tag-event_preview","14":"tag-grayson-allen","15":"tag-lindy-waters-iii","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-phoenix","19":"tag-phoenix-suns","20":"tag-phoenixsuns","21":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","22":"tag-suns","23":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090449920679362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}