After a dominant victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, the San Antonio Spurs will travel south for a matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers. It\u2019s the third and final regular-season matchup between the two squads. However, it may not be the last time they play this year. The Clippers have won 5 of their last 6 games and are looking like a serious contender for the play-in tournament and the seventh seed.<\/p>\n
The Clippers and Spurs have played some interesting games this season. In both matchups, one team took a massive lead only for the other to come back and make the game interesting. Despite the funkiness of both games, the Spurs are 2-0 in the matchup this year. A win on the second night of a back-to-back would be a statement victory for San Antonio against a potential first-round playoff opponent.<\/p>\n
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April 2nd, 2026 | 9:30 PM CTWatch: Fan Duel | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)<\/p>\n
Spurs Injuries: Filed by 1 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n
Clippers Injuries:\u00a0Bradley Beal \u2013 Out (hip), Isaiah Jackson \u2013 Out (ankle), Yanic Konan Niederhauser \u2013 Out (foot)<\/p>\n
What to watch for:First quarter offense<\/p>\n
The Spurs score the second-most first-quarter points in the NBA. On the second night of a back-to-back on a West Coast road trip against a tough Clippers squad, getting out to a hot start will be important. San Antonio lost the first quarter in both games they\u2019ve played against the Clippers this season. Los Angeles can fill it up, especially from three. San Antonio has to come ready to play, even on short rest, if they want to walk away from LA with a win.<\/p>\n
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Small ball<\/p>\n
Luke Kornet missed the Spurs\u2019 last game against the Warriors. Mason Plumlee backed up Victor Wembanyama with mixed results. San Antonio found more success when they went to a small-ball lineup with Carter Bryant playing center. The Clippers will be without both Isaiah Jackson and Yanic Konan Niederhauser, so they\u2019ll likely have to play small themselves. This could turn into a fast-paced, perimeter-oriented game when Wembanyama and Brook Lopez head to the bench.<\/p>\n
Guarding the perimeter<\/p>\n
The Clippers have shot the ball well from three against the Spurs this season. They are 7th in the NBA in three-point percentage. San Antonio is an average team at defending the three-point line. With Wembanyama roaming the paint, teams are forced to attack them from deep. With players like Darius Garland, Brook Lopez, and Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers have multiple players who can make it rain from outside. San Antonio is going to have to slow down LA from deep to win this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a dominant victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, the San Antonio Spurs will travel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,3086,369,978,559,791,164,2542,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,4996,12445,6,969,474,2594,693,10948],"class_list":{"0":"post-693681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bradley-beal","10":"tag-brook-lopez","11":"tag-carter-bryant","12":"tag-clippers","13":"tag-darius-garland","14":"tag-golden-state-warriors","15":"tag-isaiah-jackson","16":"tag-kawhi-leonard","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-clippers","19":"tag-laclippers","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","22":"tag-losangeles","23":"tag-losangelesclippers","24":"tag-luke-kornet","25":"tag-mason-plumlee","26":"tag-nba","27":"tag-san-antonio","28":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","29":"tag-the-spurs","30":"tag-victor-wembanyama","31":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116334708072601680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693681","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=693681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}