{"id":695269,"date":"2026-04-03T04:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695269\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:16:14","slug":"its-time-for-basketball-san-antonio-spurs-at-los-angeles-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695269\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for Basketball: San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov2 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1 _16w9vovb\">Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poundingtherock.com\/community-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community guidelines<\/a> apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don\u2019t troll and don\u2019t swear too much. <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Spurs will play their last back-to-back of the season in the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, against Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers. The eighth place Clippers are really interested in a win tonight, as the Trail Blazers are only half a game behind them, and they could be in danger of falling to ninth, which would require two wins in the play-in tournament to reach the playoffs, instead of one win and you\u2019re in for the seventh and eighth place teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Clippers are healthy and have a rest advantage over the Spurs having had a night off last night after losing to the Blazers by 10 on Tuesday night. The Spurs cruised to a 127-113 win over the Warriors last night over a Golden State team missing nine players and most of their stars. Tonight will be a tougher test, especially since Victor Wembanyama will sit out the game for injury management for a sore ankle. After tonight\u2019s game, the Spurs will have five more games to play in the regular season, and Victor will have to play in at least three of them to be eligible for player awards, which he has said that he really wants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The good news is that Luke Kornet is back in the lineup after sitting out last night, and he should be fresh tonight after taking a rest in the last game. The Spurs need to keep piling up wins to have a shot at catching the Thunder for the first overall seed, even though that seems to be a bit of a long shot. The Thunder face the Lakers tonight, who have won 13 of their last 14 games, and have a shot at making the Thunder sweat a bit tonight in their home arena, and again on the 7th when they play again in LA. Go Lakers g__ \u2026 OW, that hurts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">OK, GO SPURS GO!!! Beat the Clippers!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kawhi Leonard will tell a joke in the pregame interview. No one will get it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers<br \/>April 2, 2026 | 9:30 PM CT <br \/>Streaming: NBA League Pass<br \/>TV: FanDuel Sports Southwest<br \/>Reminder: It is against site policy to post links to illegal streams in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Game Thread. 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